The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. They were known from 1988 to 1998 as the QSPELL Awards.

Categories

They are currently presented in seven literary categories:

  • Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
  • Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
  • A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
  • Concordia University First Book Prize
  • QWF Prize for Children's & Young Adult Literature
  • Cole Foundation Prize for Translation (French and English, with target language alternating each year)
  • 3Macs Carte Blanche Prize for the best work published in the QWF's online literary journal Carte Blanche.

A Community Award is also frequently presented to a person who has played a significant role in building and supporting Quebec's anglophone writing community.

The awards have been presented annually since 1988.

Winners

Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature

The Janet Savage Blachford Prize, established in 2008, is presented annually for children's and young adult books. Picture books with text and books intended for beginner readers are eligible in even-numbered years, whereas books intended for middle grade or young adult readers are eligible in odd-numbered years.[1] The award was established in 2008, was sponsored by sponsored by Janet and John Blachford beginning in 2014, and has been sponsored in the memory of Janet Savage Blachford since 2018.[1]

Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature winners[1]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2008 Raquel Rivera Orphan Ahwak Winner
2009 Monique Polak What World is Left Winner
Jane Barclay Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion Shortlist
Marie-Louise Gay When Stella Was Very, Very Small Shortlist
2010 Caryl Cude Mullin Rough Magic Winner [2]
Catherine Austen Walking Backward Shortlist
Monique Polak The Middle of Everywhere Shortlist
2011 Alan Silberberg Milo Winner
Geneviève Coté Without You Shortlist
Alex Epstein The Circle Cast: The Lost Years of Morgan LeFay Shortlist
2012 Catherine Austen 26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6 Winner [3]
Monique Polak Pyro Shortlist
Lori Weber Yellow Mini Shortlist
2013 Paul Blackwell Undercurrent Winner
Melinda Cochrane Desperate Freedom Shortlist
Anne Renaud The Extraordinary Life of Anna Swan Shortlist
2014 Monique Polak Hate Mail Winner [4]
Marie-Louise Gay Any Questions? Shortlist
Monique Polak Straight Punch Shortlist
2015 No award was presented in 2015
2016 Bonnie Farmer, illus. by Marie Lafrance Oscar Lives Next Door Winner
Sara O'Leary, illus. by Julie Morstad This is Sadie Shortlist
Mélanie Watt Bug in a Vacuum Shortlist
2017 Karen Nesbitt Subject to Change Winner
Kate Lavut Chico Shortlist [5]
Lori Weber Lightning Lou Shortlist [5]
2018 Anne Renaud Mr. Crum's Potato Predicament Winner [6]
Bunmi Laditan, illus. by Tom Knight The Big Bed Shortlist [7]
Andrée Poulin, illus. by Félix Girard That`s Not Hockey Shortlist [7]
2019 Raquel Rivera Yipee's Gold Mountain Winner [8]
Louise Carson In Which Shortlist
Monique Polak I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times Shortlist
2020 Marie-Louise Gay The Three Brothers Winner [9][10]
Matthew Forsythe Pokko and the Drum Shortlist [11]
Marie-Louise Gay Fern and Horn Shortlist [11]
2021 Monique Polak Room for One More Winner [12][13]
Dani Jansen The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life Shortlist
Nadine Neema Journal of a Travelling Girl Shortlist
 Su J. Sokol Zee Shortlist
2022 Matthew Forsythe Mina Winner
Marie-Louise Gay I’m Not Sydney Shortlist [14][15][16]
Elise Gravel Pink, Blue, and You Shortlist [15][16]
Gillian Sze You Are My Favorite Color Shortlist [14][15][16]

carte blanche Prize

The carte blanche Prize, established in 2008, is awarded annual "in recognition of an outstanding submission to QWF’s online literary journal, carte blanche, by a Quebec writer, artist, or translator. Winners receive a cash prize and a unique trophy—'The Lori'—created by Montreal artist Glen LeMesurier."[17]

Carte Blanche Prize winners[17]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2008 J.R. Carpenter "Wyoming is Haunted" Winner
2009 Julie Mahfood "Changing Winter Tires" Winner
2010 Mark Paterson "Something Important and Delicate" Winner [2]
Sarah Gilbert "Picnic" Second
Finn Clarke "Letters Out" Third
2011 Gillian Sze "Like This Together" Winner
Daniel Ha "A Sunset" Second
Rodica Draghincescu, trans. by Howard Scott "EX(o)ilium" Third
2012 Heather Davis "Aria" Winner [3]
Chris Chew "The Warmth of Steel and Snow" Second
Ian McGillis "William and Robbie" Third
2013 Juliet Waters "Bluefooted" Winner [18]
Lindsay Foran "Finding Snow in Wyoming" Second
Caitlin Stall Paquet "Death in the Midden" Third
2014 Elaine Kennedy and Sheryl Curtis (trans.) "It’s Late, Doctor Schweitzer" by Didier Leclair Winner [19][4]
Larissa Andrusyshyn "Dung Beetle" Second
Mark Paterson "The Dad Was Drinking" Third
2015 Deborah Van Slet "Self-Serve" Winner
Cathon "Old Shit I Still Feel Guilty About" Second
Deborah Ostrovsky "Holy Treasures" Third
2016 Lesley Trites "Rabbits with Red Eyes" Winner
Larissa Andrusyshyn "The Radium Girls" Second
André Simoneau "Bridges We Build" Third
2017 Domenico Martinello "Ferrante in the Cellar: A Vulgar Appreciation" Winner
Kasia Juno "The House On Carbonate" Second [5]
Lauren Turner "Self-Trolling" Third [5]
2018 Alisha Dukelow "loss of (her)self" Winner
Oana Avasilichioaei "Tracking Animal" Second [7]
Kaie Kellough "Bow" Third [7]
2019 Eliza Robertson "Aquanauts" Winner [8]
 Maria Camila Arias "On killing a spider" Second
 Alexei Perry Cox "My (Your) Home Movie" Third
2020 Alexei Perry Cox "It's a Slow Ride" Winner [9][10]
Kelly Norah Drukker "Thin" Second
Wang Tong "Emote: A Time Capsule" Third
2021 Noa Padawer-Blatt "Tricks" Winner [12]
M-X Marin "Sickness in Limbo" Second
Helen Chau Bradley "The Queue" Third
2022 Meryem Yildiz "Some Kind of Light" Winner
Neil Smith "The Salad Spinner" Second [14][15][16]
Simon Brown "Gardens of Dirty Laundry" Third [15][16]

