Winterset Award
The Winterset Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to a work judged to be the best book, regardless of genre, published by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]
The award was created by journalist and historian Richard Gwyn in memory of his wife Sandra following her death in 2000. Winterset was the name of Sandra Gwyn's childhood home in St. John's.[1]
Winners
- 2000 - Michael Winter, This All Happened
- 2001 - Michael Crummey, The River Thieves
- 2002 - Joan Clark, The Word for Home
- 2003 - Robert Mellin, Tilting
- 2004 - Edward Riche, The Nine Planets
- 2005 - Joan Clark, An Audience of Chairs
- 2006 - Kenneth J. Harvey, Inside
- 2007 - Kathleen Winter, boYs
- 2008 - Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems
- 2009 - Jessica Grant, Come, Thou Tortoise
- 2010 - Russell Wangersky, The Glass Harmonica
- 2011 - Don McKay, The Shell of the Tortoise
- 2012 - Andy Jones, Jack & Mary in the Land of Thieves
- 2013 - Paul Bowdring, The Strangers' Gallery
- 2014 - Megan Gail Coles, Eating Habits Of The Cronically Lonesome
- 2015 - Sara Tilley, Duke
References
- 1 2 "Winter set for N.L.'s top literary prize". cbc.ca, March 27, 2008.
External links
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