Winterset Award

The Winterset Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to a work judged to be the best book, regardless of genre, published by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/winter-set-for-n-l-s-top-literary-prize-1.726261 "Winter set for N.L.'s top literary prize"]. cbc.ca, March 27, 2008.

The award was created by journalist and historian Richard Gwyn in memory of his wife Sandra following her death in 2000. Winterset was the name of Sandra Gwyn's childhood home in St. John's.

Winners

2000 - Michael Winter, This All Happened[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/winter-set-for-n-l-s-top-literary-prize-1.726261 "Winter set for N.L.'s top literary prize"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 7, 2008.
2001 - Michael Crummey, The River Thieves
2002 - Joan Clark, The Word for Home
2003 - Robert Mellin, Tilting
2004 - Edward Riche, The Nine Planets
2005 - Joan Clark, An Audience of Chairs
2006 - Kenneth J. Harvey, Inside
2007 - Kathleen Winter, boYs
2008 - Randall Maggs, Night Work: The Sawchuk Poems
2009 - Jessica Grant, Come, Thou Tortoise[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/grant-named-winterset-award-winner-1.922791 "Grant named Winterset Award winner"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 26, 2010.
2010 - Russell Wangersky, The Glass Harmonica
2011 - Don McKay, The Shell of the Tortoise
2012 - Andy Jones, Jack & Mary in the Land of Thieves[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/comedian-andy-jones-wins-10k-winterset-award-1.1301046 "Comedian Andy Jones wins $10K Winterset Award"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 30, 2013.
2013 - Paul Bowdring, The Strangers' Gallery
2014 - Megan Gail Coles, Eating Habits of the Chronically Lonesome[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/megan-gail-coles-winner-of-2014-bmo-winterset-award-1.3011999 "Megan Gail Coles winner of 2014 BMO Winterset Award"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 7, 2015.
2015 - Sara Tilley, Duke[https://quillandquire.com/book-news/2016/03/28/sara-tilley-wins-bmo-winterset-award/ "Sara Tilley wins BMO Winterset Award"]. Quill & Quire, March 28, 2016.
2016 - Paul Rowe, The Last Half of the Year[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paul-rowe-winterset-award-1.4030798 "Paul Rowe wins 2016 Winterset book prize"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 17, 2017.
2017 - Joel Thomas Hynes, We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night[http://vocm.com/news/joel-thomas-hynes-wins-bmo-winterset-award/ "Joel Thomas Hynes Wins BMO Winterset Award"]. VOCM, March 22, 2018.
2018 - Heather Smith, Ebb & Flow
2019 - Megan Gail Coles, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun ClubTara Bradbury, [https://www.thetelegram.com/lifestyles/local-lifestyles/megan-gail-coles-wins-second-bmo-winterset-award-430202/ "Megan Gail Coles wins second BMO Winterset Award"]. The Telegram, March 26, 2020.
2020 - Eva Crocker, All I Ask{{Cite web|date=2021-03-25|title=Eva Crocker wins $12,500 Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador authors|url=https://quillandquire.com/omni/eva-crocker-wins-12500-winterset-award-for-newfoundland-and-labrador-authors/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Quill and Quire|language=en}}
2021 - Carmella Gray-Cosgrove, Nowadays and Lonelier{{cite web |url=https://wintersetinsummer.ca/winterset-award/ |website=wintersetinsummer.ca |title=Winterset in Summer |access-date=23 March 2023}}
2022 - Shelly Kawaja, The Raw Light of Morning [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/shelly-kawaja-wins-bmo-winterset-award-1.6796535 cbc.ca]
2023 - Holly Hogan, Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist

References

External links

[http://wintersetinsummer.ca/main/award.php Winterset Award]

Category:Canadian non-fiction literary awards

Category:Newfoundland and Labrador awards

Category:Awards established in 2000

Category:2000 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador

Category:Canadian fiction awards

Category:Canadian poetry awards