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation, also known as Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole and established in 1998, is awarded annually to books written by an English-language Quebec writer or an English-language Quebec translator of a book by a French author.[20] English-language Quebec writers are eligible in even-numbered years, whereas English-language Quebec translators are eligible in odd-numbered years.[20]

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation winners[20]
Year Translator Author Title Ref.
1998 Hélène Rioux Yann Martel Self Winner [21]
1999 Sheila Fischman Marie-Claire Blais These Festive Nights Winner [22]
Patricia Claxton François Girard Gabrielle Roy: A Life / Gabrielle Roy: Une Vie Shortlist
Donald Winkler Pierre Nepveu Romans-fleuves Shortlist
2000 Claire Dé Robert Majzels Montréal barbare / City of Forgetting Winner [23]
Marie Évangeline Arsenault Carolyn Marie Souaid Fille au bord de l’eau / Swimming Into the Light Shortlist
Ivan Steenhout Trevor Ferguson Le Kinkajou /The Kinkajou Shortlist
2001 Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Gilles Havard The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701: French-Native Diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century / La Grand Paix de Montréal de 1701: les voies de la diplomatie franco-amérindienne Winner
Linda Leith Louis Gauthier Travels with an Umbrella: An Irish Journey / Voyage en Irelande avec un parapluie Shortlist
Fred A. Reed  Aki Shimazaki Tsubaki Shortlist
2002 Pan Bouyoucas Sheila Arnopoulos Dans l'ombre de Maggie / Jackrabbit Moon Winner
Michel Saint-Germain Mary Soderstrom L’autre ennemi / Finding the Enemy Shortlist
Ivan Steenhout Elyse Gasco Bye-Bye, bébé / Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? Shortlist
2003 Fred A. Reed and David Homel Monique Proulx The Heart is an Involuntary Muscle / Le Coeur est un muscle involuntaire Winner [24][25]
Robert Majzels France Daigle A Fine Passage / Un fin passage Shortlist
Gail Scott Michael Delisle Helen with a Secret / Helen avec un secret Shortlist
2004 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Bissoondath Un baume pour le cœur / Doing the Heart Good Winner
Nicole and Émile Martel Yann Martel L’histoire de Pi / Life of Pi Shortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné David Homel L’analyste / The Speaking Cure Shortlist
2005 Fred A. Reed Thierry Hentsch Truth or Death: The Quest for Immortality in the Western Narrative Tradition / Raconter et mourir Winner [26]
Fred A. Reed and David Homel Martine Desjardins ll That Glitters / L'élu du hazard Shortlist
Daniel Sloate Hélène Dorion No End to the World / Sans bord, sans bout du monde Shortlist
2006 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Bissoondath La Clameur des ténèbres / The Unyielding Clamour of the Night Winner
Paule Champoux Louisa Blair Les Anglos: La face cachée de Québec, Tome 1, 1608-1850 / The Anglos: The Hidden Face of Quebec City (Volume 1) Shortlist
Dominique Fortier Mark Abley Parlez-vous Boro? /Spoken Here Shortlist
2007 Lazer Lederhendler Gaétan Soucy The Immaculate Conception / L'immaculée conception Winner
Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Madeleine Gagnon My Name is Bosnia / Je m'appelle Bosnia Shortlist
Robert Majzels and Erín Moure Nicole Brossard Notebook of Roses and Civilization / Cahier de roses & de civilisation Shortlist
2008 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Neil Smith Big Bang / Bang Crunch Winner
Hélène Rioux Jeffrey Moore Les artistes de la mémoire / The Memory Artists Shortlist
Sophie Voillot Rawi Hage Parfum de poussière / De Niro’s Game Shortlist
2009 Lazer Lederhendler Nicolas Dickner Nikolski Winner
Susanne de Lotbinière-Harwood Nicole Brossard Fences in Breathing / La Capture du sombre Shortlist
David Homel and Fred A. Reed Monique Proulx Wildlives / Champagne Shortlist
2010 Paule Champoux David Mendel Québec, ville du patrimoine mondial / Quebec, World Heritage City Winner [2]
