# Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, formerly known as the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of works submitted by publishers. Alongside the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction and the Giller Prize, it is considered one of the three main awards for Canadian fiction in English. Its eligibility criteria allow for it to garland collections of short stories as well as novels; works that were originally written and published in French are also eligible for the award when they appear in English translation.
The award was first presented in 1997. It was renamed in January 2021, in order to honour the Canadian writers Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson. Concurrently with the renaming, the prize package was increased from $50,000 to $60,000, matching the amount currently presented by its sibling, the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The prize is sponsored by Jim Balsillie.

## Nominees and recipients

| Year | Jury | Author | Title | Result |
| 1997 | Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland | Austin Clarke | The Origin of Waves | Winner |
| 1997 | Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland | Elizabeth Hay | Small Change | Shortlist |
| 1997 | Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland | Brian Moore | The Magician's Wife | Shortlist |
| 1997 | Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland | Mordecai Richler | Barney's Version | Shortlist |
| 1997 | Matt Cohen Elisabeth Harvor Ann Ireland | Jane Urquhart | The Underpainter | Shortlist |
| 1998 | Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson | Greg Hollingshead | The Healer | Winner |
| 1998 | Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson | André Alexis | Childhood | Shortlist |
| 1998 | Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson | Barbara Gowdy | The White Bone | Shortlist |
| 1998 | Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson | Wayne Johnston | The Colony of Unrequited Dreams | Shortlist |
| 1998 | Joan Clark Austin Clarke Trevor Ferguson | Alice Munro | The Love of a Good Woman | Shortlist |
| 1999 | Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright | Peter Oliva | The City of Yes | Winner |
| 1999 | Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright | Caroline Adderson | A History of Forgetting | Shortlist |
| 1999 | Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright | Elyse Gasco | Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby? | Shortlist |
| 1999 | Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright | Judy MacDonald | Jane | Shortlist |
| 1999 | Lynn Coady Sylvia Fraser Eric Wright | Alistair MacLeod | No Great Mischief | Shortlist |
| 2000 | Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva | Helen Humphreys | Afterimage | Winner |
| 2000 | Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva | Todd Babiak | Choke Hold | Shortlist |
| 2000 | Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva | Lynn Coady | Play the Monster Blind | Shortlist |
| 2000 | Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva | Douglas Glover | 16 Categories of Desire | Shortlist |
| 2000 | Cynthia Holz Janice Kulyk Keefer Peter Oliva | Michael Winter | This All Happened | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior | Margaret Sweatman | When Alice Lay Down with Peter | Winner |
| 2001 | Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior | Alice Munro | Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior | Elizabeth Ruth | Ten Good Seconds of Silence | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior | Timothy Taylor | Stanley Park | Shortlist |
| 2001 | Lesley Choyce Eliza Clark Olive Senior | Thomas Wharton | Salamander | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard | Paulette Jiles | Enemy Women | Winner |
| 2002 | Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard | Terry Griggs | Rogues' Wedding | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard | Ann Ireland | Exile | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard | Lori Lansens | Rush Home Road | Shortlist |
| 2002 | Joan Barfoot Brian Brett Sarah Sheard | Nino Ricci | Testament | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen | Kevin Patterson | Country of Cold | Winner |
| 2003 | Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen | Jacqueline Baker | A Hard Witching & Other Stories | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen | Gil Courtemanche | A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen | Barbara Gowdy | The Romantic | Shortlist |
| 2003 | Kevin Chong Lisa Moore Diane Schoemperlen | Judith McCormack | The Rule of Last Clear Chance | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill | Alice Munro | Runaway | Winner |
| 2004 | Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill | Michael Helm | In the Place of Last Things | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill | Colin McAdam | Some Great Thing | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill | Jeffrey Moore | The Memory Artists | Shortlist |
| 2004 | Sylvia Fraser Zsuzsi Gartner Michael Redhill | Russell Smith | Muriella Pent | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan | Joseph Boyden | Three Day Road | Winner |
| 2005 | Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan | Michael Crummey | The Wreckage | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan | Lauren B. Davis | The Radiant City | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan | Allan Donaldson | Maclean | Shortlist |
| 2005 | Anita Rau Badami Lewis DeSoto Mary Swan | Rabindranath Maharaj | A Perfect Pledge | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter | Kenneth J. Harvey | Inside | Winner |
| 2006 | Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter | Peter Behrens | The Law of Dreams | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter | Rawi Hage | De Niro's Game | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter | Catherine Hanrahan | Lost Girls and Love Hotels | Shortlist |
| 2006 | Karen Connelly Jeffrey Moore Anna Porter | Mary Lawson | The Other Side of the Bridge | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien | Lawrence Hill | The Book of Negroes | Winner |
| 2007 | Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien | Shaena Lambert | Radiance | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien | Robert Hough | The Culprits | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien | Nancy Huston | Fault Lines | Shortlist |
| 2007 | Kevin Major Kim Moritsugu Madeleine Thien | M.G. Vassanji | The Assassin's Song | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill | Miriam Toews | The Flying Troutmans | Winner |
| 2008 | Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill | Rivka Galchen | Atmospheric Disturbances | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill | Rawi Hage | Cockroach | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill | Lee Henderson | The Man Game | Shortlist |
| 2008 | Lawrence Hill Annabel Lyon Heather O'Neill | Patrick Lane | Red Dog, Red Dog | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan | Annabel Lyon | The Golden Mean | Winner |
| 2009 | Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan | Nicole Brossard | Fences in Breathing | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan | Douglas Coupland | Generation A | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan | Alice Munro | Too Much Happiness | Shortlist |
