The Journey Prize (officially called The Writers' Trust of Canada McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize) is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by McClelland and Stewart and the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best short story published by an emerging writer in a Canadian literary magazine. The award was endowed by James A. Michener, who donated the Canadian royalty earnings from his 1988 novel Journey.[1]

The winner formerly received CA$10,000, making it the largest monetary award given in Canada to an up-and-coming writer for a short story or excerpt from a fiction work-in-progress.

The prize's winner in 2000, Timothy Taylor, was the first writer ever to have three stories nominated for the award in the same year.[2]

The Journey Prize also publishes an annual anthology of the year's longlisted short stories. Two writers, Andrew MacDonald and David Bergen, have both had a record four total stories selected for inclusion in the annual anthology.

In 2020, the Journey Prize committee announced that the upcoming award would be a special edition devoted exclusively to Black Canadian writers, considering stories published in multiple years.[3] Although the initial report was that the special Black Canadian edition of the award would be presented in 2021 for stories published in 2019, 2020 and 2021,[3] the organizers instead paused the award for 2021 and 2022, and presented a special Black Canadian award in early 2023 to honour works published since 2020.[4] At the same time, they announced that the award will no longer select a single prize winner, and instead all of the writers whose stories are selected for inclusion in the anthology will henceforth be deemed equal winners of the award and will receive $1,000 each in prize money.

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year Author Title Ref
1989 Holley Rubinsky "Rapid Transits" [5]

1990s

Year Author Title Ref
1990 Cynthia Flood "My Father Took a Cake to France" [6]
1991 Yann Martel "The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios" [7]
Diana Hartog "Theories of Grief" [8]
Diane Keating "The Salem Letters" [8]
1992 Rozena Maart "No Rosa, No District Six" [9]
Steven Heighton "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains" [10]
Diane Juttner Perreault "Bella's Story" [10]
1993 Gayla Reid "Sister Doyle's Men" [11]
Marina Endicott "With the Band" [12]
Carol Windley "The Etruscans" [12]
1994 Melissa Hardy "Long Man the River" [13]
Anne Carson "Water Margins" [14]
Robert Mullen "Anomie" [14]
1995 Kathryn Woodward "Of Marranos and Gilded Angels" [15]
Gabriella Goliger "Song of Ascent" [16]
Elizabeth Hay "Hand Games" [16]
1996 Elyse Gasco "Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?" [17]
Danuta Gleed "Bones" [17]
Rick Maddocks "Lessons from the Sputnik Diner" [17]
1997 Gabriella Goliger "Maladies of the Inner Ear" [18]
Anne Simpson "Dreaming Snow" [18]
Mark Anthony Jarman "Speedboat" [18]
1998 John Brooke "The Finer Points of Apples" [19]
Ian Colford "The Reason for the Dream" [20]
Stephen Guppy "Downwind" [20]
1999 Alissa York "The Back of the Bear’s Mouth" [21]

2000s

Year Author Title Ref.
2000 Timothy Taylor "Doves of Townsend" [2]
2001 Kevin Armstrong "The Cane Field" [22]
Vivette J. Kady "Anything That Wiggles" [23]
Heather O'Neill "Little Suitcase" [23]
2002 Jocelyn Brown "Miss Canada" [24]
Geoffrey Brown "Listen" [25]
Neil Smith "Green Fluorescent Protein" [25]
2003 Jessica Grant "My Husband’s Jump" [26]
Dawn Rae Downton "Hansel and Gretel" [27]
Charlotte Gill "Hush" [27]
2004 Devin Krukoff "The Last Spark" [28]
Kenneth Bonert "Packers and Movers" [29]
Elaine McCluskey "The Watermelon Social" [29]
2005 Matt Shaw "Matchbook for a Mother's Hair" [30]
Krista Bridge "A Matter of Firsts" [31]
Barbara Romanik "Seven Ways to Chandigarh" [31]
2006 Heather Birrell "BriannaSusannaAlana" [32]
Lee Henderson "Conjugation" [33]
Martin West "Cretacea" [33]
2007 Craig Boyko "Ozy" [34]
Krista Foss "Swimming in Zanzibar" [35]
Rebecca Rosenblum "Chilly Girl" [35]
2008 Saleema Nawaz "My Three Girls" [36]
Dana Mills "Steaming for Godthab" [37]
Clea Young "Chaperone" [37]
2009 Yasuko Thanh "Floating Like the Dead" [38]
Daniel Griffin "The Last Great Works of Alvin Cale" [39]
Dave Margoshes "The Wisdom of Solomon" [39]

