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2022
Kamal Al-Solaylee
S. Bear Bergman
Columpa Bobb
Cedar Bowers
Tania Carter
Ivan Coyote
Charmaine de Silva
Farzana Doctor
Norma Dunning
Francesca Ekwuyasi
The Fugitives
Kathryn Gretsinger
Shaena Lambert
Marsha Lederman
Andre Picard
Jael Richardson
Shelagh Rogers
Harley Rustad
Jen Sookfong Lee
Isabella Wang
Betsy Warland
Jesse Wente
Joshua Whitehead
Sam Wiebe
2021
Billy-Ray Belcourt
Michael Christie
Jillian Christmas
Amber Dawn
Claire Finlayson
Michelle Good
Keely Halward
Clay Hepburn
Aislinn Hunter
Jomegasonic
Daniel Heath Justice
Seth Klein
Sarah Leavitt
Lucia Misch
Sarah Noni
Bill Richardson
Daniel Wesley
Iona Whishaw
Howard White
2019
Randy Boyagoda
Alicia Elliott
Terry Fallis
Chantal Gibson
Rachel Giese
Ian Hampton
Elizabeth Hay
Nazanine Hozar
Ann Hui
Michael C. Klein
Seth Klein
Chelene Knight
Keith Maillard
Lee Maracle
Darrel J McLeod
Barbara Nickel
Katherine Penfold Trio
Adam Pottle
Eden Robinson
Peter Robinson
Andreas Schroeder
Yasuko Thanh
Rhea Tregebov
Richard Van Camp
Ian Williams
Lindsay Wong
2018
Maleea Acker
Carleigh Baker
Yvonne Blomer
Deborah Campbell
Tenille Campbell
David Chariandy
Carys Cragg
Charles Demers
Kim Fu
Sheena Kamal
Linden MacIntyre
John MacLachlan Gray
Clem Martini
Olivier Martini
Carol Off
Philip Kevin Paul
Michael Redhill
Jennifer Robson
Renee Saklikar
Edward Struzik
Kim Thúy
Katherena Vermette
Aaron Williams
Tom Wilson
Mark Winston
Ausma Zehanat Khan
2017
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Gurjinder Basran
Pat Carney
Janie Chang
Eva Crocker
Geoff Dembicki
Joseph Denham
Charlotte Gray
Ian Hamilton
Steven Heighton
Anosh Irani
Joy Kogawa
Mark Leiren-Young
Sandra Martin
Amber McMillan
Robert Moor
Donna Morrissey
Iain Reed
David A. Robertson
Rachel Rose
Bev Sellars
Shari Ulrich
Zoe Whittall
Clea Young
2016
Jordan Abel
Karim Alrawi
George Elliott Clarke
Lorna Crozier
Ruth Daniell
Carol Daniels
Charles Demers
Marina Endicott
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Rebecca Hendry
Lawrence Hill
Guy Gavriel Kay
Theresa Kishkan
Ian McAllister
Zarqa Nawaz
Ostwelve
Maureen Palmer
Michael Pond
Bill Richardson
Janet Rogers
Anakana Schofield
Kinnie Starr
Madeleine Thien
Ian Weir
Mark Winston
Caroline Woodward
Alissa York
Janine Alyson Young
2015
| Caroline Adderson Elizabeth Bachinsky Cathie Borrie Kevin Chong Michael Christie Nick Cutter/Craig Davidson Mark Forsyth Barbara Fradkin Karyn L. Freedman | Helen Humphreys Doretta Lau Rosella Leslie Ann-Marie MacDonald Billeh Nickerson Alison Pick Waubgeshig Rice Aaron Shepard Carrie Snyder | Kara Stanley with The Precious Littles Jane Urquhart Nikki van Schyndel Sheila Watt-Cloutier Ian Weir Sheri-D Wilson Michael Winter |
2014
| Angie Abdou Bob Bossin Claire Cameron Jillian Christmas Terry Fallis Charles Foran Steven Galloway Bill Gaston | Linda Holeman Aislinn Hunter Zaccheus Jackson Grant Lawrence Brendan McLeod Heather O’Neill Kathryn Para Roberta Rich | Andrea Routley Audrey Thomas Kim Thuy Miriam Toews Chris Turner Richard Wagamese Alison Wearing Dianne Whelan |
2013
