For more than 10 years, CBC Quebec has been supporting Quebec's English-language writers in partnership with The Quebec Writers' Federation, Maisonneuve magazine and Véhicule Press.

Our partners

The Quebec Writers' Federation plays a prominent role in the life of the Quebec English-language literary community as an arts presenter and professional and community educator, as well as the representative of Quebec's English-language writers (both professional and emerging). In order to promote and encourage English-language writing and writers in Quebec, QWF is involved in a wide range of activities, publications and programs, ensuring a lasting place for English literature and its practitioners on the Quebec cultural scene.

An award-winning Canadian magazine of arts, opinion and ideas, Maisonneuve has been described as a new New Yorker for a younger generation. Established in 2002, Maisonneuve's purpose is to keep its readers informed, alert, and entertained, and to dissolve borders between regions, countries, languages and genres. It does this by providing a diverse range of commentary on the arts, sciences, and society. At its core, Maisonneuve asks questions about our lives and provides answers free of cant and cool.

For over thirty-five years Véhicule Press has been publishing prize-winning fiction, poetry, and social history. Owned and operated by Simon Dardick and Nancy Marrelli, Véhicule Press has continued to publish quality writing by Canadian authors, with a commitment to publishing first-time authors. It publishes books of interest to Canadians and an international audience, in addition to titles that document Quebec culture (histories of the Irish, Scots, Jewish, Japanese, and black communities).Véhicule Press has also translated literary works from Spanish, Polish, Arabic, Yiddish, and French. 

Winners and finalists

Below you will find a complete list of winners and finalists. The winning and shortlisted stories (up until 2011) were published in four Véhicule Press anthologies, which are still in print: Telling Stories: New English Fiction from Quebec (2002), Short Stuff: New English Stories from Quebec (2005), In Other Words (2008), and Minority Reports: New English Writing from Quebec (2011).

2011

First Prize Winner: 

• Kasper Hartman, Someone Has to Save Us from This

Second Prize Winners:

• Gary Leclerc, Kingers
• Tijana Stojkovic, A Photo Examination

Honourable Mentions:

Den Coupal, Brand Loyalty 

• Heather Davidson, The Young Admirer
• Carolina Echeverria, Counter Dancing 
• Steven Manners, Dreaming in Colour
• B. A. Markus, A Good Sign 
• Israël Montplaisir Benedict, Dear Mother
• Guillaume Morissette, Vaster Emptiness Achieved
• Shaun Pett, The Bus Stop
• Peter Richardson, André Guilbert--an Airport Report Card
• Claire Sherwood, Rat Catcher

2010

First Prize Winner: 

• Taqralik Partridge, Igloolik

Second Prize Winners:

• Michele Ann Jenkins, Mothers' Little Helper
• Joshua Levy, Speed Dating

Honourable Mentions: 

• Julie Briggs, The Dogwalker 
• Zoë Chan, Food Love
• Leesa Dean, Homestay
• Simone Garneau, The Well
• Marisa Grizenko, Meat Season
• Marianne Perron, Coral
• Janet Ritchie, Rain
• Tijana Stojkovic, Caught with the Pants Down
• Sijia Yi, Dandelion
• Sijia Yi, Pony Girl

2008/09

First Prize Winner: 

• Kasia Juno van Schaik, The Fox

Second Prize Winners:

• Anna Leventhal, The Yoga Teachers 
• Karin Zuppiger, Death Valley Girls

Honourable Mentions: 

• Rolf Brabander, Frozen Shrimp
• Ellie Clavier, The Envelope
• Melanie Lefebvre, Work with What You Got
• Paul McAdams, Different Normalcy
• Alexandra Redgrave, A Friendship in Three Courses
• Cora Siré, Under the Jacaranda
• Kate Sheckler, Codes
• Michelle Sterling, The Taste of Yellow
• Gillian Sze, Delilah in Seven Parts

2007

First Prize Winner:

• Joel Yanofsky, What You Need

Second Prize Winners:

• Jessica Block, Common Gull
• Jennifer Neri, The Mistake

Honourable Mentions:

• Bassel Atallah, A Poem for Caroline
• Tony Franceshini, The Counterfeit City
• Maya Khankhoje, Going Home
• Joshua Levy, They Sat on Carol's L-Shaped Couch
• Ilona Martonfi, My Daughter, Annika
• Annie Potter, Les Jaseurs des cèdres
• Colin Robertson, A Remarkable Event
• Patricia Srigley, Misguidelines

2006

First Prize Winner:

• Dimitri Nasrallah, The Forested Knolls of Elbasan

Second Prize Winner:

• Donna S. Vekteris, The Iguana Revisited

Third Prize Winner:

• Paul Edmond Robichaud, Staying In

Honourable Mentions:

