CBC Literary Prize
The CBC Literary Prize is a Canadian literary award, granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. The Award is directed towards Anglophone writers.
About the prize
The CBC Literary Prize is granted annually in three categories: short stories, poetry, and creative non-fiction. For each category, the winner receives $6,000 and a two-week writing residency at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity. Four runners-up receive $1,000 each, and all the winning works are published on the CBC Books website.[1][2][3]
The Prize was established as a partnership between the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canada Council for the Arts and enRoute, Air Canada’s inflight magazine.[4] The Canada Council for the Arts has stated that, "these awards have brought to the public's attention many talented young people who have since gone on to become established writers."[4]
Notable previous winners include writers Michael Ondaatje, W.D. Valgardson, and Gwendolyn MacEwen, as well as poets Don Domanski, Mary di Michele, and diplomat Charles Ritchie.[5] Author Carol Shields wrote in a letter to CBC's chairperson that winning the CBC Literary Prize was fundamental to her career as a writer. [6]
Winners
The list of winners of the CBC Literary Prize include:[5]
| Year | Short Story Prize | Poetry Prize | Creative Non-fiction Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Les Rites by Shaun Virgo | A New Romance by David McFadden
The Pat Lowther Poem by Gail McKay |
My Cousin Gerald by Charles Ritchie (memoir) |
| 1980 | A Matter of Balance by W.D. Valgardson | Mimosa by Mary Di Michele
Birds by Bill Bissett |
Aga Dawn by Bill Schermbrucker (memoir) |
| 1981 | The Leaving by Budge Wilson | The Cave of Trophonius by Francis Sparshott | The Fifth Man by Ronald R. Jeffels (memoir) |
| 1982 | The Passions of Lalla by Michael Ondaatje
The Hen's Castle by Alice Tomlinson (children's story) |
Summer's Drug by Roo Borson | Jupiter's Feet: A Love Story by Rachel Wyatt (radio drama)
A Taste of the Sweet Apple by Larry Snyder (radio drama) |
| 1983 | The Other Country by Gwendolyn MacEwen
Once Upon A Village by Christel Kleitsch (children's story) |
Catchpenny Poems by David Helwig | Women Waiting by Carol Shields (radio drama) |
| 1984 | An Interview by Ernst Havemann
To the Mountains by Morning by Diana Wieler (children's story) |
Technologies/Installations by Kim Maltman | Stations by John Gregory (drama) |
| 1985 | Mrs. Putnam at the Planetarium by Janice Kulyk Keefer | Southeasterly by Andrew Wreggitt
The Blue Roofs of Japan by Robert Bringhurst |
Ratzlaff vs. the Creator by Eric Nicol (radio drama) |
| 1986 | The Wind by Janice Kulyk Keefer | A Natural History of Southwestern Ontario by Christopher Dewdney | Mortal by Cordelia Strube (radio drama) |
| 1987 | Dream Land by Carol Windley | Angels of Silence by Lorna Crozier | Seiche by W.D. Valgardson (radio drama) |
| 1988 | A Van for Violet by Ernst Havemann | Spring Descending by Michael Harris | The Demon by Matthew Decter (radio drama) |
| 1989 | Peggy Lee in Africa by Patrick Roscoe | A Glossary of the Intertext by Stephen Scobie | Hungry Ghosts by Louise Young |
| 1990 | Hoodlums by Irena Friedman Karafilly | Human Acts by Heather Spears | Leaving the Farm by Ross Klatte |
| 1991 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1992 | Elizabeth by John Givner | Captain Kintail and The Church Not Made with Hands by John Terpstra | Shame and Pleasure by Amy Friedman |
| 1993 | The Girl with the Bell Necklace by Gail Anderson-Dargatz | Eleven Paintings by Mary Pratt by Diana Brebner | A Careful Man by Carolyn Smart |
| 1994 | In the Water, Like This by Gayla Reid | Poems by Roger Greenwald | The Suit by Norman Doidge |
| 1995 | Bolero by Frances Itani | Kicheraboo, We Are Dying by John B. Lee | Flight by Judith Kalman |