2010s

Year Author Title Ref.
2010 Devon Code "Uncle Oscar" [40]
Krista Foss "The Longitude of Okay" [41]
Lynne Kutsukake "Mating" [41]
2011 Miranda Hill "Petitions to Saint Chronic" [42]
Seyward Goodhand "The Fur Trader's Daughter" [43]
Ross Klatte "First-Calf Heifer" [43]
2012 Alex Pugsley "Crisis on Earth-X" [44]
Kevin Hardcastle "To Have to Wait" [45]
Andrew Hood "Manning" [45]
2013 Naben Ruthnum "Cinema Rex" [46]
Doretta Lau "How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?" [47]
Eliza Robertson "My Sister Sang" [47]
2014 Tyler Keevil "Sealskin" [48]
Lori McNulty "Monsoon Season" [48]
Clea Young "Juvenile" [48]
2015 Deirdre Dore "The Wise Baby" [49]
Emily Bossé "Last Animal Standing on Gentleman’s Farm" [50]
Anna Ling Kaye "Red Egg and Ginger" [50]
2016 Colette Langlois "The Emigrants" [51]
Charlie Fiset "If I Ever See the Sun" [52]
J. R. McConvey "How the Grizzly Came to Hang in the Royal Oak Hotel" [52]
2017 Sharon Bala "Butter Tea at Starbucks" [53]
Darlene Naponse "She Is Water" [53]
2018 Shashi Bhat "Mute" [54]
Greg Brown "Love" [55]
Liz Harmer "Never Prosper" [55]
2019 Angélique Lalonde "Pooka" [56]
Kai Conradi "Every True Artist" [57]
Samantha Jude Macpherson "The Fish and the Dragons" [57]

2020s

Year Author Title Ref.
2020 Jessica Johns "Bad Cree" [58]
Lisa Foad "Hunting" [59]
David Huebert "Chemical Valley"
2021 No award presented
2022 No award presented
2023 Christina Cooke [60]
A. Z. Farah
Zilla Jones
Sarah Kabamba
Terese Mason Pierre
Téa Mutonji
Lue Palmer
Jasmine Sealy
Dianah Smith
Iryn Tushabe

