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.
Description 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.
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. 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."
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. 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.
Winners The list of winners of the CBC Literary Prize include: +Year Short Story Prize Poetry Prize Creative Non-fiction Prize 1979 Les Rites by Shaun VirgoA New Romance by David McFadden The Pat Lowther Poem by Gail McKayMy Cousin Gerald by Charles Ritchie (memoir)1980A Matter of Balance by W.D. ValgardsonMimosa by Mary Di Michele Birds by Bill BissettAga Dawn by Bill Schermbrucker (memoir)1981The Leaving by Budge WilsonThe Cave of Trophonius by Francis SparshottThe Fifth Man by Ronald R. Jeffels (memoir)1982The Passions of Lalla by Michael Ondaatje The Hen's Castle by Alice Tomlinson (children's story)Summer's Drug by Roo BorsonJupiter's Feet: A Love Story by Rachel Wyatt (radio drama) A Taste of the Sweet Apple by Larry Snyder (radio drama)1983The Other Country by Gwendolyn MacEwen Once Upon A Village by Christel Kleitsch (children's story) Catchpenny Poems by David HelwigWomen Waiting by Carol Shields (radio drama)1984An Interview by Ernst Havemann To the Mountains by Morning by Diana Wieler (children's story) Technologies/Installations by Kim MaltmanStations by John Gregory (drama)1985Mrs. Putnam at the Planetarium by Janice Kulyk KeeferSoutheasterly by Andrew Wreggitt The Blue Roofs of Japan by Robert BringhurstRatzlaff vs. the Creator by Eric Nicol (radio drama)1986The Wind by Janice Kulyk KeeferA Natural History of Southwestern Ontario by Christopher DewdneyMortal by Cordelia Strube (radio drama)1987Dream Land by Carol WindleyAngels of Silence by Lorna CrozierSeiche by W.D. Valgardson (radio drama)1988A Van for Violet by Ernst HavemannSpring Descending by Michael HarrisThe Demon by Matthew Decter (radio drama)1989Peggy Lee in Africa by Patrick RoscoeA Glossary of the Intertext by Stephen ScobieHungry Ghosts by Louise Young1990Hoodlums by Irena Friedman KarafillyHuman Acts by Heather SpearsLeaving the Farm by Ross Klatte1991 -- -- --1992Elizabeth by John GivnerCaptain Kintail and The Church Not Made with Hands by John TerpstraShame and Pleasure by Amy Friedman1993The Girl with the Bell Necklace by Gail Anderson-DargatzEleven Paintings by Mary Pratt by Diana BrebnerA Careful Man by Carolyn Smart1994In the Water, Like This by Gayla ReidPoems by Roger GreenwaldThe Suit by Norman Doidge1995Bolero by Frances ItaniKicheraboo, We Are Dying by John B. LeeFlight by Judith Kalman1996Poached Egg on Toast by Frances ItaniThe Gold Luck of Carp by Susan MusgraveJungle Fever by Jamie Zeppa1997Satya by Shauna Singh BaldwinHoar Frost by Roberta ReesHair by Elaine Kalman Naves1998Where It Comes From, Where It Goes by Bill GastonOne Version by Suzanne BuffamBoo by Timothy Wilson1999How can men share a bottle of vodka by David BergenDrowning Water & Other Poems by Don DomanskiTunnels by Roberta Rees2000 -- -- --2001Between Wars by Camilla GibbPoems for Carl Hruska by Erin NoteboomA Desert Romance by David Tycho2002The Last Shot by Leon RookeOnce a Murderer: Poems for Three Voices by Zoë LandaleDents in the Laurentians by Roger Greenwald2003The Lost Boy by Jane Eaton HamiltonSelections from Muybridge's Horse by Rob WingerGirl Afraid of Haystacks (A story of travel and exile) by Stephen Osborne2004The Point David Made Earlier by Michael WinterThe Workshop by Asa BoxerThe Bus to Loja by Montana Jones2005The Chorus by Erin SorosThe Mind's Eye by Alison PickI, Witness by Kim Echlin2006The People Who Love Her by Amy JonesA Walker in the City by Méira CookThe Occupations of Muriel Thompson by Leona Theis2007White by Lee KvernSundress, Fortress by Jeramy DoddsIn a Garden by Shelagh Plunkett2008Circus by Claire BattershillOutskirts by Sue GoyetteColumbus Burning by Sarah de Leeuw2009Badger by Donald WardUs unclean by Michael LangtonThe Rise by Marian Botsford Fraser2010Snapshots from My Father's Euthanasia Road Trip, or, Esau by Meghan AdamsTo Your Scattered Bodies Go by Brian BrettMy Best Friend by Gina Leola Woolsey2011 -- -- --2012Mine by Daniel KarasikGreat Aunt Unmarried by Sadiqa de MeijerHoly Bald-Headed by Hilary Dean2013The Three Times Rule by Becky BlakeThe Trailer by James ScolesThe Gods of Scrabble by Mohan Srivastava2014Smiley by Jane Eaton HamiltonTar Swan by David MartinThe Hunter and the Swan by Patti-Kay Hamilton2015Mountain Under Sea by D.W. WilsonString Theory by Mark WagenaarIf You Have a Good Seal, the Chest Will Rise by Carrie Mac2016Enigma by David HuebertAfrican Canadian in Union Blue by Michael FraserAdaptation by Leslie A. Davidson2017Witching by Alix HawleyPostcards for my Sister by Alessandra NaccaratoTrust Exercise by Becky Blake2018Lipstick Day by Leah MolArrhythmia by Natalie LimEasy Family Dinners by Sandra Murdock2019Green Velvet by Krzysztof PelcLove Poem with Elk and Punctuation, Prairie Storm and Tasbih by Alycia PirmohamedSlow Violence by Jenny Boychuck2020Gibson by Brenda DamenTickling the Scar by Matthew HollettValue Village by Jonathan Poh 2021Kids in Kindergarten by Corinna ChongJames by Lisa GastonUmbrella by Chanel M. Sutherland2022Beneath the Softness of Snow by Chanel M. SutherlandSpell World Backwards by Bren SimmersAdvice to a New Beekeeper by Susan Cormier
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External links CBC Literary Prize CBC Literary Prizes via Canada Council for the Arts