Edna Staebler Award
Edna Staebler Award | |
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Awarded for | the best creative non-fiction book with Canadian significance by a new Canadian writer |
Sponsored by | An Edna Staebler financial endowment |
Country | Canada |
Presented by | Faculty of Arts, Wilfrid Laurier University |
Reward(s) | C$10,000 |
First awarded | 1991 |
Website | http://www.wlu.ca/homepage.php?grp_id=2529 |
The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of any type or genre". It was established by an endowment from Edna Staebler, a literary journalist best known for cookbooks, and was inaugurated in 1991 for publication year 1990. The award is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Arts.[1] Only submitted books are considered.
For purposes of the award, "Creative non-fiction is literary not journalistic. The writer does not merely give information but intimately shares an experience with the reader by telling a factual story using the devices of fiction ... [details deleted] Rather than emphasizing objectivity, the book should have feeling, and should be a compelling, engaging read."
Winners and nominees[]
The panel may "grant or withhold the award in any year." In fact the award has been granted every year and there were two winners in 1993 (published 1992).
Year | Winner | Nominated |
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1991 | Susan Mayse, Ginger[2] | |
1992 | Marie Wadden, Nitassinan[3] |
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1993 | Liza Potvin, White Lies (for my mother)[4] Elizabeth Hay, The Only Snow in Havana[5] |
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1994 | Linda Johns, Sharing a Robin's Life[6] | |
1995 | Denise Chong, The Concubine's Children[7] |
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1996 | George G. Blackburn, The Guns of Normandy[8] |
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1997 | Anne Mullens, Timely Death[9] |
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1998 | Charlotte Gray, Mrs. King[10] |
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1999 | Michael Poole, Romancing Mary Jane[11] |
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2000 | Wayson Choy, Paper Shadows[12] |
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2001 | Taras Grescoe, Sacré Blues[13] |
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2002 | Tom Allen, Rolling Home[14] |
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2003 | Alison Watt, The Last Island[15] |
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2004 | Andrea Curtis, Into the Blue[16] |
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2005 | Anne Coleman, I'll Tell You a Secret[17] |
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2006 | Francis Chalifour, After[18] |
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2007 | Linden MacIntyre, Causeway[19] |
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2008 | Bruce Serafin, Stardust[20] |
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2009 | Russell Wangersky, Burning Down the House[21] |
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2010 | John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life[22] |
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2011 | Helen Waldstein Wilkes, Letters from the Lost[23] |
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2012 | Joshua Knelman, Hot Art[24] |
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2013 | Carol Shaben, Into the Abyss[25] |
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2014 | Arno Kopecky, The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern Gateway[26] |
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2015 | , Birding with Yeats[27] |
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2016 | , The Prison Book Club[28] |
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2017 | , Red Star Tattoo |
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2018 | Pauline Dakin, Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood[29] |
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2019 | Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road[30] |
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References[]
- ^ Faculty of Arts. "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-05 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1991). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Susan Mayse. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1992). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Marie Wadden. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Liza Potvin. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Elizabeth Hay. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1994). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linda Johns. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1995). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Denise Chong. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1996). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. George G. Blackburn. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1997). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Mullens. Retrieved 11/23/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1998). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Charlotte Gray. Retrieved 11/24/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (1999). "Edna Staebler Award Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Michael Poole. Retrieved 11/25/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2000). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Wayson Choy. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2001). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Taras Grescoe. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2002). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Tom Allen. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2003). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Alison Watt. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2004). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Previous winners. Andrea Curtis. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2005). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Coleman. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2006). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Francis Chalifour. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2007). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linden MacIntyre. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2008). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine".wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Bruce Serafin. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (2009). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-06 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Russell Wangersky. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ MacDonald, Scott, (October 14, 2010). "Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (September 8, 2011). "Helen Waldstein Wilkes wins 2011 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-05 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Helen Waldstein Wilkes. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (November 7, 2012). "Joshua Knelman wins 2012 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2014-06-05 at Archive-It". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Joshua Knelman. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
- ^ Faculty of Arts (July 30, 2013). "Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Carol Shaben. Retrieved 12/3/2013.
- ^ "Arno Kopecky wins Edna Staebler Award". Quill & Quire, September 5, 2014.
- ^ "Lynn Thomson wins 2015 Edna Staebler Award". Quill & Quire, September 23, 2015.
- ^ "Awards: Ann Walmsley wins 2016 Edna Staebler Award". Quill & Quire, September 21, 2016.
- ^ "Pauline Dakin's Run, Hide, Repeat wins $10K creative nonfiction prize". CBC Books, September 25, 2018.
- ^ "Kate Harris wins prestigious Edna Staebler Award". Waterloo Region Record, September 21, 2019.
External links[]
- Canadian non-fiction literary awards
- 1991 establishments in Ontario
- Awards established in 1991
- English-language literary awards