Many of our contributors have gone on to receive awards and prizes after being published in EVENT. This page serves to congratulate them and recognize their accomplishments. Click the links to see which EVENT contributors have won these prestigious awards and prizes.
National Magazine Awards
Western Magazine Awards
Journey Prize
Best Canadian Poetry
Best Canadian Stories
Pushcart Prize, Best of the Small Presses
National Magazine Awards
| 2013 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Craig Davidson, ‘Friday Night Goon Squad’ (41/2) |
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Sina Queyras, ‘The Dead Ones’ (41/3) |
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| 2012 | Winner: | Gold, Fiction Category: Bill Gaston, ‘Four Corners’ (40/3) |
| Winner: | Silver, Fiction Category: Wayde Compton, ‘The Instrument’ (40/1) |
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| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Chris Donahoe, ‘Busted’ (40/3) |
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| 2011 | Winner: | Gold, Fiction Category: Jeff Stautz, ‘Asymptote’ (39/2) |
| Winner: | Silver, Fiction Category: Jesus Hardwell, ‘Sandcastles’ (39/2) |
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| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Monty Reid, ‘Smoke,’ ‘Update from the ATM’ and ‘For a New Kitchen’ (39/1) |
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| 2010 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: André Alexis, ‘Orpheus’ (38/1) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Carolyn Black, ‘At World’s End, Falling Off’ (38/3) |
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| Finalist: | Personal Journalism: Katherine Fawcett, ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ (38/3) |
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| 2009 | Finalists: | Personal Journalism Category: David Janzen, ‘Approaching the Moon in a Stream: Reflections on Li Bai’ (37/3) |
| J. Jill Robinson, ‘The Letter’ | ||
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Warren Heiti, ‘the uncollected works of sallie chisum’ (37/1) |
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| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Sarah Keevil, ‘Pyro’ (37/1) |
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| 2008 | Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Kanina Dawson, ‘Pashtu, for Bird and Other Words that Hurt’ (36/3) |
| 2007 | Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Sheree Ann Frappied, ‘Idylwylde Park’ (35/3) |
| 2006 | Winner: | Silver, Personal Journalism Category: Kaitlin Fontana, ‘Sleeping with the Dead’ (34/3) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Kari Strutt, ‘Skyglass Bastard’ (34/2) |
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| 2005 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Craig Davidson, ‘Rocket Ride’ (33/3) |
| 2004 | Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Beth Jones, Inside (32/3) |
| 2003 | Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Kanina Dawson, ‘The End of August’ (31/2) |
| 2002 | Winner: | Gold, Personal Journalism Category: Michelle Barker, ‘Blessings,’ (30/2) |
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: John O’Neill, Four Poems (30/3) |
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| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Barry Webster, ‘The Royal Conservatory: Statement and Fugue for Eight Voices’ (30/3) |
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| 2001 | Finalists: | Personal Journalism Category: Gordon Cavenaile, ‘Homemade Pistol: A True Story of Addiction and Suicide’ (29/3) |
| Marcello Di Cintio, ‘Bone Etchings & Blood Tattoos: Letters from Niger’ (29/3) | ||
| 1999 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: Don McKay, Five Poems (27/3) |
| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Pat Krause, ‘Acts of Love’ (27/3) |
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| 1998 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: Julia van Gorder, Three Poems (26/1) |
| 1997 | Winner: | Gold, Personal Journalism Category: Peggy McCann, ‘Water Sky’ (25/3) |
| 1996 | Finalists: | Poetry Category: Tim Bowling, Three Poems (24/2) |
