A celebration of the year's best Canadian writing

Writers' Trust Awards

Highlights

2025 Ceremony

November 13

CBC Glenn Gould Studio

Hosted by Mattea Roach

Accessibility

The WT Awards livestream will soon be available and will feature closed captioning. If you have any specific accessibility questions, please contact us via email.

Contact

Liz Kondo, Program Coordinator
lkondo@writerstrust.com

About the Event

One of Canada's richest awards nights.

On November 13 we will announce the 2025 winners of seven literary prizes worth more than $330,000.

The Writers’ Trust Awards is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. Media partner The Globe and Mail provides additional support.

Follow @writerstrust on Facebook, X, Instagram and Bluesky join us in celebrating all shortlisted authors and winners. Stay tuned for a recording of this year's event!

2025 Awards Live Stream

Awards Announced:

Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

Single Book • Publisher Submission
Winner $75,000 • Finalists $5,000
Sponsored by The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation

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Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize

Single book • Publisher Submission
Winner $60,000 • Finalists $5,000
Sponsored by Balsillie Family Foundation

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Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers

Debut books . Publisher submission
Winner $12,000 • Finalists $2000
Founded by Robin Pacific with generous support from Anuja Varghese and the Writers' Trust Prize Fund

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