The 2019 QWF Literary Awards Gala took place on Tuesday, November 5 at the Cabaret Lion d’Or (1676 Ontario St. E, Montreal). The event was hosted by Sonali Karnick, host of All in a Weekend on CBC Radio.
Award winners
Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation
Sponsored by the Cole FoundationWinner
shortlisted
This Woman’s Work
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Translation of
Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter
(Editions Pow Pow)
Jury
Bronwyn Averett
Simon Brown
Sonya Malaborza
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Winner
Obits.
(Coach House Books)
Jury
Amber Dawn
Ehab Lotayef
Catriona Wright
The Concordia University First Book Prize
Sponsored by Concordia UniversityWinner
nîtisânak
(Metonymy Press)
shortlisted
The Birds That Stay
(Second Story Press)
Seeker: A Sea Odyssey
(Guernica Editions)
We Were Like Everyone Else
(Cormorant Books)
Jury
Chantel Lavoie
Maurice Mierau
John Sweet
The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Sponsored in memory of Janet Savage BlachfordWinner
Yipee’s Gold Mountain
(Red Deer Press)
shortlisted
In Which
(Broken Rules Press)
I Am a Feminist: Claiming the F-Word in Turbulent Times
(Orca Book Publishers)
Jury
Gillian O'Reilly
Matthew Skelton
Sarah Tsiang
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Winner
The Ghost Garden
(Random House Canada)
Jury
Mark Medley
Scott Moodie
Erin Wunker
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Sponsored by Librairie Paragraphe BookstoreWinner
The Teardown
(Véhicule Press)
shortlisted
Churchill at Munich
(The Métropolitan Press)
A Joy To Be Hidden
(Linda Leith Publishing)
I’ll Never Tell
(Simon & Schuster Canada)
Jury
Tom Abray
Mark Frutkin
Zsuzsi Gartner
Judy Mappin Community Award
Winner
for his work championing underground publishing and dedicated service to Montreal's independent writing community
The QWF College Writers Award
then known as The QWF Prize for Young Writers Supported by Le Conseil des arts de Montréal and Champlain, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott and Vanier CollegesWinner
Head of Heaven
(published in Footprints)
Jury
Justin Lauzon
Jason Selman
Shannon Webb-Campbell
carte blanche Prize
Sponsored by 3Macs/Raymond JamesWinner
The Aquanauts
(Issue 35)
Jury
Alessandra Naccarato
Special Thanks
