On this page: Governor-General’s Award; The Giller Prize; Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

Governor-General’s Award recognize Canada’s best books. The awards promote Canadian literature, and encourage Canadians to read. #ggbookaward

• 2020: Finalists will be revealed on May 4, 2021, and the winners, on June 1, 2021
• 2019: Five Wives, Joan Thomas
• 2018 The Red Word, Sarah Henstra
• 2017 We’ll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night Joel Thomas Hynes
• 2016 Do Not Say We Have Nothing, Madeleine Thien *
• 2015 Daddy Lenin and Other Stories Guy Vanderhaeghe
• 2014 The Back of the Turtle Thomas King
• 2013 The Luminaries Eleanor Catton *
• 2012 The Purchase Linda Spalding
• 2011 The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt DNF
• 2010 Cool Water  Dianne Warren
• 2009 The Mistress of Nothing Kate Pullinger
• 2008 The Origin of Species Nino Ricci
• 2007 Divisadero Michael Ondaatje
• 2006 The Law of Dreams Peter Behrens
• 2005 A Perfect Night to Go to China David Gilmour
• 2004 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews
• 2003 Elle Douglas Glover
• 2002 A Song for Nettie Johnson Gloria Sawai
• 2001 Clara Callan Richard B. Wright*
• 2000 Anil’s Ghost Michael Ondaatje
• 1999 Elizabeth and After Matt Cohen
• 1998 Forms of Devotion Diane Schoemperlen
• 1997 The Underpainter Jane Urquhart
• 1996 The Englishman’s Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe
• 1995 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead
• 1994 A Discovery of Strangers Rudy Wiebe
• 1993 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields
• 1992 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje
• 1991 Such a Long Journey Rohinton Mistry
• 1990 Lives of the Saints Nino Ricci
• 1989 Whale Music Paul Quarrington
• 1988 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards
• 1987 A Dream Like Mine M.T. Kelly
• 1986 The Progress of Love Alice Munro
• 1985 The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood*
• 1984 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Skvorecky
• 1983 Shakespeare’s Dog Leon Rooke
• 1982 Man Descending Guy Vanderhaeghe
• 1981 Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories Mavis Gallant
• 1980 Burning Water George Bowering
• 1979 The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne Jack Hodgins
• 1978 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro
• 1977 The Wars Timothy Findley
• 1976 Bear Marian Engel
• 1975 The Great Victorian Collection Brian Moore
• 1974 The Diviners                   Margaret Laurence                   
• 1973 The Temptations of Big Bear                   Rudy Wiebe                  
• 1972 The Manticore  Robertson Davies                  
• 1971 St. Urbain’s Horseman Mordecai Richler
• 1970 The New Ancestors Dave Godfrey                  
• 1969 The Studhorse Man  Robert Kroetsch                  
• 1968 Dance of the Happy Shades Alice Munro; Cocksure Mordecai Richler
• 1967 Salut Galarneau  Jacques Godbout                  
• 1966 A Jest of God   Margaret Laurence
• 1965 L’incubation Gérard Bessette                   
• 1964 The Deserter Douglas LePan                   
• 1963 Hugh Garner’s Best Stories Hugh Garner
• 1962 Running to ParadiseKildare Dobbs                  
• 1961 Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place  Malcolm Lowry                  
• 1960 The Luck of Ginger Coffey Brian Moore                   
• 1959 The Watch that Ends the Night Hugh MacLennan                   
• 1958 Execution Colin McDougall                  
• 1957 Street of Riches (translation) Gabrielle Roy                   
• 1956 The Sacrifice Adele Wiseman                  
• 1955 The Sixth of June Lionel Shapiro                  
• 1954 The Fall of a Titan Igor Gouzenko                  
• 1953 Digby  David Walker                   
• 1952 The Pillar David Walker                   
• 1951 The Loved and the Lost Morley Callaghan                  
• 1950 The Outlander (translation) Germaine Guèvremont                  
• 1949 Mr. Ames Against Time Philip Child                  
• 1948 The Precipice Hugh MacLennan                   
• 1947 The Tin Flute (translation) Gabrielle Roy
• 1946 Continental Revue Winifred Bambrick                  
• 1945 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan
• 1944 Earth and High Heaven Gwethalyn Graham
• 1943 The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek Thomas H. Raddall
• 1942 Little Man G. Herbert Sallans
• 1941 Three Came to Ville Marie Alan Sullivan                  
• 1940 Thirty Acres (translation) Ringuet (pseud.)
• 1939 The Champlain Road  Franklin D. McDowell
• 1938 Swiss Sonata Gwethalyn Graham                   
• 1937 The Dark Weaver Laura G. Salverson
• 1936 Think of The Earth  Bertram Brooke

The Giller Prize recognized excellence in Canadian fiction – long format or short stories. #gillerprize

• 2020 How to Pronounce Knife, Souvankham Thammavongsa
• 2019 Reproduction, Ian Williams
• 2018 Washington black by Esi Edugyan*
• 2017 Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill*
• 2016 Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien*
• 2015 Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
• 2014 Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
• 2013 Hellgoing by Lynn Coady
• 2012 419 by Will Ferguson
• 2011 Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
• 2010 The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
• 2009 The Bishop’s Man by Linden MacIntyre
• 2008 Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
• 2007 Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
• 2006 Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
• 2005 The Time In Between by David Bergen
• 2004 Runaway by Alice Munro
• 2003 The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji
• 2002 The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
• 2001  Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright*
• 2000  Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje; Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards
• 1999 A Good House by Bonnie Burnard
• 1998 The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
• 1997 Barney’s Version by Mordecai Richler
• 1996 Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood*
• 1995  A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
• 1994 The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji

The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize recognizes Canadian writers of exceptional talent for the year’s best novel or short story collection. #writerstrust #canlit #rogerswriterstrust

• 2020: Ridgerunner, Gil Adamson
• 2019 Days by Moonlight, Andre Alexis
• 2018                  Dear Evelyn, Kathy Page
• 2017                  Brother, David Chariandy
• 2016                  Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains, Yasuko Thanh
• 2015                  Fifteen Dogs, André Alexis
• 2014                  All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews
• 2013                  A Beautiful Truth, Colin McAdam
• 2012                  Siege 13, Tamas Dobozy
• 2011                  The Sister’s Brothers, Patrick de Witt DNF
• 2010                  Room, Emma Donoghue*
• 2009                  The Golden Mean, Annabel Lyon
• 2008                  The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews
• 2007                  The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
• 2006                  Inside, Kenneth Harvey
• 2005                  Three Day Road, Joseph Boyden
• 2004                  Runaway, Alice Munro
• 2003                   Country of Cold, Kevin Patterson
• 2002                   Enemy Women, Paulette Jiles
• 2001                   When Alice Lay Down with Peter, Margaret Sweatman
• 2000                   afterimage, Helen Humphreys
• 1999                   The City of Yes, Peter Oliva
• 1998                   The Healer, Greg Hollingshead
• 1997                   The Origin of Waves, Austin Clarke