| A.F. Moritz, ‘The Little Walls Before China’ (24/2) | ||
| 1995 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: Sarah Klassen, Three Poems (23/3) |
| 1994 | Winner: | Gold, Poetry Category: Janice Kulyk Keefer, Three Poems (22/1) |
| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Diana Kiesners, ‘Going the Wrong Way’ (22/3) |
Western Magazine Awards
| 2012 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Kate Millar, ‘Year of the Rooster’ (40/3) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Bill Gaston, ‘Four Corners’ (40/3) |
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| 2010 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (38/2) |
| 2008 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Théodora Armstrong, ‘Whale Stories’ (36/2) |
| 2006 | Finalists: | Fiction Category: Kari Strutt, ‘Skyglass Bastard’ (34/2) |
| Deborah Willis, ‘Traces’ (34/1) | ||
| Finalist: | Best Photography, People and Portraiture Category: Anne Grant, ‘Woman on Bench’ (34/1) |
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| 2005 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Craig Davidson, ‘Rocket Ride’ (33/3) |
| Winner: | Human Experience Category: Nancy Mauro, ‘The Grillers’s Guide to Love and Loss’ (33/3) |
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| Finalist: | Human Experience Category: Susan Olding, ‘At Lingyin Si’ (33/3) |
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| 2004 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Craig Davidson, ‘Life in the Flesh’ (32/3) |
| Finalists: | Human Experience Category: Jeremiah Aherne, ‘The Long, Hard Hangover’ (32/2) |
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| Jancis Andrews, ‘Country of Evil’ (32/3) | ||
| 2003 | Winner: | Human Experience Category: Kanina Dawson, ‘The End of August’ (31/2) |
| 2002 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Carol Windley, ‘What Saffi Knows’ (30/3) |
| Finalist: | Human Experience Category: Cathy A. Ostlere, ‘Icarus’s Sister’ (30/3) |
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| 2001 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Kevin Armstrong, ‘The Cane Field’ (29/1) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Annabel Lyon, ‘Fishes’ (29/1) |
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| Finalist: | Human Experience Category: Marcello Di Cintio, ‘Bone Etchings & BloodTattoos: Letters from Niger’ (29/3) |
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| 2000 | Finalist: | Human Experience Category: Kevin Sallows, ‘Paths’ (28/2) |
| 1999 | Finalists: | Human Experience Category: Ruth Krahn, ‘What You Learn’ (27/3) |
| Greg Watson, ‘The Newborn Toad’ (27/1) | ||
| 1998 | Finalist: | Human Experience Category: Margret Foster, ‘The Myth of My Birth Parents’ (26/3) |
| 1997 | Winner: | Human Experience Category: Gordon Cavenaile (Jeff Walken, pseudonym) ‘Junk’ (25/3) |
| 1995 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Zsuzsi Gartner, ‘…This House’ (23/2) |
| 1994 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Cynthia Flood, ‘Country Life’ (22/1) |
Journey Prize
| 2013 | Finalist: | Doretta Lau, ‘How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?’ (38/3) |
| 2010 | Finalist: | Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (38/3) |
| 2009 | Finalist: | Paul Headrick, ‘Highlife’ (37/2) |
| Finalist: | Sarah Keevil, ‘Pyro’ (37/1) | |
| 2008 | Finalist: | Théodora Armstrong, ‘Whale Stories’ (36/2) |
| 2003 | Finalist: | Tim Mitchell, ‘Night Finds Us’ (31/3) |
| 2002 | Finalist: | Neil Smith, ‘Green Fluorescent Protein’ (30/3) |
| 2001 | Winner: | Kevin Armstrong, ‘The Cane Field’ (29/1) |
| Finalist: | Annabel Lyon, ‘Fishes’ (29/1) | |
| 2000 | Finalists: | Jessica Johnson, ‘We Move Slowly’ (28/3) |
| Timothy Taylor, ‘Pope’s Own’ (28/3) | ||
| 1998 | Finalist: | Madeleine Thien, ‘Simple Recipes’ (26/2) |
| 1994 | Finalist: | Jim Reil, ‘Dry’ (22/3) |
Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope Books)
| 2011 | Poetry: Al Rempel, ‘We Love Bananas’ (39/2) |
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| Poetry: Marita Dachsel, ‘Maria & Sarah Lawrence’ (39/2) |
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| 2010 | Poetry: Jamella Hagen, ‘Driving Dayton’ (37/3) |
