Past CBC Literary Prize winners
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2023
Short Story: Just a Howlby Will Richter
Nonfiction: Glossary for an Aswang by Louie Leyson
Poetry:lotus flower blooming into breastsby Kyo Lee
2022
Short Story: Beneath the Softness of Snowby Chanel M. Sutherland
Nonfiction: Advice to a New Beekeeper by Susan Cormier
Poetry:Spell World Backwardsby Bren Simmers
2021
Short Story: Kids in Kindergartenby Corinna Chong
Nonfiction:Umbrellaby Chanel M. Sutherland
Poetry: James by Lise Gaston
2020
Short Story:Gibsonby Brenda Damen
Nonfiction:Value Villageby Jonathan Poh
Poetry: Tickling the Scarby Matthew Hollett
2019
Short Story:Green VelvetbyKrzysztof Pelc
Nonfiction:Slow Violence by Jenny Boychuck
Poetry:Love Poem with Elk and Punctuation, Prairie StormandTasbihbyAlycia Pirmohamed
2018
ShortStory: Lipstick Day byLeah Mol
Nonfiction: Easy Family Dinners by Sandra Murdock
Poetry: Arrhythmia by Natalie Lim
2017
Short Story: Witchingby Alix Hawley
Poetry:Postcards for my Sister by Alessandra Naccarato
Creative Nonfiction:Trust Exercise by Becky Blake
2016
Short Story: Enigmaby David Huebert
Poetry: African Canadian in Union Blueby Michael Fraser
Creative Nonfiction: Adaptationby Leslie A. Davidson
2015
Short Story: Mountain Under Seaby D.W. Wilson
Poetry: String Theoryby Mark Wagenaar
Creative Nonfiction: If You Have aGood Seal, the Chest Will Riseby Carrie Mac
2014
Short Story: Smileyby Jane Eaton Hamilton
Poetry: Tar Swanby David Martin
Creative Nonfiction: The Hunter and the Swanby Patti-Kay Hamilton
2013
Short Story: The Three Times Ruleby Becky Blake
Poetry: The Trailerby James Scoles
Creative Nonfiction: The Gods of ScrabblebyMohan Srivastava
2012
Short Story: MinebyDaniel Karasik
Poetry: Great Aunt UnmarriedbySadiqa de Meijer
Creative Nonfiction: Holy Bald-HeadedbyHilary Dean
2010
Short Story: Snapshots from My Father's Euthanasia Road Trip, or, EsaubyMeghan Adams
Poetry: To Your Scattered Bodies GobyBrian Brett
Creative Nonfiction: My Best FriendbyGina Leola Woolsey
2009
Short Story: BadgerbyDonald Ward
Poetry: Us uncleanbyMichael Langton
Creative Nonfiction: The RisebyMarian Botsford Fraser
2008
Short Story: CircusbyClaire Battershill
Poetry: OutskirtsbySue Goyette
Creative Nonfiction: Columbus BurningbySarah de Leeuw
2007
Short Story: WhitebyLee Kvern
Poetry: Sundress, FortressbyJeramy Dodds
Creative Nonfiction: In a GardenbyShelagh Plunkett
2006
Short Story: The People Who Love HerbyAmy Jones
Poetry: A Walker in the CitybyMira Cook
Creative Nonfiction: The Occupations of Muriel ThompsonbyLeona Theis
2005
Short Story: The ChorusbyErin Soros
Poetry: The Mind's Eyeby Alison Pick
Creative Nonfiction: I, Witnessby Kim Echlin
2004
Short Story: The Point David Made Earlierby Michael Winter
Poetry: The Workshopby Asa Boxer
Travel Writing: The Bus to LojabyMontana Jones
2003
Short Story: The Lost Boyby Jane Eaton Hamilton
Poetry: Selections from Muybridge's HorsebyRob Winger
Travel Writing: Girl Afraid of Haystacks (A story of travel and exile)byStephen Osborne
2002
Short Story: The Last Shotby Leon Rooke
Poetry: Once a Murderer: Poems for Three VoicesbyZo Landale
Travel Writing: Dents in the LaurentiansbyRoger Greenwald
2001
Short Story: Between Warsby Camilla Gibb
