January 27, 2015 – Toronto – The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named the five finalists for the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. The winner will be announced in Ottawa on March 11, 2015, at the Politics and the Pen Gala. Finalist books include an impassioned plea for the restoration of rational political … Read more
>>From the Writers’ Trust of Canada January 19, 2015 – Toronto – The Writers’ Trust of Canada is announcing the 2015–16 slate of writers to attend the Berton House Writers’ Retreat, Canada’s most sought after residency program. Each writer will travel to Dawson City, Yukon, to live and work for three months in the childhood … Read more
>>From the Writers’ Trust of Canada For the 2015 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers, a prize of $5,000 will be awarded for the best work of poetry. Two honourable mentions will each receive $1,000 prizes. To be eligible candidates must be: A Canadian citizen or permanent resident Under the age of 35 as of … Read more
>>From the Writers’ Trust of Canada Toronto – November 4, 2014 – Tonight in Toronto’s Glenn Gould Studio, the Writers’ Trust of Canada presented six awards for literary merit and $139,000 to Canadian writers. The Writers’ Trust Awards evening is one of the richest literary prize-giving events in Canada. The Writers’ Trust supports Canadian writers throughout the year … Read more
>>From the Writers’ Trust of Canada October 14, 2014 – Toronto – The Writers’ Trust of Canada announced tonight that Naomi Klein has won the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climatepublished by Knopf Canada. The prize is the richest annual literary award for a book of nonfiction published in Canada. The prize was awarded … Read more