The Writers' Trust of Canada presents 10 annual prizes to authors at various stages of their careers. Use the menu on the left to learn more about each prize.

Are you a publisher interested in submitting to the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, or the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing? 
Download the 2013 Prize Guidelines and Entry Form.     

Read about how our literary awards have helped the careers of some of those recognized:

" I had submitted my story to the contest only on a whim, but I wonder what I would be doing now if I hadn’t. The recognition came during a discouraging moment of my life, offering an extraordinary bit of hope."
Shashi Bhat, 2009 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers Finalist

" To work harder than you’ve ever worked before — and to have your work acknowledged in that very public way — is hugely encouraging for a writer. It’s special, too, because it almost never happens."
Saleema Nawaz, 2008 Writers’ Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Winner  

" I owe a lot to the Journey Prize. An agent, a book deal. A renewed faith in my work. All signs that seem to say I’m on the right track."
Yasuko Thanh, 2009 Writers’ Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize Winner