Poetry: Poems for Carl Hruskaby Erin Noteboom
Travel Writing: A Desert RomancebyDavid Tycho
1999
Short Story: How can men share a bottle of vodkaby David Bergen
Poetry: Drowning Water& Other Poemsby Don Domanski
Essay: Tunnelsby Roberta Rees
1998
Short Story: Where It Comes From, Where It Goesby Bill Gaston
Poetry: One VersionbySuzanne Buffam
Essay: BoobyTimothy Wilson
1997
Short Story: SatyabyShauna Singh Baldwin
Poetry: Hoar FrostbyRoberta Rees
Essay: HairbyElaine Kalman Naves
1996
Short Story: Poached Egg on Toastby Frances Itani
Poetry: The Gold Luck of Carpby Susan Musgrave
Essay: Jungle Feverby Jamie Zeppa
1995
Short Story: Boleroby Frances Itani
Poetry: Kicheraboo, We Are Dyingby John B. Lee
Essay: FlightbyJudith Kalman
1994
Short Story: In the Water, Like Thisby Gayla Reid
Poetry: PoemsbyRoger Greenwald
Essay: The SuitbyNorman Doidge
1992/93
Short Story: The Girl with the Bell NecklacebyGail Anderson-Dargatz
Poetry: Eleven Paintings by Mary PrattbyDiana Brebner
Essay: A Careful ManbyCarolyn Smart
1991
Short Story: ElizabethbyJohn Givner
Poetry: Captain Kintailand The Church Not Made with HandsbyJohn Terpstra
Essay: Shame and PleasurebyAmy Friedman
1990
Short Story: HoodlumsbyIrena Friedman Karafilly
Poetry: Human ActsbyHeather Spears
Essay: Leaving the FarmbyRoss Klatte
1989
Short Story: Peggy Lee in AfricabyPatrick Roscoe
Poetry (second place):A Glossary of the Intertextby Stephen Scobie
Radio Drama: Hungry GhostsbyLouise Young
1988
Short Story: A Van for VioletbyErnst Havemann
Poetry: Spring DescendingbyMichael Harris
Radio Drama: The DemonbyMatthew Decter
1987
Short Story: Dream LandbyCarol Windley
Poetry: Angels of SilencebyLorna Crozier
Radio Drama: SeichebyW.D. Valgardson
1986
Short Story: The WindbyJanice Kulyk Keefer
Poetry: A Natural History of Southwestern OntariobyChristopher Dewdney
Radio Drama: MortalbyCordelia Strube
1985
Short Story: Mrs. Putnam at the PlanetariumbyJanice Kulyk Keefer
Poetry (tie for first place):
SoutheasterlybyAndrew Wreggitt
The Blue Roofs of JapanbyRobert Bringhurst
Radio Drama: Ratzlaff vs. the CreatorbyEric Nicol
1984
Short Story: An InterviewbyErnst Havemann
Poetry: Technologies/InstallationsbyKim Maltman
Drama: StationsbyJohn Gregory
Children's Story: To the Mountains by MorningbyDiana Wieler
1983
Short Story: The Other CountrybyGwendolyn MacEwen
Poetry: Catchpenny PoemsbyDavid Helwig
Radio Drama: Women WaitingbyCarol Shields
Children's Story (second place):Once Upon A Villageby Christel Kleitsch
1982
Short Story: The Passions of LallabyMichael Ondaatje
Poetry: Summer's Drugby Roo Borson
Radio Drama (Adventure): Jupiter's Feet: A Love StorybyRachel Wyatt
Radio Drama (Comedy) (second place):A Taste of the Sweet Appleby Larry Snyder
Children's Story: The Hen's CastlebyAlice Tomlinson
1981
Short Story: The LeavingbyBudge Wilson
Poetry: The Cave of TrophoniusbyFrancis Sparshott
Memoirs: The Fifth ManbyRonald R. Jeffels
1980
Short Story: A Matter of BalancebyW.D. Valgardson
Poetry (tiefor second place):
Mimosaby Mary Di Michele
Birdsby Bill Bissett
Memoirs: Aga DawnbyBill Schermbrucker
1979
Short Story: Les RitesbySen Virgo
Poetry (tiefor second place):
A New Romanceby DavidMcFadden
The PatLowtherPoemby GailMcKay
Memoirs: My Cousin GeraldbyCharles Ritchie