| Sally Armstrong Théodora Armstrong Linwood Barclay Rosemary Bates Jackson Davies David Bergen Kate Braid Esi Edugyan David Essig | C.C. Humphreys Vincent Lam Alistair MacLeod Lee Maracle Donna Morrissey Susan Musgrave Rikia Saddy Jeffrey Simpson | Bradley Somer Linda Spalding Susan Swan Patrick Taylor Susan Telfer Bill Terry Guy Vanderhaeghe Sue Wheeler |
2012
| Joel Bakan Gail Bowen Wayson Choy Kim Clark Lorna Crozier Michael Crummey Maureen Foss Camilla Gibb Douglas Gibson | Charlotte Gill Rebecca Jenkins Betty Keller Patrick Lane JJ Lee Rosella Leslie Robyn Michele Levy Linden MacIntyre Ami McKay | Anne Michaels Eric Paetkau Noah Richler Peter Robinson Gwendolyn Southin Jane Urquhart Richard Wagamese Howard White |
2011
| Gurjinder Basran Giles Blunt Chris Bose Ivan Coyote Terry Fallis Judy Fong Bates Charles Foran Zsuzsi Gartner Lorna Goodison | Garry Gottfriedson Wayne Grady Sandra Gulland Veda Hille Susan Juby Grant Lawrence Alexander MacLeod Janet Romain Anna Porter | Sarah Selecky Johanna Skibsrud Timothy Taylor Jerry Thompson Margaret Trudeau Sylvia Tyson John Vaillant Robert J. Wiersema |
2010
| Elizabeth Bachinsky Craig Boyko Brian Brett Ian Brown Bonnie Burnard Senator Larry Campbell Denise Chong Karen Connelly | Joe Denham Lawrence Hill Jack Hodgins Ryan Knighton Annabel Lyon Shani Mootoo Tony Parsons Louise Penny | Nino Ricci Sarah Roberts Adam Lewis Schroeder Gregory Scofield Gwendolyn Southin Jowi Taylor Joan Thomas Jack Whyte |
2009
| Gil Adamson Keith Billington Joseph Boyden Daphne Bramham Wayson Choy Andrew Davidson Anthony De Sa Kim Echlin | Marina Endicott M.A.C. Farrant Steven Galloway Katherine Gordon Rebecca Hendry Lily Hoy Price June Hutton Naomi Klein | Shane Koyczan Andrew Nikiforuk Edeet Ravel Andreas Schroeder Michael Slade Richard Wagamese Russell Wangersky |
2008
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz Dave Bidini David Chariandy William Deverell Will Ferguson Kenji Hodgson James Nevison Lorna Goodison | Elizabeth Hay Drew Hayden Taylor Chantal Hébert Shane Koyczan Mike McCardell John MacLachlan Gray Bernice Morgan Claire Mulligan | Mary Novik Michael Ondaatje Tom Phillips Paul Quarrington John Schreiner Rex Weyler Zoe Whittall Chris Wood |
2007
| Caroline Adderson John Bishop Wayson Choy Andrew Cohen Afua Cooper Michael Crummey Lorne Elliott | Bill Gaston Camilla Gibb Blanche Howard Shaena Lambert David Lee Margaret MacMillan J.B. MacKinnon | John Pass Brian Payton Michael Poole Peter Robinson Jen Sookfong Lee Richard Van Camp Carol Windley |
2006
| Double Exposure Joan Barfoot Maude Barlow Kim Bolan Joseph Boyden Brian Brett Ivan E. Coyote | George Fetherling Joy Fielding Sheree Fitch James Keelaghan J.B. MacKinnon Donna Morrissey Alayna Munce | Edeet Ravel Eden Robinson Jim Taylor Miriam Toews Jane Urquhart John Vaillant Jack Whyte |
2005
| Morris Panych Des Kennedy Shauna Singh Baldwin Jean Barman Helen Humphreys Alan Twigg Drew Hayden Taylor David Gilmour | Catherine Gildiner Deborah Ellis Anosh Irani Hadani Ditmars Erika Ritter John Gould Greg Potter Red Robinson | Deborah Grey Pauline Holdstock Ted Chamberlin M.G. Vassanji Patrick Lane Karen Barnaby Todd Butler |
2004