References

  1. ↑ "Author donates literary prize". Calgary Herald, December 18, 1988.
  2. 1 2 "The patter of little stories". Vancouver Sun, December 2, 2000.
  3. 1 2 "2021 Journey Prize will focus on emerging Black Canadian writers" Archived 2022-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, June 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Dana Gee, "Prestigious short story anthology focuses on emerging Canadian Black writers". Vancouver Sun, February 14, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Short story wins $10,000 for B.C. writer". Vancouver Sun, June 15, 1989.
  6. ↑ "Vancouver writer wins $10,000 Canadian fiction prize". The Globe and Mail, May 25, 1990.
  7. ↑ "Authors collect prizes of close to $80,000". Toronto Star, October 28, 1991.
  8. 1 2 "Future winners". Kingston Whig-Standard, August 31, 1991.
  9. ↑ "Rebellious, defiant, resistant; Controversial feminist writer Rozena Maart wins $10,000 literary prize for short story". Ottawa Citizen, October 15, 1992.
  10. 1 2 "McClelland and Stewart names shortlist for '92 Journey Prize". Montreal Gazette, September 12, 1992.
  11. ↑ "Burnaby author honored". Vancouver Sun, October 14, 1993.
  12. 1 2 "Authors Shortlisted for Journey Prize". The Globe and Mail, September 22, 1993.
  13. ↑ "$50,000 writing prize goes to first Canadian". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 1994.
  14. 1 2 "Journey Prize short list missing four names". Ottawa Citizen, September 18, 1994.
  15. ↑ "Fetherling, Woodward honoured at festival". The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1995.
  16. 1 2 "2 Ottawa writers among finalists for Journey prize". Ottawa Citizen, September 23, 1995.
  17. 1 2 3 "Elyse Gasco wins Journey Prize with grim tale about child abuse". Ottawa Citizen, October 27, 1996.
  18. 1 2 3 "Journey Prize ends in a tie". Edmonton Journal, October 24, 1997.
  19. ↑ "Montreal writer picks up $10,000 prize for short story". Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1998.
  20. 1 2 "Giller Prize nominees announced". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1998.
  21. ↑ Andrew Tolson, "Literary award means time to do what she loves". National Post, October 21, 1999.
  22. ↑ "Writers' Trust awards $75,000 in prizes". St. Catharines Standard, March 6, 2002.
  23. 1 2 "Shields, Todd, Blaise nominated for literary awards". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, February 17, 2002.
  24. ↑ "Literary award winners named". Nanaimo Daily News, March 7, 2003.
  25. 1 2 "Finalists named for Writers' Trust Awards". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 2003.
  26. ↑ Rebecca Caldwell, "Writers' Trust announces winners". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2004.
  27. 1 2 "Authors nominated for Great Literary Awards". The Telegram, February 8, 2004.
  28. ↑ Anne-Marie Tobin, "Munro, Engel, Newman honoured". The Telegram, March 10, 2005.
  29. 1 2 "Munro, Newman among Writers Trust nominees". Sherbrooke Record, February 4, 2005.
  30. ↑ "Canadian authors honoured in Toronto". Prince George Citizen, March 3, 2006.
  31. 1 2 Pat Donnelly, "Writers' Trust helps Canadian literature thrive". Montreal Gazette, February 18, 2006.
  32. ↑ "N.L. writer's 'Inside' wins fiction prize". Telegraph-Journal, March 8, 2007.
  33. 1 2 "Rudy Wiebe tapped for Writer's Trust Awards: Memoir also up for rich Charles Taylor Prize". Edmonton Journal, February 7, 2007.
  34. ↑ "Hill, Porter major winners". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 2, 2008.
  35. 1 2 James Adams, "Vassanji, Ashenburg up for Trust honours". The Globe and Mail, February 27, 2008.
  36. ↑ Morley Walker, "Toews takes home rich prize for The Flying Troutmans". Winnipeg Free Press, November 18, 2008.
  37. 1 2 Victoria Ahearn, "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage among finalists for Writers' Trust book prizes". Canadian Press, October 1, 2008.
  38. ↑ Tom Hawthorn, "A writer's all too real tale puts her in spotlight". The Globe and Mail, December 7, 2009.
  39. 1 2 Victoria Ahearn, "Alice Munro, Douglas Coupland among contenders for Writers Trust Awards". Canadian Press, September 20, 2009.
  40. ↑ Mark Medley, "A Room with a prize". National Post, November 3, 2010.
  41. 1 2 Richard Helm, "Siblings make short list for Canadian literary prize". Edmonton Journal, September 30, 2010.
  42. ↑ "Hamilton's Miranda Hill wins Journey Prize". Hamilton Spectator, November 3, 2011.
  43. 1 2 Mark Medley, "First & second time's the charm for authors; few veterans in writers' trust fiction nominees". National Post, September 29, 2011.
  44. ↑ "Nanaimo writer wins Rogers fiction prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 8, 2012.
  45. 1 2 "Writers' finalists named". Toronto Star, September 20, 2012.
  46. ↑ Simon Houpt, "Colin McAdam wins Writers' Trust award". The Globe and Mail, November 21, 2013.
  47. 1 2 Mark Medley, "Writers' Trust gives nod to Lisa Moore, Lynn Coady". National Post, October 1, 2013.
  48. 1 2 3 "Miriam Toews wins $25,000 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize" Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 4, 2014.
  49. ↑ "André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize" Archived 2023-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2015.
  50. 1 2 "Globe columnist among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize nominees" Archived 2023-04-12 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, September 29, 2015.
  51. ↑ "Eden Robinson, Gregory Scofield, Yasuko Thanh among 2016 Writers' Trust Prize winners" Archived 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, November 2. 2016.
  52. 1 2 "Fiset, Langlois, McConvey Journey Prize finalists". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 16, 2016.
  53. 1 2 "David Chariandy, Billie Livingston, and Diane Schoemperlen among the winners at the 2017 Writers’ Trust awards" Archived 2019-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, November 14, 2017.
  54. ↑ "Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards" Archived 2022-10-13 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 7, 2018.
  55. 1 2 "The Writers’ Trust of Canada announces Journey Prize finalists" Archived 2019-04-25 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, September 12, 2018.
  56. ↑ Deborah Dundas, "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers’ Trust Awards" Archived 2019-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 5, 2019.
  57. 1 2 "Local writer up for $10,000 prize" Archived 2019-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Kelowna Daily Courier, September 17, 2019.
  58. ↑ "4 emerging Canadian writers receive $10K prizes from Writers' Trust of Canada" Archived 2023-02-21 at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, October 21, 2020.
  59. ↑ Ryan Porter, "Short fiction finalists announced for the 2020 Journey Prize" Archived 2023-04-10 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, August 26, 2020.
  60. ↑ "Emerging black writers win the Journey Prize". Caribbean Camera, February 1, 2023.
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