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Writers & Books
Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.
Awards
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
2025
Finalists
2024
Finalists
2023
Finalists

Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
Andrew Stobo Sniderman
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Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
2022
Finalists

The Two Michaels: Innocent Canadian Captives and High Stakes Espionage in the US-China Cyber War
Mike Blanchfield
and
Fen Osler Hampson
2021
Finalists

Can You Hear Me Now? How I Found My Voice and Learned to Live with Passion and Purpose
Celina Caesar-Chavannes
2019
Finalists
2018
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2017
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2016
Finalists
2015
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2014
Finalists

The Morning After: The 1995 Quebec Referendum and the Day that Almost Was
Chantal Hébert and Jean Lapierre
2013
Finalists
2012
Finalists
2011
Finalists
2010
Winner

Anna Porter
Finalists
2009
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2008
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2007
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2006
Finalists
2005
Winner

Miriam Shuchman
Finalists
2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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