| Paul Grant Peter Steele Robert J. Sawyer Evelyn Lau Karen X. Tulchinsky Arthur Black Robert Davidson Peter Robinson | Jonathan Bennett Elizabeth Hay George Elliott Clarke Nick Bantock Dr. Art Hister Gail Anderson-Dargatz Allan Fotheringham | Andrew Scott Rob Ferguson Ann-Marie MacDonald John MacLachlan Gray Mona Brun Eve Johnson Connie Kaldor |
2003
| Doris Anderson Anita Rau Badami Dennis Bock David Bouchard Austin Clarke Chris Czajkowski William Deverell Marq de Villiers | Ian Ferguson Will Ferguson Bill Gaston Genni Gunn Aislinn Hunter Wayne Johnston Mike McCardell | Yann Martel Almeda Glenn Miller Lisa Moore Mother of Pearl Andrew Nikiforuk P.K. Page Gloria Sawai |
2002
| The Arrogant Worms Gail Bowen Maria Coffey & Dag Goering Lorna Crozier Zsuzsi Gartner Barbara Gowdy Charlotte Gray Wayne Johnston | Theresa Kishkan Michael Kusugak Patrick Lane Bob McDonald Rex Murphy Barbara Nichol P.K. Page John Pass | Bill Richardson Shelagh Rogers Timothy Taylor Madeleine Thien Jane Urquhart David Watmough Richard B. Wright Ronald Wright |
2001
| Marilyn Bowering Pat Carney Lynn Coady Roy Forbes Mark Forsythe Daniel Francis Catherine Gildiner Alison Gordon | Sparkle Hayter Naomi Klein Myrna Kostash Dennis Lee Annabel Lyon Rita Moir Donna Morrissey David Adams Richards | Leon Rooke Pete Sarsfield Gwendolyn Southin Mark Starowicz Fred Stenson Howard White Jack Whyte |
2000
| Bob Bossin Gail Bowen Robert Bringhurst Bonnie Burnard Sharon Butala Stevie Cameron Denise Chong Tomson Highway | Margaret Horsfield Karen Irving Janet Lunn Keith Maillard Michael Ondaatje Paul Quarrington John Ralston Saul Shelagh Rogers | Robert J. Sawyer Diane Schoemperlen Joan Skogan Linda Spalding Rosemary Sullivan Audrey Thomas Paddy Wales Mark Winston |
1999
| Jeffrey Alford Margaret Atwood Jack Batten Arthur Black Margo Button Karen Connelly Chris Czajkowski Erika de Vasconcelos Bruce Dowbiggin | Naomi Duguid Mary Lou Fallis Sheree Fitch Jack Granatstein Marjorie Harris Elizabeth Hay Barbara Hodgson Jay Ingram | Thomas King Shani Mootoo Anne Petrie Nino Ricci Bill Richardson Eden Robinson Andreas Schroeder Shyam Selvadurai |
1998
| David Bergen Sandra Birdsell Elspeth Bradbury June Callwood Richard & Sydney Cannings Ric Careless Elly Danica Elisabeth Harvor Tom Henry Trevor Hooper | Janina Hornosty Keith Keller Patrick Lane Linda McQuaig Judy Maddocks Marg Meikle Daniel David Moses Knowlton Nash P.K. Page Erika Ritter | Shelagh Rogers Candace Savage Cordelia Strube David Suzuki Linda Svendsen Jim Taylor Peter Trower Shari Ulrich Rachel Wyatt |
1997
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz Anita Rau Badami Persimmon Blackbridge George Bowering John Brady Wayson Choy Adrienne Clarkson Diane Clement Maria Coffey & Dag Goering | Lorna Crozier Marilyn Dumont James Houston Arthur Kent Bonnie Sherr Klein Stuart McLean Claire Mowat Ira Nadel | Kit Pearson Peter Robinson Spider Robinson Three Blondes & a Brownie Rick Scott Bob Waldon Tim Ward Jan Wong |
1996
| Marisa Alps Jeannette Armstrong David Arnason Justine Brown Kenneth Cambon Victor Coleman M.A.C. Farrant Brian Fawcett Maureen Foss | Ellen Frith Marie-Louise Gay Terry Glavin Jurgen Gothe David Homel Betty Keller Larissa Lai Jacques Lalonde | Chris Levan Alan Maitland Sheryl McFarlane Patrick Moore Betty Nickerson Jean Smith & Mecca Normal Andrew Struthers L.R. Wright |