Hélène Rioux Taras Grescoe Notre Mer Nourricière / Bottomfeeder Shortlist
Michelle Tisseyre Byron Rempel Sans limites: la vie exceptionelle des jumelles Rhona et Rhoda Wurtele, olympiennes et pionnières du ski au Canada / No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele – Canada’s Olympian Skiing Pioneers Shortlist
2011 Lazer Lederhendler Nicolas Dickner Apocalypse for Beginners / Tarmac Winner
Judith Cowan Paul Bélanger Meridian Line / Origine des méridiens Shortlist
Donald Winkler Georges Leroux Partita for Glenn Gould / Partita pour Glenn Gould Shortlist
2012 Éric Fontaine Doug Harris T'es con, point /YOU Comma Idiot Winner [3]
Marie Frankland David Solway Passage de Franklin / Franklin’s Passage Shortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Colin McAdam Fall Shortlist
2013 Donald Winkler Pierre Nepveu The Major Verbs / Les Verbes majeurs Winner
Linda Gaboriau Lise Tremblay Judith’s Sister / La Soeur de Judith Shortlist
Nigel Spencer Marie-Claire Blais Mai at the Predators’ Ball / Mai au bal des prédateurs Shortlist
2014 No award was presented in 2014
2015 Debbie Blythe Laure Marchand and Guillaume Perrier Turkey and the Armenian Ghost: On the Trail of the Genocide / La Turquie et le fantôme arménien: sur les traces du genocide Winner [19]
Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott Madeleine Gagnon As Always / Depuis Toujours Shortlist [27][28][29]
Sheila Fischman Kim Thúy Mãn Shortlist [28]
2016 Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Solomon Gursky / Solomon Gursky Was Here Winner
Daniel Canty Erín Moure Petits Théâtres / Little Theatres Shortlist
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Joshua / Joshua Then and Now Shortlist
2017 Peter Feldstein Jean-Marie Fecteau The Pauper's Freedom: Crime and Poverty in Nineteenth-Century Quebec / La liberté pauvre Winner
Karen Ocana Louise Dupre Rooms / Chambres Shortlist [5]
 Claire Holden Rothman David Bouchet Sun of a Distant Land / Soleil Shortlist [5]
Donald Winkler Josephine Bacon A Tea in the Tundra: Nipishapui Nete Mushuat / Un the dans la toundra: Nipishapui Nete Mushuat Shortlist [5]
2018 Dominique Fortier Heather O'Neill Hôtel Lonely Hearts / The Hotel Lonely Hearts Winner
Rachel Martinez Peter Kirby Vague d’effroi / The Dead of Winter Shortlist [7]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Kelly Norah Drukker Petits feux / Small Fires Shortlist [7]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Louise Penny Un Outrage Mortel / A Great Reckoning Shortlist [7]
2019 Oana Avasilichioaei Catherine Lalonde The Faerie Devouring / La dévoration des fées Winner [8]
Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen Julie Delporte This Woman’s Work / Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter Shortlist
Aleshia Jensen Mathieu Poulin Explosions / Des explosions Shortlist
2020 Benoît Laflamme Melissa Bull Éclipse électrique / The Knockoff Eclipse Winner [9][10]
Catherine Ego Robyn Maynard NoirEs sous surveillance. Esclavage, répression et violence d’État au Canada / Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present Shortlist [11]
Catherine Ego Paige Cooper Zolitude Shortlist [11]
2021 Sarah Henzi An Antane-Kapesh I Am a Damn Savage; What Have You Done to My Country? / Je suis une maudite sauvagesse/Eukuan nin matshimanitu innu-iskueu and Tante nana etutamin mitassi? / Qu'as-tu fait de mon pays?) Winner [12][13]
Sheila Fischman Kim Thúy Em Shortlist
Donald Winkler Frédérick Lavoie Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 Came to Be Published in Castro’s Twilight / Avant l’Après Shortlist
2022 Nicolas Calvé Samir Shaheen-Hussain Plus aucun enfant autochtone arraché / Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada Winner [30]
Jonathan Lamy Rachel McCrum Le premier coup de clairon pour réveiller les femmes immorales / The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate   Shortlist [15][16]
Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné Mordecai Richler Fils d’un tout petit héros / Son of a Smaller Hero Shortlist [15][16]

