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