Writers' Trust of Canada
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The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian
writers.
Founded by Margaret Atwood
, Pierre Berton
, Graeme Gibson
, David Young
and Margaret Laurence
, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976. Through its various initiatives, the Writers' Trust celebrates and rewards the talents and achievements of Canada's novelists, short story writers, poets, biographers, and other non-fiction writers.
The organization funds and administers a number of Canadian literary awards:
Two awards formerly presented by the organization, the Marian Engel Award
for female writers and the Timothy Findley Award
for male writers, were discontinued in 2008 and merged into the new Engel/Findley Award.
As well, the organization funds scholarships to Humber College
's School for Writers, an annual Margaret Laurence Memorial Lecture given by a noted Canadian writer, and the Woodcock Fund, a fund providing emergency financial assistance to Canadian writers, named in memory of the Canadian poet George Woodcock
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writers.
Founded by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist. She is among the most-honoured authors of fiction in recent history; she is a winner of the Arthur C...
, Pierre Berton
Pierre Berton
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....
, Graeme Gibson
Graeme Gibson
Graeme C. Gibson, CM is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Member of the Order of Canada , and was one of the organizers of the Writer's Union of Canada . He has a long term relationship with the novelist and poet Margaret Atwood.In 1996 he decided to stop writing novels...
, David Young
David Young (Canadian playwright)
David Samuel D'Arcy Young is a Canadian playwright, novelist, and screenwriter.Born in Oakville, Ontario, Young studied at the University of Western Ontario...
and Margaret Laurence
Margaret Laurence
Jean Margaret Laurence, CC was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature.- Early years :...
, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976. Through its various initiatives, the Writers' Trust celebrates and rewards the talents and achievements of Canada's novelists, short story writers, poets, biographers, and other non-fiction writers.
The organization funds and administers a number of Canadian literary awards:
- Bronwen Wallace Memorial AwardBronwen Wallace Memorial AwardThe Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a writer under 35 who has not yet published his or her first book....
- Drainie-Taylor Biography PrizeDrainie-Taylor Biography PrizeThe Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best work of biography, autobiography, or personal memoir....
- Journey PrizeJourney PrizeThe Journey Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine. The award was endowed by James A...
- Writers' Trust Hilary Weston Prize (non-fiction)
- Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeRogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeThe Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award presented by Rogers Communications and the Writers' Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries....
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award
- Matt Cohen PrizeMatt Cohen PrizeThe Matt Cohen Prize is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature...
- Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
- Thomas Head Raddall AwardThomas Head Raddall AwardThe Thomas Head Raddall Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, to the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces...
- W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize
- Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's LiteratureVicky Metcalf AwardThe Vicky Metcalf Award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth." It is one of the top awards for Canadian children's writers. The award was named after Vicky Metcalf...
Two awards formerly presented by the organization, the Marian Engel Award
Marian Engel Award
The Marian Engel Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 1986 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Marian Engel...
for female writers and the Timothy Findley Award
Timothy Findley Award
The Timothy Findley Award was a Canadian literary award, presented each year from 2002 to 2007 by the Writers' Trust of Canada in memory of the writer Timothy Findley...
for male writers, were discontinued in 2008 and merged into the new Engel/Findley Award.
As well, the organization funds scholarships to Humber College
Humber College
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning is a polytechnic college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber offers more than 150 programs including: bachelor’s degree, diploma, certificate, post-graduate certificate and apprenticeship programs, across 40 fields of study. Humber serves...
's School for Writers, an annual Margaret Laurence Memorial Lecture given by a noted Canadian writer, and the Woodcock Fund, a fund providing emergency financial assistance to Canadian writers, named in memory of the Canadian poet George Woodcock
George Woodcock
George Woodcock was a Canadian writer of political biography and history, an anarchist thinker, an essayist and literary critic. He was also a poet, and published several volumes of travel writing. He founded in 1959 the journal Canadian Literature, the first academic journal specifically...
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