Concordia University First Book Prize

The Concordia University First Book Prize, established in 1996 and sponsored by Concordia University, is awarded annually to the first book of an English-language Quebec writer.[31] The award has been known as the First Book Award (1996 – 1998), McAuslan First Book Prize (1999 – 2009), the QWF First Book Prize (2010), and the Concordia University First Book Prize (2011 – present).[31]

Concordia University First Book Prize winners[31]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1996 Blema Steinberg Shame and Humiliation: Presidential Decision Making on Vietnam Winner
1997 Irene Burstyn Picking Up Pearls Winner [32]
Ashok Chandwani Buntys and Pinkies: Chronicles of a New Canadian Shortlist
Maurice Podbrey and R. Bruce Henry Half Man, Half Beast: Making a Life in Canadian Theatre Shortlist
1998 Matthew Friedman Fuzzy Logic: Dispatches from the Information Revolution Winner [21]
Judith Cowan More Than Life Itself Shortlist
Tess Fragoulis Stories to Hide From Your Mother Shortlist
1999 Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby? Winner [22]
Jeffrey Moore Prisoner In a Red-Rose Chain Shortlist
Jori Smith Charlevoix County, 1930 Shortlist
2000 Taras Grescoe Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec Winner [23]
Andrew Steinmetz Wardlife, The Apprenticeship Of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk Shortlist
Janine Stingel Social Discredit, Anti-Semitism, Social Credit and the Jewish Response Shortlist
2001 Jack Todd A Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story Winner
Michael Blair If Looks Could Kill Shortlist
Monika Kin Gagnon Other Conundrums: Race, Culture and Canadian Art Shortlist
2002 Nalini Warriar Blues from the Malabar Coast Winner
Derek Grout Empress of Ireland: The Story of an Edwardian Liner Shortlist
Morton Weinfeld Like Everyone Else…But Different: The Paradoxical Success of Canadian Jews Shortlist
2003 Neale McDevitt One Day Even Trevi Will Crumble Winner [24][25]
Ian McGillis A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry Shortlist
Corey Frost My Own Devices Shortlist
2004 Jaspreet Singh Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir Winner
Clayton Bailey The Expedition Shortlist
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Shortlist
2005 Marci Denesiuk The Far Away Home Winner [26]
Dimitri Nasrallah Blackbodying Winner [26]
Matthew Fox Cities of Weather Shortlist
2006 Rawi Hage De Niro's Game Winner
Susan Elmslie I, Nadja, and Other Poems Shortlist
Melissa A. Thompson Dreadful Paris Shortlist
2007 Neil Smith Bang Crunch Winner
Angela Carr Ropewalk Shortlist
Nairne Holtz The Skin Beneath Shortlist
2008 Adam Leith Gollner The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession Winner
Liane Keightley Seven Openings of the Head Shortlist
Saleema Nawaz Mother Superior Shortlist
2009 Eric Siblin The Cello Suites Winner
Gillian Sze Fish Bones Shortlist
Alice Zorn Ruins and Relics Shortlist
2010 Sean Mills The Empire Within: Postcolonial Thought and Political Activism in Sixties Montreal Winner [2][33]
Larissa Andrusyshyn Mammoth Shortlist
Doug Harris YOU Comma Idiot Shortlist
2011 Ann Scowcroft The Truth of Houses Winner
Gabe Foreman A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People Shortlist
Ed Macdonald Spat the Dummy Shortlist
2012 Alice Petersen All The Voices Cry Winner [3]
Tom Abray Pollen Shortlist
Michael Lithgow Waking in the Tree House Shortlist
2013 Andrew Szymanski The Barista and I Winner [18]
Connie Guzzo-McParland The Girls of Piazza d’Amore Shortlist
Shelagh Plunkett The Water Here is Never Blue Shortlist
2014 Anna Leventhal Sweet Affliction Winner [4]
 Sean Michaels Us Conductors Shortlist
Caroline Vu Palawan Story Shortlist
2015 Anita Anand Swing in the House and Other Stories Winner [19]
Mike Steeves Giving Up Shortlist [27][28][29]
Joel Wapnick The View North from Liberal Cemetery Shortlist [28]
2016 Kelly Norah Drukker Small Fires Winner [34]
Sylvain Neuvel Sleeping Giants Shortlist
Chelsea Vowel Indigenous Writes Shortlist
2017 Jocelyn Parr Uncertain Weights and Measures Winner
Ariela Freedman Arabic for Beginners Shortlist [5]
 J. Jacob Potashnik The Golem of Hampstead and Other Stories Shortlist [5]
2018 Paige Cooper Zolitude Winner
Robyn Maynard Policing Black Lives: State Violence In Canada from Slavery to the Present Shortlist [7]
John Emil Vincent Excitement Tax Shortlist [7]
2019 Lindsay Nixon nîtisânak Winner [8]
Ann Lambert The Birds That Stay Shortlist
Rita Pomade Seeker: A Sea Odyssey Shortlist
Ken Victor We Were Like Everyone Else Shortlist
2020 Madelaine Caritas Longman The Danger Model Winner [9][10]
Kama La Mackerel ZOM-FAM Shortlist [11]
Yusuf Saadi Pluviophile Shortlist [11]
2021 Samir Shaheen-Hussain Fighting for a Hand to Hold Winner [12][13][35]
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch Knot Body Shortlist
Balfour M. Mount Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path As I Remember It Shortlist
Aimee Wall We, Jane Shortlist
2022 Trynne Delaney the half-drowned Winner
Baharan Baniahmadi Prophetess Shortlist [15][16]
David Bradford Dream of No One But Myself Shortlist [15][16]
Kasia Van Schaik We Have Never Lived On Earth Shortlist [15][16]

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction, established in 1988, is awarded annually to an English-language non-fiction book written by a Quebec author. The award was original named the Non-fiction Prize, though it changed in 1999.

Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction winners[36]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1988 Witold Rybczynski Home: A Short History of an Idea Winner [37]
1989 Witold Rybczynski The Most Beautiful House in the World Winner [38]
Louise Abbott The Coast Way: A Portrait of the English on the Lower North Shore of the St. Lawrence Shortlist
Dominique Clift The Secret Kingdom: Interpretations of the Canadian Character Shortlist
1990 David Solway Education Lost: Reflections on Contemporary Pedogogical Practice Winner [39]
Marc Raboy Missed Opportunities: The Story of Canada’s Broadcasting Policy Shortlist
Charles Taylor Sources of the Self: The Making of Modern Identity Shortlist
1991 Donald MacKay Flight from Famine Winner [40]
Reid Scowen A Different Vision: The English in Quebec in the 90s Shortlist
Margaret Westley Remembrance of Grandeur: The Anglo-Protestant Elite of Montreal Shortlist
1992 Mary Meigs In the Company of Strangers Winner [41]
Charles Foran Sketches in Winter Shortlist
Charles Taylor The Malaise of Modernity Shortlist
1993 Zhimei Zhang Foxspirit: A Woman in Mao's China Winner [42]
John Laffey Civilization and its Discontented Shortlist
Ruth Wisse If I Am Not For Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews Shortlist
1994 Laura S. Groening E.K. Brown: A Study in Conflict Winner
Ghitta Caiserman-Roth and Rhoda Cohen Insights, Discoveries, Surprises Shortlist
Laura Smith Groening E. K. Brown: A Study in Conflict Shortlist
1995 Charles Foran The Last House of Ulster: A Family in Belfast Winner [43]
Sharon Batt Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancer Shortlist
Michael Malus Before the End of the Day: Stories from a Doctor’s Journal Shortlist
1996 T. F. Rigelhof A Blue Boy in a Black Dress: A Memoir Winner
Ann Charney Defiance in Their Eyes Shortlist
André Picard The Gift of Death Shortlist
1997 William Weintraub City Unique: Montreal Days and Nights in the 40s and 50s Winner [32]
Joe Fiorito Tango On the Main Shortlist
 Elaine Kalman Naves Journey to Vaja Shortlist
1998 David Manicom Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire Winner [21]
Alan Hustak Saint Patrick’s of Montreal: The Biography of a Basilica Shortlist
 W. Gillies Ross This Distant and Unsurveyed Country Shortlist
1999 Elaine Kalman Naves Putting Down Roots Winner [22]
Robert Hill Voice of the Vanishing Minority Shortlist
Jori Smith Charlevoix County, 1930 Shortlist
2000 Taras Grescoe Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec Winner [23]
Nicholas Regush The Virus Within, A Coming Epidemic Shortlist
Andrew Steinmetz Wardlife, The Apprenticeship Of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk Shortlist
2001 Jack Todd A Taste of Metal: A Deserter's Story Winner
Phil Jenkins River Song: Sailing the History of the St. Lawrence Shortlist
William Weintraub Getting Started: A Memoir of the 1950s Shortlist
2002 Henry T. Aubin The Rescue of Jerusalem Winner
Tod Hoffman LeCarré’s Landscape Shortlist
Margaret Lock Twice Dead: Organ Transplants and the Re-invention of Death Shortlist
2003 Elaine Kalman Naves Shoshanna's Story Winner [24][25]
Tod Adams A Love of Reading: The Second Collection Shortlist
Taras Grescoe The End of Elsewhere Shortlist
2004 Joel Yanofsky Mordecai and Me: An Appreciation of a Kind Winner
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire Shake Hands With the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda Shortlist
Julian Sher and William Marsden The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering Canada Shortlist
2005 Fred Bruemmer Survival: A Refugee Life Winner [26]
Alan Hustak Sir William Hingston (1829-1907): Montreal Mayor, Sugeon and Banker Shortlist
Carmine Starnino A Lover’s Quarrel Shortlist
2006 Sherry Simon Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City Winner
William Marsden and Julian Sher Angels of Death Shortlist
Byron Rempel Truth is Naked, All Others Pay Cash Shortlist
2007 Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau The Story of French Winner
Margaret Somerville The Ethical Imagination Shortlist
Vikki Stark My Sister, My Self: Understanding the Relationship That Shapes Our Lives, Our Loves, and Ourselves Shortlist
2008 Taras Grescoe Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood Winner
Adam Gollner The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession Shortlist
Byron Rempel No Limits: The Amazing Life Story of Rhona and Rhoda Wurtele, Canada’s Olympian Skiing Pioneers Shortlist
2009 Eric Siblin The Cello Suites Winner
Yves Engler The Black book of Canadian Shortlist
Patrick McDonagh Idiocy: A Cultural History Shortlist
2010 Cleo Paskal Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map Winner [2][33]
Avi Friedman A Place in Mind: the Search for Authenticity Shortlist
Frank Mackey Done with Slavery Shortlist
2011 Joel Yanofsky Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education in Autism Winner
Lt. Gen. Roméo Dallaire They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children Shortlist
Merrily Weisbord The Love Queen of Malabar: Memoir of a Friendship with Kamala Das Shortlist
2012 Taras Grescoe Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile Winner [3]
William Marsden Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change Shortlist
Julija Šukys Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Šimaitė Shortlist
2013 Adam Leith Gollner The Book of Immortality Winner [18]
Maximilian Forte Slouching Towards Sirte Shortlist
Shelagh Plunkett The Water Here is Never Blue Shortlist
2014 Chantal Hébert The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was Winner [4]
 Issa J. Boullata The Bells of Memory Shortlist
Margaret Lock The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging Shortlist
2015 Carlos Fraenkel Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World Winner [19]
Judith Cowan The Permanent Nature of Everything: A Memoir Shortlist [28]
Kathleen Winter Boundless Shortlist [28]
2016 Daniel J. Levitin A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age Winner
Taras Grescoe Shanghai Grand Shortlist
Chelsea Vowel Indigenous Writes Shortlist
2017 Sandra Perron Out Standing in the Field: A Memoir by Canada's First Female Infantry Officer Winner
E. A. Heaman Tax, Order, and Good Government: A New Political History of Canada, 1867 – 1917 Shortlist [5][44]
Laila Parsons The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence, 1914 – 1948 Shortlist [5][44]
2018 Judi Rever In Praise of Blood: The Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front Winner
Robyn Maynard Policing Black Lives: State Violence In Canada from Slavery to the Present Shortlist [7]
Erín Moure Sitting Shiva on Minto Avenue, by ‘Toots’ Shortlist [7]
2019 Susan Doherty The Ghost Garden Winner [8]
Mark Abley The Organist Shortlist
Jas M. Morgan nîtisânak Shortlist
2020 Taras Grescoe Possess the Air: Love, Heroism, and the Battle for the Soul of Mussolini's Rome Winner [9][10]
Danielle Bobker The Closet: The Eighteenth-Century Architecture of Intimacy Shortlist [11]
M. Max Hamon The Audacity of His Enterprise: Louis Riel and the Métis Nation That Canada Never Was, 1840-1875 Shortlist [11][45]
2021 Samir Shaheen-Hussain Fighting for a Hand to Hold Winner [12][13][35]
Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt Peacekeeper’s Daughter: A Middle-East Memoir Shortlist
Karen Messing Bent Out of Shape Shortlist
André Picard Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic Shortlist
Robyn Sarah Music, Late and Soon Shortlist
2022 Taras Raboy Looking for Alicia: The Unfinished Life of an Argentinian Rebel Winner
Nora Loreto Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the COVID-19 Pandemic Shortlist [15][16]
Christopher Neal The Rebel Scribe: Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin America Shortlist [15][16]
Sina Queyras Rooms: Women, Writing, Woolf Shortlist [15][16]

Judy Mappin Community Award

The Judy Mappin Community Award, established in 1995 and first awarded to Judith Mappin, is awarded annually "to a member of the extended literary community who has made a significant and longstanding contribution to the development and/or dissemination of English-language literature in Quebec."[46]

