EVENT congratulates its contributors, whose work, first published in the magazine, achieved the following. A more complete list of EVENT’s award winners and nominees from the past 20 years is available here.
Journey Prize
| 2020 | Long-list: | Susan Sanford Blades, ‘The Rest of Him’ (48/1) |
| Long-list: | Fawn Parker, ‘Feed Machine’ (48/3) | |
| 2019 | Long-list: | Jason Jobin, ‘They Would Pour Us Into Boxes’ (47/2) |
| 2018 | Long-list: | Philip Huynh, ‘The Forbidden Purple City’ (46/2) |
| 2016 | Finalist: | J.R. McConvey, ‘How the Grizzly Came to Hang at the Royal Oak Hotel’ (44/1) |
| 2014 | Long-list: | Kevin Hardcastle, ‘Old Man Marchuk’ (42/3) |
| 2013 | Finalist: | Doretta Lau, ‘How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?’ (41/1) |
| 2010 | Finalist: | Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (38/3) |
National Magazine Awards
| 2025 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Annick MacAskill, ‘The Pale’ (53/2) |
| 2023 | Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Cayenne Bradley, ‘Penance’ (51/1) |
| 2021 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: Shazia Hafiz Ramji, ‘Dear Kin’; ‘Dear Kin (VI)’ (49/3) |
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Patricia Young, ‘The Great Flu’; ‘Song of Birth and Death’; ‘Subject – Verb – Object’ (49/2) |
|
| 2020 | Winner: | Silver, Poetry Category: Cassidy McFadzean, ‘The Way’;’Study of a Torso’ (48/1) |
| 2016 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Trevor Corkum, ‘Dar a Luz’ (44/2) |
| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Gena Ellett, ‘The Back Roads’ (44/3) |
|
| 2015 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: George Elliott Clarke, ‘Fire!!!’; ‘The Confession of Marie-Josephe Angelique, juin 1734’; ‘The Confession of Marie-Josephe Angelique, juin 1734 [Unexpurgated Translation]’ (43/3) |
| 2014 | Finalist: | Poetry Category: Lisa Robertson, From ‘On Physical Real Beginning and What Happens Next’ (42/3) |
| 2013 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Craig Davidson, ‘Friday Night Goon Squad’ (41/2) |
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Sina Queyras, ‘The Dead Ones’ (41/3) |
|
| 2012 | Winner: | Gold, Fiction Category: Bill Gaston, ‘Four Corners’ (40/3) |
| Winner: | Silver, Fiction Category: Wayde Compton, ‘The Instrument’ (40/1) |
|
| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Chris Donahoe, ‘Busted’ (40/3) |
|
| 2011 | Winner: | Gold, Fiction Category: Jeff Stautz, ‘Asymptote’ (39/2) |
| Winner: | Silver, Fiction Category: Jesus Hardwell, ‘Sandcastles’ (39/2) |
|
| Finalist: | Poetry Category: Monty Reid, ‘Smoke,’ ‘Update from the ATM’ and ‘For a New Kitchen’ (39/1) |
|
| 2010 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: André Alexis, ‘Orpheus’ (38/1) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Carolyn Black, ‘At World’s End, Falling Off’ (38/3) |
|
| Finalist: | Personal Journalism Category: Katherine Fawcett, ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ (38/3) |
Canadian Magazine Awards
| 2017 | Winner: | Best Literature and Art Story, including Poetry: M. Bayless, ‘So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish’ (44/2) |
Western Magazine Awards
| 2014 | Finalist: | Fiction Category: Kevin Hardcastle, ‘Old Man Marchuk’ (42/3) |
| 2012 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Kate Millar, ‘Year of the Rooster’ (40/3) |
| Finalist: | Fiction Category: Bill Gaston, ‘Four Corners’ (40/3) |
|
| 2010 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (38/2) |
Best Canadian Poetry (Biblioasis)
| 2026 | John Wall Barger, ‘Darwin Awards Song‘ (53/2) | |
| 2026 | Estlin McPhee, ‘Gay Messiah‘ (53/2) | |
| 2026 | Henry Heavyshield, ‘Storytelling for Young Warriors’ (52/3) | |
| 2026 | Steve McOrmond, ‘The Science of Skipping Stones‘ (52/3) | |
| 2025 | Erin Bedford, ‘For my dad who never read my poems but died with a well-thumbed copy of Watership Down’ (52/2) | |
| D.A. Lockhart, ‘Hussain Recites Ginsberg While Driving Down Kedzie’ (52/2) | ||
| 2024 | Robert Hogg, ‘Death Is’ (50/3) | |
| Sarah Lachmansingh, ‘he hasn’t arrived and someone has turned on the streetlamps’ (51/2) | ||
| Matt Rader, ‘Heat Dome’ (51/2) | ||
| James Warner, ‘Dame Philosophy’ (50/3) | ||
| 2019 | Sue Chenette, ‘Poem in which I remember Mary Tyler Moore on an April Tuesday’ (47/1) | |
| 2016 | Sheri Benning, ‘Vigil’ (44/1) | |
| Sylvia Symons, ‘Duffle’ (44/2) | ||
| 2015 | Hoa Nguyen, ‘A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure’ (42/3) | |
| 2011 | Al Rempel, ‘We Love Bananas’ (39/2) | |
| Marita Dachsel, ‘Maria & Sarah Lawrence’ (39/2) | ||
| 2010 | Jamella Hagen, ‘Driving Dayton’ (37/3) |
Best Canadian Essays (Biblioasis)
| 2024 | Nicole Boyce, ‘One Route, Over and Over’ (51/1) | |
| Sandy Pool, ‘I Love Lucy’ (51/2) | ||
| 2016 | Jane Campbell, ‘Good as Dead’ (45/2) (Tightrope Books) |
Best Canadian Stories (Biblioasis)
| 2025 | Caitlin Galway, ‘Heatstroke’ (52/2) | |
| 2023 | Alexandra Mae Jones, ‘How to Fake a Breakdown’ (50/1) | |
| 2021 | Alice Gauntley, ‘Stripped’ (49/1) | |
| 2016 | Ben Stephenson, ‘Its Size’ (44/2)(Tightrope Books) |
