1989 - 1st Short Grain Contest
Kristjana Gunnars - Prose Poem
Kent Thompson - Postcard Story
1990
John Newlove - Prose Poem
Sharon Butala - Postcard Story
1991
Elizabeth Brewster - Prose Poem
Guy Vanderhaeghe - Postcard Story
1992
Anne Szumigalski - Prose Poem
Bonnie Burnard - Postcard Story
1993
Lorna Crozier - Prose Poem
David Carpenter - Postcard Story
1994
Patrick Lane - Prose Poem
Dianne Warren - Postcard Story
1995
Tim Lilburn - Prose Poem
Sharon Riis - Postcard Story
1996
Kristjana Gunnars - Prose Poem
Trevor Ferguson - Postcard Story
Dianne Warren - Dramatic Monologue
1997
Robert Hilles - Prose Poem
Jane Rule - Postcard Story
Guillermo Verdecchia - Dramatic Monologue
1998
Ken Mitchell - Dramatic Monologue
T/Ed Dyck - Postcard Story
Elizabeth Philips - Prose Poem
1st Dramatic Grain Contest
Tom Bentley-Fisher
Ken Mitchell
1999
Judy Schultz - Long Grain of Truth (inaugural year for this category)
Sharon Pollock - Dramatic Monologue
Bonnie Burnard - Postcard Story
Daphne Marlatt - Prose Poem
2000
Don Domanski - Prose Poem
Paul Ledoux - Dramatic Monologue
Sandra Birdsell - Postcard Story
Candace Savage - Long Grain of Truth
2001
Beth Goobie – Prose Poem
Marina Endicott – Dramatic Monologue
Mark Anthony Jarman – Postcard Story
David Carpenter – Long Grain of Truth
2002
Anne Simpson – Prose Poem
Lee Gowan – Postcard Story
Joan Givner – Long Grain of Truth
Mansel Robinson – Dramatic Monologue
2003
Tim Liliburn – Prose Poem
Anne Fleming – Postcard Story
Myrna Kostash – Long Grain of Truth
Eugene Stickland – Dramatic Monologue
2004
Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen – Prose Poem
J. Jill Robinson – Postcard Story
Zsuzsi Gartner – Long Grain of Truth
Kit Brennan – Dramatic Monologue
2005
Brad Cran – Prose Poem
Hal Niedzviecki – Postcard Story
Anabel Lyon – Dramatic Monologue
2006
Richard Lemm – Prose Poem
Lee Henderson – Postcard Story
Pam Bustin – Dramatic Monologue
Candace Savage – Creative Non-Fiction
2007
Steven Ross Smith – Prose Poem
Steven Galloway – Postcard Story
Curtis Peeteetuce – Dramatic Monologue
Brenda Niskala – Lgron Grain of Truth
2008
Yann Martel
Lisa Moore
Sheri Benning
Bileh Nickerson
2009
Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaasen
Elsie Levine
2010
Jennifer Still – Poetry
Lee Henderson – Short Fiction
2011
Jeramy Dodds – Poetry
Zsuzsi Gertner – Short Fiction
2012
rob mclennan – Poetry
Larence Hill – Short Fiction
2013
Meira Cook – Poetry
Stan Rogal – Short Fiction
2014
Ken Bebstock – Poetry
Kathleen Winter – Fiction
2015
George Elliot Clarke - Poetry
Sandra Birdsell - Fiction
2016
Triny Finlay – Poetry
Greg Hollingshead – Fiction
2017
Joe Denham – Poetry
Zoe Whittall – Fiction
2018
Canisia Lubrin – Poetry
Rawi Hage – Fiction
2019
Karen Solie – Poetry
Joshua Whitehead – Fiction
2020
Sylvia Legris – Poetry
Casey Plett – Fiction
2021
Phil Hall – Poetry
Susan Olding – Fiction
2022
Sheri Benning – Poetry
Sean Michaels – Fiction
2023
Daniel Scott Tysdal – Poetry
Leona Theis – Fiction
