QWF established a prize for young writers in 2017. In 2021, it was relaunched as the QWF College Writers Award. The prize is awarded to a Quebec resident who is enrolled in one of the sponsoring colleges: Champlain, Dawson, Heritage, John Abbott, Marianopolis, and Vanier.
2023 submissions closed
Winners archive
Winners are selected by a new jury of three each year.
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2022
Sponsored by Cegep Heritage College, Champlain Regional College, Dawson College, John Abbott College, Marianopolis College, Vanier CollegeWinner
Misremembering
(Dawson College)
Jury
Ruby Kato Atwood
Alex Leslie
T. Liem
2021
Sponsored by Cegep Heritage College, Champlain Regional College, Dawson College, John Abbott CEGEP/College, Marianopolis College, Vanier CEGEP/CollegeWinner
A Fisher’s Parade
Jury
Brad Donaldson
néné myriam konaté
Arizona O’Neill
2019
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
2018
then known as The QWF Prize for Young WritersWinner
You, Icarus
(published in The Antigonish Review)
Jury
Rebecca Păpacaru
Julie Paul
Mike Payette
2017
then known as The QWF Prize for Young WritersWinner
Artemsia Absinthum
(published in Headlight Anthology, Concordia University)
Jury
Sarah Burgoyne
Heather Jessup
Garry Thomas Morse
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