Judy Mappin Community Award winners[46]
Year Author Description Ref.
1995 Judith Mappin Her role in founding QSPELL and its prizes, her tireless work as a bookseller who promoted local authors, and her visionary role in the creation of a genuine Canadian literature in both the French and English languages [43]
1996 Bryan Demchinsky His work promoting local authors as Books editor of the Montreal Gazette
1997 Shelley Pomerance Her work promoting literature and writers at CBC Radio [32]
1998 Simon Dardick and Nancy Marrelli Their work at Véhicule Press [21]
1999 Mireille Goulet The commitment and professionalism she displayed in her work for the Electronic Rights Defence Committee [22]
2000 Patricia Pleszcynska Her work at CBC Radio [23]
2001 Germain Lefebvre His work as Cultural Advisor of CACUM: Conseil des Arts de la CUM
2002 Linda Shohet Her work as the Director of The Centre of Literacy of Quebec
2003 Linda Leith Her work as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival and as a teacher, author, literary translator, editor, and community activist [24][25]
2004 Margaret Goldik and Ian McGillis The professionalism and judgment they brought to their work as co-editors of the Montreal Review of Books
2005 Guy Rodgers His role in the founding and flourishing of many major arts organizations, including the Federation of English-language Writers of Quebec, the Quebec Drama Federation, the Quebec Writers' Federation, and the English-Language Arts Network [26]
2006 Julie Keith Her good judgment, graciousness, and unwavering commitment to advancing the cause of English-language literature in Quebec
2007 André Vanasse The inclusiveness and power of his vision of Quebec literature
2008 Mary Soderstrom Her indefatigable service to the writing community as an organizer, writer, and advocate
2009 Luci and Adrian King-Edwards Their work at The Word bookstore, Montreal
2010 Ilona Martonfi Her tireless work promoting writers through The Yellow Door and the Visual Arts Centre reading series [2]
2011 Endre Farkas His work as a producer, editor, and publisher, and for the inclusiveness and power of his vision for Quebec literature
2012 Steve Luxton His invaluable contributions as a teacher, mentor, editor, publisher, and writer [3]
2013 No award was presented in 2013
2014 Elizabeth Macdonnell Her longstanding dedication to fostering a love of learning, literacy, and the English language during her work with the Montreal Children's Library [4]
2015 Maya Munro Byers The invaluable care and advice she has given to book lovers and writers, and for her role in instilling a love of literature in throngs of children [47]
2016 Rana Bose The unflagging focus, determination, and modesty with which he built and maintained Serai and Montreal Serai
2017 Philip Lanthier His work with Matrix and the Knowlton Literary Association
2018 Lynn Verge Her work with Atwater Library and Computer Centre
2019 Louis Rastelli His work championing underground publishing and dedicated service to Montreal's independent writing community
2020 Jan Jorgensen Her hard work, leadership, and longstanding personal commitment to community in all its forms [9][10]
2021 H. Nigel Thomas Offering advice and opportunity to scores of students and writers, always with generosity, humility, and good humour [12]
Richard King Dedicating almost 50 years of his life to serving readers, promoting books, and supporting the English-language writing community [12]
2022 Ferrier Ian His lifelong commitment to leading, supporting, and inspiring writers and artists in Montreal and beyond.

A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, established in 1988, is awarded annually to a book of English-language poetry written by a Quebec poet. The prize was known as the Poetry Prize from 1988 to 1922.[48] From 2011 to 2015, the prize was sponsored by Richard Pound, in memory of his brother Robert, and in 2022, it was sponsored by Byron Rempel.[48]

