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Maria Reva is the 2025 winner of the $70,000 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Endling, published by Knopf Canada. This year's prize purse is increased from $60,000 to $70,000 this year with generous support from the Balsillie Family Foundation. #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Maria Reva is the 2025 winner of the $70,000 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for Endling, published by Knopf Canada. This year's prize purse is increased from $60,000 to $70,000 this year with generous support from the Balsillie Family Foundation. #WTAwards #canlit
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social wins the $75K #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, published by Alchemy by Knopf Canada. The prize is supported by The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation. #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social wins the $75K #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, published by Alchemy by Knopf Canada. The prize is supported by The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation. #WTAwards #canlit
The $12K #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers goes to... Roza Nozari for All the Parts We Exile! The prize was founded by Robin Pacific and is supported by the Dayne Ogilvie Endowment Fund, Anuja Varghese, and the Writers’ Trust Prize Fund. Published by Knopf Canada. #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The $12K #DayneOgilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers goes to... Roza Nozari for All the Parts We Exile! The prize was founded by Robin Pacific and is supported by the Dayne Ogilvie Endowment Fund, Anuja Varghese, and the Writers’ Trust Prize Fund. Published by Knopf Canada. #WTAwards #canlit
Congratulations to Sheree Fitch, winner of the $40,000 #MattCohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life. #WTAwards #canlit Thank you to Lorraine Greey for her continuous support of this prize.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Congratulations to Sheree Fitch, winner of the $40,000 #MattCohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life. #WTAwards #canlit Thank you to Lorraine Greey for her continuous support of this prize.
Julie Flett wins the $40,000 #VickyMetcalf Award for Literature for Young People. Writers’ Trust is extremely grateful to the Metcalf Foundation for generously increasing their longstanding commitment to this award and the Book to Schools program. #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Julie Flett wins the $40,000 #VickyMetcalf Award for Literature for Young People. Writers’ Trust is extremely grateful to the Metcalf Foundation for generously increasing their longstanding commitment to this award and the Book to Schools program. #WTAwards #canlit
Congratulations to Kim Thúy, winner of the the $25,000 Writers’ Trust #EngelFindley Award, supported by the Estate of Timothy Findley and the Writers’ Trust prize fund. #WTAwards #canlit
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Congratulations to Kim Thúy, winner of the the $25,000 Writers’ Trust #EngelFindley Award, supported by the Estate of Timothy Findley and the Writers’ Trust prize fund. #WTAwards #canlit
Bren Simmers wins the $60,000 #LatnerGriffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, supported by The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation and Scott Griffin. Congratulations! #WTAwards #canlit
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Bren Simmers wins the $60,000 #LatnerGriffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, supported by The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation and Scott Griffin. Congratulations! #WTAwards #canlit
“Fast-paced, strange, perky, and uncanny as the contemporary world, @aurorasdp.bsky.social’s novel creates a knowing magic realist world, rife with the misogyny and surrealism of late-stage capitalism & its corporations.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
“Fast-paced, strange, perky, and uncanny as the contemporary world, @aurorasdp.bsky.social’s novel creates a knowing magic realist world, rife with the misogyny and surrealism of late-stage capitalism & its corporations.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“Endling’s brilliance lies in Maria Reva’s willingness to yank on the dangling thread of the unanswerable, unraveling the whole fiction genre, only to masterfully stitch it back together again.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Endling’s brilliance lies in Maria Reva’s willingness to yank on the dangling thread of the unanswerable, unraveling the whole fiction genre, only to masterfully stitch it back together again.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“@jobitek.bsky.social writes with mastery of lives forged in war; a testament to the strength of these uncompromising and empowering witnesses, smouldering with life and hard-won possibility.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“@jobitek.bsky.social writes with mastery of lives forged in war; a testament to the strength of these uncompromising and empowering witnesses, smouldering with life and hard-won possibility.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“Sometimes it feels like modern humans are simple creatures who have found themselves in complex stories that seem strange, ridiculous, and emotional; and yet they are clearly the stories of our own times.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury @robertmcgill.bsky.social writerstrust.com/WTAwards
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“Sometimes it feels like modern humans are simple creatures who have found themselves in complex stories that seem strange, ridiculous, and emotional; and yet they are clearly the stories of our own times.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury @robertmcgill.bsky.social writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“With startling imagery, evocative language and a gothic touch, Tim Bowling’s stories shift and unsettle as if they — like their characters — are living, breathing beings searching for understanding and a way to be.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“With startling imagery, evocative language and a gothic touch, Tim Bowling’s stories shift and unsettle as if they — like their characters — are living, breathing beings searching for understanding and a way to be.” —2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“Years after the suicides of both her father and her sister, @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social writes into the silence to create an engrossing maze of associative fragments that grapple with the extraordinary in the everyday.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“Years after the suicides of both her father and her sister, @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social writes into the silence to create an engrossing maze of associative fragments that grapple with the extraordinary in the everyday.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“In her radical exploration of water, @biidaasamose.bsky.social topples anthropocentrism and conventional ontologies to reveal water in all its forms as a powerful decolonizing force that connects us all.