| 2009 | Marina Endicott Miriam Toews R.M. Vaughan | Andrew Steinmetz | Eva's Threepenny Theatre | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore | Emma Donoghue | Room | Winner |
| 2010 | Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore | Trevor Cole | Practical Jean | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore | Michael Helm | Cities of Refuge | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore | Kathleen Winter | Annabel | Shortlist |
| 2010 | Andrew Pyper Eden Robinson Lisa Moore | Michael Winter | The Death of Donna Whalen | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman | Patrick deWitt | The Sisters Brothers | Winner |
| 2011 | Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman | Clark Blaise | The Meagre Tarmac | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman | Michael Christie | The Beggar's Garden | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman | Esi Edugyan | Half-Blood Blues | Shortlist |
| 2011 | Emma Donoghue Rabindranath Maharaj Margaret Sweatman | Dan Vyleta | The Quiet Twin | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor | Tamas Dobozy | Siege 13 | Winner |
| 2012 | Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor | Tim Bowling | The Tinsmith | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor | Rawi Hage | Carnival | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor | Alix Ohlin | Inside | Shortlist |
| 2012 | Esi Edugyan Lynn Coady Drew Hayden Taylor | Linda Spalding | The Purchase | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco | Colin McAdam | A Beautiful Truth | Winner |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco | Krista Bridge | The Elliot Girls | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco | Lynn Coady | Hellgoing | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco | Cary Fagan | A Bird's Eye | Shortlist |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson Alison Pick Miguel Syjuco | Lisa Moore | Caught | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys | Miriam Toews | All My Puny Sorrows | Winner |
| 2014 | Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys | André Alexis | Pastoral | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys | Steven Galloway | The Confabulist | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys | K. D. Miller | All Saints | Shortlist |
| 2014 | Neil Bissoondath George Murray Helen Humphreys | Carrie Snyder | Girl Runner | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese | André Alexis | Fifteen Dogs | Winner |
| 2015 | Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese | Elizabeth Hay | His Whole Life | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese | Pamela Mordecai | Red Jacket | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese | Russell Smith | Confidence | Shortlist |
| 2015 | Aislinn Hunter Shani Mootoo Richard Wagamese | John Vaillant | The Jaguar's Children | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla | Yasuko Thanh | Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains | Winner |
| 2016 | Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla | Michael Helm | After James | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla | Anosh Irani | The Parcel | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla | Kerry Lee Powell | Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush | Shortlist |
| 2016 | Lauren B. Davis Trevor Ferguson Pasha Malla | Katherena Vermette | The Break | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg | David Chariandy | Brother | Winner |
| 2017 | Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg | Carleigh Baker | Bad Endings | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg | Claire Cameron | The Last Neanderthal | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg | Omar El Akkad | American War | Shortlist |
| 2017 | Michael Christie Christy Ann Conlin Tracey Lindberg | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | This Accident of Being Lost | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema | Kathy Page | Dear Evelyn | Winner |
| 2018 | Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema | Craig Davidson | The Saturday Night Ghost Club | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema | Esi Edugyan | Washington Black | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema | Rawi Hage | Beirut Hellfire Society | Shortlist |
| 2018 | Ann Y. K. Choi Mireille Silcoff Robert Wiersema | Jen Neale | Land Mammals and Sea Creatures | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr | André Alexis | Days by Moonlight | Winner |
| 2019 | Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr | Sharon Butala | Season of Fury and Wonder | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr | Michael Crummey | The Innocents | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr | Téa Mutonji | Shut Up, You're Pretty | Shortlist |
| 2019 | Dennis Bock Michael Kaan Suzette Mayr | Alix Ohlin | Dual Citizens | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh | Gil Adamson | Ridgerunner | Winner |
| 2020 | Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh | Zsuzsi Gartner | The Beguiling | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh | Michelle Good | Five Little Indians | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh | Thomas King | Indians on Vacation | Shortlist |
| 2020 | Elisabeth de Mariaffi Waubgeshig Rice Yasuko Thanh | Maria Reva | Good Citizens Need Not Fear | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price | Katherena Vermette | The Strangers | Winner |
| 2021 | Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price | Rivka Galchen | Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price | Alix Ohlin | We Want What We Want | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price | Miriam Toews | Fight Night | Shortlist |
| 2021 | Rebecca Fisseha Michelle Good Steven Price | Guy Vanderhaeghe | August Into Winter | Shortlist |
| 2022 | David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes | Nicholas Herring | Some Hellish | Winner |
| 2022 | David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes | Rima Elkouri (tr. Phyllis Aronoff, Howard Scott) | Manam | Shortlist |
| 2022 | David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes | Kevin Lambert (tr. Donald Winkler) | Querelle of Roberval | Shortlist |
| 2022 | David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes | Darcy Tamayose | Ezra's Ghosts | Shortlist |
| 2022 | David Bergen Norma Dunning Andrew Forbes | Saeed Teebi | Her First Palestinian | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji | Kai Thomas | In the Upper Country | Winner |
| 2023 | Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji | Emma Donoghue | Learned by Heart | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji | Amanda Peters | The Berry Pickers | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji | Michelle Porter | A Grandmother Begins the Story | Shortlist |
| 2023 | Francesca Ekwuyasi Alix Hawley M. G. Vassanji | Thomas Wharton | The Book of Rain | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike | Sheung-King | Batshit Seven | Winner |
| 2024 | Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike | Éric Chacour (tr. Pablo Strauss) | What I Know About You | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike | Conor Kerr | Prairie Edge | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike | Canisia Lubrin | Code Noir | Shortlist |
| 2024 | Saeed Teebi Joan Thomas Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike | Fawn Parker | Hi, It's Me | Shortlist |