Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
The Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the best work of non-fiction by a Canadian writer.
Canada's most lucrative non-fiction prize, the winner receives a prize of C$60,000 and all finalists receive C$5,000.[1][2]
Sponsorship history
First established in 1997, the award's original corporate sponsor was Viacom. Pearson Canada, an educational book publishing company, took over the award in 1999, and Nereus Financial, a stock brokerage, became the sponsor from 2006 to 2008. After Nereus dropped its sponsorship, the award had no corporate sponsor until 2011,[3] when philanthropist and former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Hilary Weston was announced as the award's new sponsor.[1]
Prior to Weston's patronage of the award, the prize was C$15,000 for the winner and C$2,000 for the finalists.
Nominees and winners
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References
- "Writers' Trust non-fiction prize bumped up to $60,000". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2011.
- M.A. Orthofer, "Writers' Trust of Canada Prize for Non-Fiction ", complete review, 26 October 2011.
- "Nominees for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction announced" Archived 2013-01-04 at Archive.today. National Post, September 20, 2011.
- "Candace Savage’s prairie meditation takes Writers’ Trust Nonfiction Prize". Toronto Star, November 12, 2012.
- "Hilary Weston Prize 2014: The shortlist revealed!". CBC Books, September 17, 2014.
- "Naomi Klein wins 2014 Hilary Weston Prize". CBC Books, October 14, 2014.
- "Douglas Coupland, Rosemary Sullivan among Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-fiction finalists". Quill & Quire, September 16, 2015.
- "Biography of Stalin’s daughter wins Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail, October 6, 2015.
- "Rogers Writers’ Trust: Celebrating the 2016 winners". Maclean's, November 3, 2016.
- "Hilary Weston Prize shortlist announced". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2017.
- "David Chariandy, Billie Livingston, and Diane Schoemperlen among the winners at the 2017 Writers’ Trust awards". Quill & Quire, November 14, 2017.
- Deborah Dundas, "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star, November 5, 2019.