The QWF College Writers Award


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


Submissions are now closed. The finalists will be announced in October.

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 College

Winner

Misremembering (Dawson College) by  Eden Andrews

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/College

Winner

A Fisher’s Parade by  Julian Button-Nadon

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 Colleges

Winner

Head of Heaven (published in Footprints) by  François Provencher

Jury

Justin Lauzon
Jason Selman
Shannon Webb-Campbell

2018

then known as The QWF Prize for Young Writers

Winner

You, Icarus (published in The Antigonish Review) by  Emily Crompton

Jury

Rebecca Păpacaru
Julie Paul
Mike Payette

2017

then known as The QWF Prize for Young Writers

Winner

Artemsia Absinthum (published in Headlight Anthology, Concordia University) by  Nicola Sibthorpe

Jury

Sarah Burgoyne
Heather Jessup
Garry Thomas Morse

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