1995
| Joanne Arnott bill bissett Ann Cameron Stevie Cameron Jacqueline Dumas John Gray Joan Haggerty | Beth Hill Monica Hughes Michael Kusugak Joni Mitchell Mavor Moore David Neel Morris Panych | The Slice David Tarrant Anne Vipond Margaret Visser Jack Webster Howard White Jack Whyte |
1994
| Nuala Beck Ven Begamudre George Bowering Di Brandt Roch Carrier Lesley Choyce Don Dickinson Joy Fielding | Cynthia Good Mel Hurtig Des Kennedy W.P. Bill Kinsella John Lazarus Joan Macleod Catherine McNally Marg Meikle | Stefani Paine Bill Richardson Joe Rosenblatt Chris Rutkowski Lois Simmie Gertrude Story Ronald Wright Scott Young |
1993
| Doris Anderson Sheila Baxter David Cruise Vicki Gabereau Allison Griffiths Kristjana Gunnars Robert Harlow Pat Kramer | Anne Lindsay Stuart McLean Geoff Meggs Mary Meigs Roy Miki Susan Musgrave Dan Needles | Michael Ondaatje Mordecai Richler Darrell Shee Maggie Siggins Ann Szumigalski Guy Vanderhaeghe Eric Wilson |
1992
| Trysh Ashby-Rolls Thomas R. Berger Pierre Berton Best of Bridge Nicola Cavendish Lorna Crozier Philip J. Currie Judy Gill | Brenda Guild Gillespie Peter Gzowski Herb Hammond Patrick Lane Scott McIntyre Ken Mitchell Stan Persky Andreas Schroeder | Carol Shields Jeffrey Simpson Elaine Stevens Vancouver Industrial Writers Union Caroline Woodward Tim Wynne-Jones |
1991
| Gail Bowen Donald Gutstein Eric Malling Daphne Marlatt Umberto Menghi | Alexandra Morton Leslie Hall Pinder Nino Ricci Vera Rosenbluth Holley Rubinsky | Robin Skelton Jim Taylor Ben Wicks Rudy Wiebe Max Wyman |
1990
| Marie Annharte Baker Sandra Birdsell Arthur Black Bonnie Burnard Diane Clement Lawrence Gough | Joy Kogawa Robert Kroetsch Irving Layton Peter C. Newman Spider Robinson | Carole Rubin Paul St. Pierre Joe Swan David Tarrant Ronald Wright |
1989
| Pierre Berton June Callwood Linda Cullen Neil Dawe Karen Dawe William Deverell | Joe Garner Don Hunter Charles Lynch Ken Mitchell Jean Pare John Pass | Bob Robertson Candace Savage Doris Shadbolt Sharon Thesen Betty Waterton Howard White |
1988
| Lynn Bowen Barry Broadfoot Morris Gibson Christie Harris Ann Ireland | W.P. Kinsella Knowlton Nash P.K. Page Nicole Parton Kit Pearson | Wyckham Porteous David Rousseau Iris Skeoch David Suzuki Fred Wah |
1987
| Donald F. Bailey Christian Bruyere Tom Cone David Cruise Sarah Ellis | Allan Fotheringham Nan Gregory Allison Griffiths Beth Hill Eileen Kernaghan | George Payerle Melanie Ray George Ryga L.R. Wright |
1986
| Edna Alford John Broadhead Alec Burden Helen Chestnut Marion Crook | John Edwards Dennis Foon John Gray Paulette Jiles | John Juliani W.O. Mitchell Andrew Scott Hilary Stewart |
1985
| James Barber Joan Clark Sylvia Crooks Peter Gzowski | Kim La Fave Al Purdy Leon Rooke John Schreiner | Jim Taylor Jan Truss Don S. Williams |
1984
| Earle Birney Stanley Burke Sharon Butala Brian Fawcett | Maryann Gibson Edith Iglauer Eileen Kernaghan Susan Mendelson | David J. Mitchell Robert D. Turner William Valgardson Eleanor Wachtel |
1983
| Leonard Angel Ian Bateson Pamela Hawthorne | Jack Hodgins Crawford Killian Dorothy Livesay | Florence McNeil Heather Siska |