The Matt Cohen Award is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature. First presented in 2000, it was established in memory of Matt Cohen, a Canadian writer who died in 1999.
Winners 2000 - Mavis Gallant 2001 - Norman Levine 2002 - Fred Bodsworth 2003 - Audrey Thomas 2004 - Howard Engel 2005 - Janet Lunn 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais 2007 - David Helwig 2008 - Sylvia Fraser 2009 - Paul Quarrington"Quarrington wins $20,000 Matt Cohen Award". cbc.ca, October 19, 2009. 2010 - Myrna Kostash 2011 - David Adams Richards 2012 - Jean Little 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk 2014 - Susan Musgrave 2015 - Richard Wagamese 2016 - Brian Brett 2017 - Diane Schoemperlen 2018 - David Bergen 2019 - Olive Senior 2020 - Dennis Lee 2021 - Frances Itani 2022 - Candace Savage 2023 - Helen HumphreysNicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star, November 21, 2023. 2024 - Marie Clements"Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017. 2025 - Sheree FitchCassandra Drudi, "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maria Reva, Roza Nozari among Writers’ Trust award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2025.
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