• Tom Bauer, Wet Shoes
• Cora Dean, The Black Box
• Raymond Gallardo, Eulogy
• Patrick Hutchinson, A Visit from Sampson
• Leon Lukashensky, Russian Poetry Reading at the 5807 rue Jeanne-Mance Metropolis Bleu in 1,175 English Words
• Stephen Orlov, Barbershop Blues
• Kirsty Mairi Robertson, Unravelling
• Hilary Rowland, Moats
• Vanessa Vandergrift, name
• Jan Weryho, Through a Child's Eyes

2005

Winners:

• J.R. Carpenter, Air Holes
• Elise Moser, The Advanced Pilates Tickle Trunk
• Marc Tulin, Peterson

Honourable Mentions:

• Bassell Atallah, Little Ronnie
• Adam Basquill, Godsend
• Marci Denesiuk, No Deeper Blue
• R.W. Harvey, L'Histoire du Chimpanzé
• Sidonie Kerr, Gate 86
• Sarah Lolley, Fifteen More Minutes
• Katharine O'Flynn, If You Really Loved Me
• Anna Silver, Dora
• Jaspreet Singh, Mont Royal
• Sue Sorisky, Car Wash Guy

2004

Winners:

• Alexandria Haber, Loved
• J.D. MacDonald, Dance of the Moondogs
• Connie Barnes Rose, What About Us?

Honourable Mentions:

• Matthew Anderson, Europa
• Valerie Free, Red Suitcases
• Sidonie Kerr, The Assignment
• Michael Kosir, Flying Home
• Elise Moser, Allons Enfants de la Patrie
• Katharine O'Flynn, Summer's End
• Alice Petersen, Vandals in Sandals
• Monique Riedel, Anna
• Jeffrey Talajic, Dumpster

2003

Winners:

• J.R. Carpenter, Precipice
• Elise Moser, Malke's Baby
• Liam Durcan, Kick

Honourable Mentions:

• Matthew Anderson, Marathon of Hope
• Marguerite Deslauriers, Skin
• Lynn Henderson, How to Be
• Ibi Kaslik, Bats
• Neil Kroetsch, Barry, It's Alright
• Brent Laughren, The Tin Ceiling
• Claudia Morrison, Landings
• Deborah Ostrovsky, As Amadoras
• Pierre W. Plante, Weathering the Storm
• Kaarla Sundström, Widow

2002

Winners:

• John Brooke, The Death of PJ Barfard
• Carrie Haber, The Unsanded Balloon
• Eyad Hamam, Distance

Honourable Mentions:

• F. Colin Browne, An Entire Family of Crickets Were Spending the Summer in a Nest Made of Twigs and Leaves and Wire
• Jennifer Chew, Loss/Survival
• Joni Dufour, First Light
• Carolena Gordon, Shoe Salesman
• Dawn Kackley, Alpha: Revelation
• Rachel Mishari, Al
• Maranda Moses, Ritual
• Brett Schaenfield, Fetishize
• Barry Webster, Circles
• Alice Zorn, High Noon

2001

Winners:

• Matthew Anderson, Enconium
• Kristy Robertson, Art History
• Sarah Venart, Dear Mr. Marco

Honourable Mentions:

• Marie-Andrée Cantillon, Régine Pon-Pon
• Damien Dabrowski, Tacos
• Robert Davies, Pep's Pink Cadillac
• Harold Hoefle, Cutting
• Gladys Kinnis, Pecan Pie
• Day's Lee, Warrior Women
• Aline Marie Lemay, The Kitchen Door
• Rachel Mishira, Dear Ms. Fungus
• Janet Ritchie, Peanut Butter and Jelly and Lithium
• Julia K. Rohan, Sensible Shoes
• Anushree Varma, Tamarind

2000

Winners:

• Marisa Gelfusa, Tundra
• Neale McDevitt, Honey-Tongued Hooker
• Earl Murphy, Antoine's Dog

Honourable Mentions:

• Patrick Allard, A Moment near Solo
• Andy Brown, Sleeves Sewn Shut
• Marjorie Bruhmuller, Willa and Iris on the Monday before Christmas 88
• Eric James Dallow, Touch Me
• Norris Dominigue, Juana's Daughter
• Liam Durcan, Cambodian Rock Song No. 4
• Linda Dyer, Feeding Him
• J.G. Lewis, A Date with Lily
• Colin MacWhirter, Interior
• Celia McBride, Backseat, Baby
• Ken McDonough, Car Trouble
• Lauren Kathryn Morgan, Distances
• Susan Motyka, The Dictionary
• Elaine Kalman Naves, Julia's List
• James Rae, Dance of the Serpent
• Jeremy Stafford, A Loaded Donkey

1999

Winners:

• Suzanne Alexakis, Professor Hopkins Goes Swimming
• Marla Becking, Pneumonia
• Nick Carpenter, Staring at Miracles
• Emma Roberts, Heaven Tate

Honourable Mentions:

• Angel Beyde, FlipFlop
• Ian Ferrier, Bonk Fish
• Leila Marshy, Ramadan
• Julie Mahfood, The Sound of Leaving
• Mark Paterson, Saturday Night
• Connie Barnes Rose, How I Met Cousin Biz