1997 Awards Gala

Award winners

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry


Winner

shortlisted

David and Jonathan (Robert Davies Publishing) by  Stephen Schecter
The New World (Véhicule Press) by  Carmine Starnino

The Concordia University First Book Prize

then known as First Book Award

Winner

Picking Up Pearls (Robert Davies Publishing) by  Irene Burstyn

shortlisted

Buntys and Pinkies: Chronicles of a New Canadian (Robert Davies Publishing) by  Ashok Chandwani
Half Man, Half Beast: Making a Life in Canadian Theatre (Véhicule Press) by  Maurice Podbrey and R. Bruce Henry

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction

then known as Non-fiction Prize

shortlisted

Tango On the Main (Nuage Editions) by  Joe Fiorito
Journey to Vaja (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by  Elaine Kalman Naves

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

then known as Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Winner

Butterfly Lovers (HarperCollins) by  Charles Foran

shortlisted

Finding the Enemy (Oberon Press) by  Mary Soderstrom
Getting Out of Town (Cormorant Books) by  Connie Barnes Rose

Judy Mappin Community Award


Winner

Shelley Pomerance for her work promoting literature and writers at CBC Radio