| 1996 | Poached Egg on Toast by Frances Itani | The Gold Luck of Carp by Susan Musgrave | Jungle Fever by Jamie Zeppa |
| 1997 | Satya by Shauna Singh Baldwin | Hoar Frost by Roberta Rees | Hair by Elaine Kalman Naves |
| 1998 | Where It Comes From, Where It Goes by Bill Gaston | One Version by Suzanne Buffam | Boo by Timothy Wilson |
| 1999 | How can men share a bottle of vodka by David Bergen | Drowning Water & Other Poems by Don Domanski | Tunnels by Roberta Rees |
| 2000 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2001 | Between Wars by Camilla Gibb | Poems for Carl Hruska by Erin Noteboom | A Desert Romance by David Tycho |
| 2002 | The Last Shot by Leon Rooke | Once a Murderer: Poems for Three Voices by Zoë Landale | Dents in the Laurentians by Roger Greenwald |
| 2003 | The Lost Boy by Jane Eaton Hamilton | Selections from Muybridge's Horse by Rob Winger | Girl Afraid of Haystacks (A story of travel and exile) by Stephen Osborne |
| 2004 | The Point David Made Earlier by Michael Winter | The Workshop by Asa Boxer | The Bus to Loja by Montana Jones |
| 2005 | The Chorus by Erin Soros | The Mind's Eye by Alison Pick | I, Witness by Kim Echlin |
| 2006 | The People Who Love Her by Amy Jones | A Walker in the City by Méira Cook | The Occupations of Muriel Thompson by Leona Theis |
| 2007 | White by Lee Kvern | Sundress, Fortress by Jeramy Dodds | In a Garden by Shelagh Plunkett |
| 2008 | Circus by Claire Battershill | Outskirts by Sue Goyette | Columbus Burning by Sarah de Leeuw |
| 2009 | Badger by Donald Ward | Us unclean by Michael Langton | The Rise by Marian Botsford Fraser |
| 2010 | Snapshots from My Father's Euthanasia Road Trip, or, Esau by Meghan Adams | To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Brian Brett | My Best Friend by Gina Leola Woolsey |
| 2011 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2012 | Mine by Daniel Karasik | Great Aunt Unmarried by Sadiqa de Meijer | Holy Bald-Headed by Hilary Dean |
| 2013 | The Three Times Rule by Becky Blake | The Trailer by James Scoles | The Gods of Scrabble by Mohan Srivastava |
| 2014 | Smiley by Jane Eaton Hamilton | Tar Swan by David Martin | The Hunter and the Swan by Patti-Kay Hamilton |
| 2015 | Mountain Under Sea by D.W. Wilson | String Theory by Mark Wagenaar | If You Have a Good Seal, the Chest Will Rise by Carrie Mac |
| 2016 | Enigma by David Huebert | African Canadian in Union Blue by Michael Fraser | Adaptation by Leslie A. Davidson |
| 2017 | Witching by Alix Hawley | Postcards for my Sister by Alessandra Naccarato | Trust Exercise by Becky Blake |
| 2018 | Lipstick Day by Leah Mol | Arrhythmia by Natalie Lim | Easy Family Dinners by Sandra Murdock |
| 2019 | Green Velvet by Krzysztof Pelc | Love Poem with Elk and Punctuation, Prairie Storm and Tasbih by Alycia Pirmohamed | Slow Violence by Jenny Boychuck |
| 2020 | Gibson by Brenda Damen | Tickling the Scar by Matthew Hollett | Value Village by Jonathan Poh |
| 2021 | Kids in Kindergarten by Corinna Chong | James by Lisa Gaston | Umbrella by Chanel M. Sutherland |
| 2022 | Beneath the Softness of Snow by Chanel M. Sutherland | Spell World Backwards by Bren Simmers | Advice to a New Beekeeper by Susan Cormier |
References
- CBC Books (1 September 2020). "Calling all writers! The 2021 CBC Short Story Prize is now open". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2020-09-02.
- CBC Books (28 August 2020). "CBC Poetry Prize". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
- CBC Books (28 August 2020). "CBC Non-fiction Prize". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
- "CBC Literary Award". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- CBC Books (1 February 2020). "Past CBC Literary Prize winners". CBC Literary Prize. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
- "Success stories from the CBC Literary Prizes - CBC.ca News". live.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2020-09-23.