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“In her radical exploration of water, @biidaasamose.bsky.social topples anthropocentrism and conventional ontologies to reveal water in all its forms as a powerful decolonizing force that connects us all.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“Combining imagination and narrative, this complex story embodies shadows of absence & love, offering reconstructions of life that provide solace & revelation in the possibility of remembrance & fantasy.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury #VinhNguyen @harpercollins.bsky.social writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Combining imagination and narrative, this complex story embodies shadows of absence & love, offering reconstructions of life that provide solace & revelation in the possibility of remembrance & fantasy.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury #VinhNguyen @harpercollins.bsky.social writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“With incredible detail and sharp emotional insight, Tessa McWatt crafts a story that is both intimate and universal, guiding readers through the complexities of memory, belonging, and loss alongside an environment in crisis.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“With incredible detail and sharp emotional insight, Tessa McWatt crafts a story that is both intimate and universal, guiding readers through the complexities of memory, belonging, and loss alongside an environment in crisis.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
“Writing with an elegant blend of emotional clarity and intellectual layering, Omar El Akkad takes a bold stance on the conduits of historical memory and moral posturing.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Writing with an elegant blend of emotional clarity and intellectual layering, Omar El Akkad takes a bold stance on the conduits of historical memory and moral posturing.” —2025 Hilary #WestonPrize Jury writerstrust.com/WTAwards
Go @torontobluejays.bsky.social! The Writers’ Trust team is rooting for you. 💙🍁 #WANTITALL
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Go @torontobluejays.bsky.social! The Writers’ Trust team is rooting for you. 💙🍁 #WANTITALL
CBC Books host and Canada’s @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social champion @mattearoach.bsky.social will host the 2025 #WTAwards! Join us November 13 at CBC Glenn Gould Studio and celebrate one of Canada’s richest awards nights as we announce the winners of 7 literary prizes. writerstrust.com/WTAwards
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
CBC Books host and Canada’s @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social champion @mattearoach.bsky.social will host the 2025 #WTAwards! Join us November 13 at CBC Glenn Gould Studio and celebrate one of Canada’s richest awards nights as we announce the winners of 7 literary prizes. writerstrust.com/WTAwards
Submissions are open for the 2026 RBC #BronwenWallace Award 📣 Send us your unpublished poetry, short fiction & creative nonfiction to be considered for the $10K award. No submission fee. Submissions will close December 2 at 11:59PM PST. Find details at writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Submissions are open for the 2026 RBC #BronwenWallace Award 📣 Send us your unpublished poetry, short fiction & creative nonfiction to be considered for the $10K award. No submission fee. Submissions will close December 2 at 11:59PM PST. Find details at writerstrust.com/BronwenWallace
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
October 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #BalsilliePrize for Public Policy — congratulations to:
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
◢ @vincebeiser.bsky.social
◢ @vassb.bsky.social & @denisehearn.bsky.social
◢ Pamela Cross
◢ Stephen J.A. Ward
$70K winner announced Nov 25 at a live event in Toronto bit.ly/4g8wCDv
Thoughtful debate happens when all sides are well-read 📚 Jurors Samantha Nutt, Taki Sarantakis, and Scott Young selected this year’s #BalsilliePrize finalists from 58 titles representing 35 Canadian publishing imprints.
👀Shortlist announced Oct 1 — stay tuned!
bit.ly/4g8wCDv
👀Shortlist announced Oct 1 — stay tuned!
bit.ly/4g8wCDv
September 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thoughtful debate happens when all sides are well-read 📚 Jurors Samantha Nutt, Taki Sarantakis, and Scott Young selected this year’s #BalsilliePrize finalists from 58 titles representing 35 Canadian publishing imprints.
👀Shortlist announced Oct 1 — stay tuned!
bit.ly/4g8wCDv
👀Shortlist announced Oct 1 — stay tuned!
bit.ly/4g8wCDv
Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing! Sponsored by CN, the prize was awarded at the Politics & the Pen fundraiser in support of WT. To mark its 25th year anniversary, it was increased from $25K to $40K. writerstrust.com/ShaughnessyCohen @ubcpress.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 #ShaughnessyCohen Prize for Political Writing! Sponsored by CN, the prize was awarded at the Politics & the Pen fundraiser in support of WT. To mark its 25th year anniversary, it was increased from $25K to $40K. writerstrust.com/ShaughnessyCohen @ubcpress.bsky.social
Video now available! 2025 Weston International Award laureate #LeslieJamison on the art of storytelling & how narratives shape our world.
📺Watch in full: youtu.be/5Ulj21AkJxg?...
Featuring Ali Hassan (@standupali.bsky.social) & Marni Jackson. Thanks to The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
📺Watch in full: youtu.be/5Ulj21AkJxg?...
Featuring Ali Hassan (@standupali.bsky.social) & Marni Jackson. Thanks to The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
September 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Video now available! 2025 Weston International Award laureate #LeslieJamison on the art of storytelling & how narratives shape our world.
📺Watch in full: youtu.be/5Ulj21AkJxg?...
Featuring Ali Hassan (@standupali.bsky.social) & Marni Jackson. Thanks to The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
📺Watch in full: youtu.be/5Ulj21AkJxg?...
Featuring Ali Hassan (@standupali.bsky.social) & Marni Jackson. Thanks to The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation.
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize — congratulations to:
◢ Tim Bowling
◢ @robertmcgill.bsky.social
◢ @jobitek.bsky.social
◢ Maria Reva
◢ @aurorasdp.bsky.social
$70K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4g8cnWg #canlit #diversecanlit
◢ Tim Bowling
◢ @robertmcgill.bsky.social
◢ @jobitek.bsky.social
◢ Maria Reva
◢ @aurorasdp.bsky.social
$70K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4g8cnWg #canlit #diversecanlit
September 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Announcing finalists for the 2025 #AtwoodGibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize — congratulations to:
◢ Tim Bowling
◢ @robertmcgill.bsky.social
◢ @jobitek.bsky.social
◢ Maria Reva
◢ @aurorasdp.bsky.social
$70K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4g8cnWg #canlit #diversecanlit
◢ Tim Bowling
◢ @robertmcgill.bsky.social
◢ @jobitek.bsky.social
◢ Maria Reva
◢ @aurorasdp.bsky.social
$70K winner announced Nov 13 at the #WTAwards bit.ly/4g8cnWg #canlit #diversecanlit