The Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award is a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an established Canadian author to honour their body of work.
Presented for the first time in 2008 under the name Notable Author Award, the award was created by merging the formerly separate Marian Engel Award and Timothy Findley Award, which were presented to female and male nominees respectively. The award was subsequently renamed back to Engel/Findley.
The award is presented to one author, regardless of gender, annually. The award comes with a monetary prize of $25,000.
Winners Marian Engel Award (1986–2007) 1986 – Alice Munro 1987 – Audrey Thomas 1988 – Edna Alford 1989 – Merna Summers 1990 – Carol Shields 1991 – Joan Clark 1992 – Joan Barfoot 1993 – Sandra Birdsell 1994 – Jane Urquhart 1995 – Bonnie Burnard 1996 – Barbara Gowdy 1997 – Katherine Govier 1998 – Sharon Butala 1999 – Janice Kulyk Keefer 2000 – Anita Rau Badami 2001 – Elizabeth Hay 2002 – Terry Griggs 2003 – Elisabeth Harvor 2004 – Dianne Warren 2005 – Gayla Reid 2006 – Caroline Adderson 2007 – Diane Schoemperlen
Timothy Findley Award (2002–2007) 2002 – Bill Gaston 2003 – Guy Vanderhaeghe 2004 – David Adams Richards 2005 – Rohinton Mistry 2006 – Douglas Glover 2007 – Michael Crummey
Engel/Findley Award (2008–present) 2008 – Michael Winter 2009 – David Bergen 2010 – Miriam Toews 2011 – Wayne Johnston"Patrick deWitt’s 'The Sisters Brothers' wins Writers’ Trust Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 1, 2011. 2012 – Nino Ricci 2013 – Lisa Moore 2014 – Joan Thomas"Miriam Toews wins $25,000 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". Toronto Star, November 4, 2014. 2015 – Annabel Lyon"André Alexis wins Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize". The Globe and Mail, November 3, 2015. 2016 – Eden Robinson 2017 – Billie Livingston"David Chariandy, Billie Livingston, and Diane Schoemperlen among the winners at the 2017 Writers’ Trust awards". Quill & Quire, November 14, 2017. 2018 – Alissa York"Books inspired by the authors’ parents win the top Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star, November 7, 2018. 2019 – Rawi HageDeborah Dundas, "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers’ Trust Awards". Toronto Star, November 5, 2019. 2020 – Kerri SakamotoRyan Porter, "Writers’ Trust honours four career authors with $25,000 prizes". Quill & Quire, December 2, 2020. 2021 – Cherie DimalineJane van Koeverden, "Katherena Vermette, Tomson Highway and Cherie Dimaline among winners at 2021 Writers' Trust Awards". CBC Books, November 3, 2021. 2022 – Shani MootooDeborah Dundas, "Writers’ Trust 2022 book award winners collect $270,000 in prizes". Toronto Star, November 2, 2022. 2023 – Anosh IraniNicole Thompson, "Kai Thomas wins Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut novel". Toronto Star, November 21, 2023. 2024 – Madeleine Thien"Sheung-King, Martha Baillie among Writers' Trust literary prize winners". CBC Books, November 19, 2017. 2025 – Kim ThúyCassandra Drudi, "Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maria Reva, Roza Nozari among Writers’ Trust award winners". Quill & Quire, November 13, 2025.
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