QWF is proud to have its First Book Prize sponsored by Concordia University, which offers the only BA and MA English-language Creative Writing programs in Quebec.
2023 call for submissions
Submissions to the QWF Awards are now open.
Read call for submissions2022
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shortlisted
Jury
Kess Mohammadi
Emily Raine
Hal Wake
2021
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Nilambri Ghai
Seyward Goodhand
Shannon Webb-Campbell
2020
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Hasan Namir
Naomi Steinberg
RM Vaughan
2019
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shortlisted
Jury
Chantel Lavoie
Maurice Mierau
John Sweet
2018
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Sky Gilbert
Maria Francesca LoDico
Gregory Younging
2017
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Marilyn Bowering
Adrian Harewood
Alexia Moyer
2016
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Louise Bernice Halfe
Gillian Jerome
Maria Schamis Turner
2015
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Jury
Jane Eaton Hamilton
Ross Leckie
Lesley Trites
2014
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Jury
Licia Canton
Johanna Skibsrud
John Steffler
2013
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Jury
Brian Brett
Helen Humphreys
David McGimpsey