2003 Awards Gala

Award winners

Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation

then known as The Translation Prize

Winner

The Heart is an Involuntary Muscle (Douglas & McIntyre) by  David Homel and Fred Reed
Translation of
Le Coeur est un muscle involuntaire by  Monique Proulx

shortlisted

A Fine Passage (House of Anansi) by  Robert Majzels
Translation of
Un fin passage (Éditions du Boréal) by  France Daigle
Helen with a Secret by  Gail Scott
Translation of
Helen avec un secret (Bibliothèque québécoise) by  Michael Delisle

Jury

Sarah Cummins
Gillian Lane-Mercier
Maureen Labonté

The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry


Winner

Volta (Signature Editions) by  Susan Gillis

shortlisted

Snow Formations by  Carolyn Marie Souaid
The Goddess in the Garden (Ekstasis Editions) by  Carolyn Zonailo

Jury

Mary Carpenter Frost
Gary Geddes
Ann Diamond

The Concordia University First Book Prize

then known as McAuslan First Book Prize

Winner

shortlisted

A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry by  Ian McGillis
My Own Devices by  Corey Frost

Jury

Lewis Poteet
Gerry Shikatani
Brenda Niskala

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction


Winner

Shoshana’s Story (McClelland & Stewart) by  Elaine Kalman Naves

shortlisted

A Love of Reading: The Second Collection by  Robert Adams
The End of Elsewhere by  Taras Grescoe

Jury

Louise Abbott
Alex Roslin
Colleen Franklin

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

then known as Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Winner

The Speaking Cure (Douglas & McIntyre) by  David Homel

shortlisted

Ten Thousand Lovers by  Edeet Ravel
A Tourist’s Guide to Glengarry by  Ian McGillis

Jury

Rana Bose
Aimée Laberge
William Deverell

Judy Mappin Community Award


Winner

Linda Leith for her work as the Founder and Artistic Director of the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival and as a teacher, author, literary translator, editor, and community activist