the hilary weston writers' trust prize for nonfiction is a canadian literary award, presented annually by the writers' trust of canada to the best work of non-fiction by a canadian writer. canada's richest non-fiction prize, the winner receives a prize of  and all finalists receive ."writers' trust non-fiction prize bumped up to $60,000". the globe and mail, may 11, 2011.m.a. orthofer, "writers' trust of canada prize for non-fiction ", complete review, 26 october 2011. ==sponsorship history== first established in 1997, the award's original corporate sponsor was viacom. pearson canada, an educational book publishing company, took over the award in 1999, and nereus financial, a stock brokerage, became the sponsor from 2006 to 2008. after nereus dropped its sponsorship, the award had no corporate sponsor until 2011,"nominees for hilary weston writersâ trust prize for non-fiction announced". national post, september 20, 2011. when philanthropist and former lieutenant governor of ontario hilary weston was announced as the award's new sponsor. prior to weston's patronage of the award, the prize was  for the winner and  for the finalists. ==nominees and winners== {|class="wikitable" width="100%" !year !winner !nominated |- | align="center"| 1997 | ernest hillen, small mercies: a boy after war | * charlotte gray, mrs. king: the life and times of isabel mackenzie king * john bentley mays, power in the blood: land, memory, and a southern family * ruth teichroeb, flowers on my grave * eileen whitfield, pickford: the woman who made hollywood |- | align="center"| 1998 | rudy wiebe and yvonne johnson, stolen life: the journey of a cree woman | * michael ignatieff, isaiah berlin: a life * david manicom, progeny of ghosts: travels in russia and the old empire * linda spalding, the follow * charles wilkins, the circus at the edge of the earth |- | align="center"| 1999 | modris eksteins, walking since daybreak: a story of eastern europe, world war ii and the heart of our century | * robert bringhurst, a story as sharp as a knife: the classical haida mythtellers and their world * jacalyn duffin, history of medicine: a scanda
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