On November 17, 2009, QWF held its annual Awards Gala at the Lion d’Or in Montreal. The event was hosted by Stanley Péan. Six literary prizes, a Community Award, and a Carte Blanche Prize were presented. For the first time this year, the winners and runners-up of the Quebec writing Competition were also presented at the Gala.
Award winners
Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation
then known as The Translation PrizeWinner
shortlisted
Fences in Breathing
(Coach House Books)
Translation of
La Capture du sombre
(Leméac Éditeur)
Wildlives
(Douglas & McIntyre)
Translation of
Champagne
(Les Éditions du Boréal)
Jury
Debbie Blythe
Katia Grubisic
Jo-Anne Elder
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Winner
This Way Out
(Gaspereau Press)
shortlisted
The Pangborn Defence
(Biblioasis)
Jack
(Snare Books)
Jury
Jeramy Dodds
Yedda Morrison
Fraser Sutherland
The Concordia University First Book Prize
then known as McAuslan First Book PrizeWinner
The Cello Suites
(House of Anansi Press)
Jury
Wayne Johnston
Stan Persky
Fred Wah
The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Sponsored by Babar BooksWinner
What World is Left
(Orca Book Publishers)
shortlisted
Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion
(Tundra Books)
When Stella Was Very, Very Small
(Groundwood Books)
Jury
Lis Clemens
Robert Heidbreder
Itah Sadu
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Winner
The Cello Suites
(House of Anansi Press)
shortlisted
The Black book of Canadian
(Fernwood Publishing)
Idiocy: A Cultural History
(Liverpool University Press)
Jury
David Leahy
Susan Olding
Makeda Silvera
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe BookstoreWinner
Fall
(Hamish Hamilton Canada (Penguin Group Canada))
shortlisted
Stripmalling
(ECW Press)
The Mountain Clinic
(Oberon Press)
Jury
Noah Richler
Struan Sinclair
Aparna Sanyal
Gala gallery
Photo credit: Studio Iris
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QWF President Elise Moser
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Helen Fotopulos
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2009 QWF Awards Literary Gala host Stanley Péan.
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