A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry[48]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1988 David Solway Modern Marriage Winner [37]
1989 D. G. Jones Balthazar and Other Poems Winner [38]
Mark Abley Blue Sand, Blue Moon Shortlist
Louis Dudek Infinite Worlds: The Poetry of Louis Dudek Shortlist
1990 Bruce Taylor Cold Rubber Feet Winner [39]
Erín Moure WSW (West South West) Winner [39]
1991 Eric Ormsby Bavarian Shrine and Other Poems Winner [40]
Charlotte Hussey Rue Sainte Famille Shortlist
Paddy Webb Woman Listening Shortlist
1992 Naomi Guttman Reasons for Winter Winner [41]
Louis Dudek Small Perfect Things Shortlist
Sharon Nelson The Work of Our Hands Shortlist
1993 Ralph Gustafson Configurations at Midnight Winner [42]
Anne Carson Short Talks Shortlist
Eric Ormsby Coastlines Shortlist
1994 Julie Bruck The Woman Downstairs Winner
Raymond Filip Flowers in Magnetic Fields Winner
Erín Moure Sheepish Beauty, Civilian Love Shortlist
Ruth Taylor The Dragon Papers Shortlist
1995 D. G. Jones The Floating Garden Winner [43]
Mark Abley Glasburyon Shortlist
1996 Anne Carson Glass, Irony and God Winner
Erín Moure Search Procedures Shortlist
Carolyn Marie Souaid Swimming into the Light Shortlist
1997 Ralph Gustafson Visions Fugitive Winner [32]
Stephen Schecter David and Jonathan Shortlist
Carmine Starnino The New World Shortlist
1998 Anne Carson Autobiography of Red Winner [21]
Mary di Michele Debriefing the Rose Shortlist
David Manicom The Older Graces Shortlist
1999 Bruce Taylor Facts Winner [22]
D. G. Jones Grounding Sight Shortlist
Erín Moure A Frame of the Book' Shortlist
2000 Rachel Rose Giving My Body to Science Winner [23]
Faizal Deen Land Without Chocolate Shortlist
Carolyn Marie Souaid October Shortlist
2001 Anne Carson The Beauty of the Husband Winner
Jason Camlot The Animal Library Shortlist
Andrew Steinmetz Histories Shortlist
2002 Norm Sibum Girls and Handsome Dogs Winner
Portlin Cochise A Bulldog’s Guide to Small Engine Repair Shortlist
Erín Moure O’Cidadán Shortlist
2003 Susan Gillis Volta Winner [24][25]
Carolyn Marie Souaid Snow Formations Shortlist
Carolyn Zonailo The Goddess in the Garden' Shortlist
2004 Carmine Starnino With English Subtitles Winner
Robyn Sarah A Day’s Grace: Poems 1997-2002 Shortlist
David Solway Franklin’s Passage Shortlist
2005 Erín Moure Little Theatres Winner [26]
Mark Abley The Silver Palace Restaurant Shortlist
Sherwin Tjia The World is a Heartbreaker Shortlist
2006 Susan Elmslie I, Nadja and Other Poems Winner
Jon Paul Fiorentino The Theory of the Loser Class Shortlist
Lazar Sarna He Claims He is the Direct Heir (Porcupine's Quill)by   Shortlist
2007 Erín Moure O Cadoiro Winner
David Solway Reaching for Clear: The Poetry of Rhys Savarin Shortlist
David McGimpsey Sitcom Shortlist
2008 Peter Richardson Sympathy for the Couriers Winner
Joshua Auerbach Radius of Light Shortlist
Katia Grubisic What if red ran out Shortlist
2009 Carmine Starnino This Way Out Winner
Norm Sibum The Pangborn Defence Shortlist
Mike Spry Jack Shortlist
2010 Kate Hall The Certainty Dream Winner [2][33]
Michael Harris Circus Shortlist
Erín Moure O Resplandor Shortlist
2011 Gabe Foreman A Complete Encyclopedia of Different Types of People Winner
Asa Boxer Skullduggery Shortlist
Jack Hannan Some Frames Shortlist
2012 Oana Avasilichioaei We, Beasts Winner [3]
Mary di Michele The Flower of Youth Shortlist
Susan Gillis The Rapids Shortlist
2013 Ken Howe The Civic-Mindedness of Trees Winner
Mia Anderson The Sunrise Liturgy: A Poem Sequence Shortlist
Peter Dubé Conjure Shortlist
2014 Sina Queyras MxT Winner [4]
Angela Carr Here In There Shortlist
Jon Paul Fiorentino Needs Improvement Shortlist
Gillian Sze Peeling Rambutan Shortlist
2015 David McGimpsey Asbestos Heights Winner [19]
Catherine Kidd Hyena Subpoena Shortlist [27][28]
Erín Moure Kapusta Shortlist [28]
2016 Kelly Norah Drukker Small Fires Winner
Sarah Burgoyne Saint Twin Shortlist
Alison Strumberger and Gillian Sze Redrafting Winter Shortlist
2017 Erin Robinsong Rag Cosmology Winner
Linda Besner Feel Happier in Nine Seconds Shortlist [5]
Rebecca Papucaru The Panic Room Shortlist [5]
2018 Sina Queyras My Ariel Winner [6]
Susan Elmslie Museum of Kindness Shortlist [7]
Gillian Sze Panicle Shortlist [7][6]
2019 Tess Liem Obits Winner [8]
Kaie Kellough Magnetic Equator Shortlist
Shannon Webb-Campbell I am a Body of Land Shortlist
2020 Sarah Wolfson A Common Name for Everything Winner [9][10]
Oana Avasilichioaei Eight Track Shortlist [11]
Simina Banu POP Shortlist [11]
Peter Dubé The Headless Man Shortlist [11]
stephanie roberts rushes from the river disappointment Shortlist [11][45]
2021 Sarah Venart I Am the Big Heart Winner [12][13]
Sarah Burgoyne Because the Sun Shortlist
Klara du Plessis Hell Light Flesh Shortlist
Jessie Jones The Fool Shortlist
2022 David Bradford Dream of No One But Myself Winner
Avery Lake Horrible Dance Shortlist [15][16]
Prathna Lor Emanations Shortlist [30][15][16]
Gillian Sze Quiet Night Think Shortlist [14][15][16]

Max Margles Fiction Prize

The Max Margles Fiction Prize, established in 2022, is presented to a new English-language Quebec writer "to allow a writer to work uninterruptedly on a manuscript for four months."[49] It is "the largest such prize to be awarded by any Canadian provincial writers’ organization."[49]

Max Margles Fiction Prize winners[49]
Year Author
2022 June Park

Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction, established in 1988, is presented annually to an English-language Quebec writer of fiction.

Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction winners[50]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1988 Hugh Hood The Motor Boys in Ottawa Winner [37]
1989 Kenneth Radu Distant Relations Winner [38]
Roma Gelblum Bross To Samerkand and Back Shortlist
David Homel Electrical Storms Shortlist
1990 Mordecai Richler Solomon Gursky Was Here Winner [39]
Ludmilla Beresko The Parcel from Chicken Street Shortlist
Nino Ricci Lives of the Saints Shortlist
1991 Kenneth Radu A Private Performance Winner [40]
Keith Harrison Eyemouth Shortlist
Claudia Morrison From the Foot of the Mountain (Cormorant)by   Shortlist
1992 Ray Smith A Night at the Opera Winner [41]
Dennis Denisoff Dog Years Shortlist
Yeshim Ternar Orphaned by Halley’s Comet Shortlist
1993 P. Scott Lawrence Missing Fred Astaire Winner [42]
 T. F. Rigelhof Je t’aime Cowboy Shortlist
Gail Scott Main Brides Shortlist
1994 Ann Diamond Evil Eye Winner
Jean-Guy Carrier The End of War Shortlist
H. Nigel Thomas Spirits in the Dark Shortlist
1995 George Szanto Friends & Marriages Winner [43]
Akhtar Naraghi The Big Green House Shortlist
Mary Soderstrom Endangered Species Shortlist
1996 Trevor Ferguson The Time Keeper Winner
Benet Davetian The Seventh Circle Shortlist
Yeshim Ternar True Romance with a Sailor Shortlist
1997 Charles Foran Butterfly Lovers Winner [32]
Connie Barnes Rose Getting Out of Town Shortlist
Mary Soderstrom Finding the Enemy Shortlist
1998 Mordecai Richler Barney's Version Winner [21]
Robert Majzels City of Forgetting Shortlist
Robyn Sarah Promise of Shelter Shortlist
1999 Elyse Gasco Can You Wave Bye-Bye, Baby? Winner [22]
Neil Bissoondath The Worlds Within Her Shortlist
John Farrow City of Ice Shortlist
2000 Julie Keith The Devil Out There Winner [23]
Will Aitken Realia Shortlist
John Lavery Very Good Butter Shortlist
2001 Yann Martel Life of Pi Winner
John Farrow Ice Lake Shortlist
Kate Sterns Down There By the Train Shortlist
2002 Neil Bissoondath Doing the Heart Good Winner
John Brooke All Pure Souls Shortlist
Steven Manners Wound Ballistics Shortlist
2003 David Homel The Speaking Cure Winner [24][25]
Edeet Ravel Ten Thousand Lovers Shortlist
Ian McGillis A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry Shortlist
2004 Edeet Ravel Look for Me Winner
Jeffrey Moore The Memory Artists Shortlist
Gordon Sheppard Ha! A Self-Murder Mystery Shortlist
2005 Neil Bissoondath The Unyielding Clamour of the Night Winner [26]
Denise Roig Any Day Now Shortlist
William Weintraub Crazy About Lily Shortlist
2006 Rawi Hage De Niro's Game Winner
Anita Rau Badami Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Shortlist
Barry Webster The Sound of All Flesh Shortlist
2007 Heather O'Neill Lullabies for Little Criminals Winner
Liam Durcan Garcìa’s Heart Shortlist
Neil Smith Bang Crunch Shortlist
2008 Rawi Hage Cockroach Winner
Andrew Hood Pardon Our Monsters Shortlist
Jaspreet Singh Chef Shortlist
2009 Colin McAdam Fall Winner
Jon Paul Fiorentino Stripmalling Shortlist
Harold Hoefle The Mountain Clinic Shortlist
2010 Miguel Syjuco Illustrado Winner [2][33]
Jeffrey Moore The Extinction Club Shortlist [33]
Doug Harris YOU Comma Idiot Shortlist [33]
2011 Dimitri Nasrallah Niko Winner
David Homel Midway Shortlist
Madeleine Thien Dogs at the Perimeter Shortlist
2012 Rawi Hage Carnival Winner [3]
Tom Abray Pollen Shortlist
Anita Rau Badami Tell It to the Trees Shortlist
2013 Saleema Nawaz Bone and Bread Winner
Jocelyne Dubois World of Glass Shortlist
Lorne Elliott Beach Reading Shortlist
2014 Sean Michaels Us Conductors Winner [4]
Jon Paul Fiorentino I’m Not Scared of You or Anything Shortlist
Guillaume Morissette New Tab Shortlist
2015 Neil Smith Boo Winner [19]
Heather O'Neill Daydreams of Angels Shortlist [28]
H. Nigel Thomas No Safeguards Shortlist [27][28][29]
2016 Liam Durcan The Measure of Darkness Winner
Jack Hannan The Poet is a Radio Shortlist
Madeleine Thien Do Not Say We Have Nothing Shortlist
Jacob Wren Rich and Poor Shortlist
2017 Heather O'Neill The Lonely Hearts Hotel Winner
Cora Sire Behold Things Beautiful Shortlist [5]
Kathleen Winter Lost In September Shortlist [5]
2018 Eliza Robertson Demi-Gods Winner
Paige Cooper Zolitude Shortlist [7]
Rawi Hage Beirut Hellfire Society Shortlist [7][6]
2019 David Homel The Teardown Winner [8]
Michael Carin Churchill at Munich Shortlist
Ariela Freedman A Joy To Be Hidden Shortlist
Catherine McKenzie I’ll Never Tell Shortlist
2020 Kaie Kellough Dominoes at the Crossroads Winner [9][10]
Endre Farkas Home Game Shortlist [11]
Sean Michaels The Wagers Shortlist [11]
Ceilidh Michelle Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams Shortlist [11]
2021 Mikhail Iossel Love Like Water, Love Like Fire Winner [12][13]
Saleema Nawaz Songs for the End of the World Shortlist
Aimee Wall We, Jane Shortlist
Kathleen Winter Undersong Shortlist
2022 Baharan Baniahmadi Prophetess Winner
Anita Anand A Convergence of Solitudes Shortlist [15][16]
Rawi Hage Stray Dogs Shortlist [15][16]
Neil Smith Jones Shortlist [15][16]

QWF Playwriting Prize

The QWF Playwriting Prize, established in 2018, is award every other year in even-numbered years. Typically, plays published "published or produced during the two previous years" are eligible.[51] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on theatre, plays have been eligible for the award if they have been published or produced since 2018, "provided that the play was not already submitted for the 2020 prize."[51]

The QWF Playwriting Prize winner received a $3,000 prize, as well as "a reading as part of Infinithéâtre’s Pipeline Reading Series."[51]

QWF Playwriting Prize[51]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2018 Erin Shields Paradise Lost Winner
Stephen Orlov "Sperm Count" (in Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas) Shortlist [7]
Paul Van Dyck When Memories Have Us (Based on the original script co-written by Paul Van Dyck and Caitlin Murphy) Shortlist [7]
Rahul Varma Truth and Treason Shortlist [7]
2020 Mishka Lavigne Albumen Winner [9]
Alexandria Haber Alice and the World We Live In Shortlist [11]
Mona’a Malik Sania the Destroyer Shortlist [11]
Erin Shields Instant Shortlist [11]
2022 Erin Shields The Millennial Malcontent Winner
Alexandria Haber and Ned Cox The Silent Woman Shortlist [15][16]
Arthur Holden Beloved Shortlist [15][16]
Erin Shields Beautiful Man Shortlist [14][15][16]

QWF Spoken Word Prize

The QWF Spoken Word Prize, established in 2022,[52] "is open to Quebec-based spoken word artists, storytelling artists, and literary performance artists working primarily in English in any form of performative writing."[14]

QWF Spoken Word Prize[14]
Year Author Title
2022 Lucia De Luca "Not in the Bike Commercial”
Roen Higgins “Free Your Mind”
Erín Moure "Odiama"

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