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
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) |
2013 | Finalist: | Doretta Lau, ‘How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun?’ (41/1) |
2010 | Finalist: | Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (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) |
National Magazine Awards
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) |
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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) |
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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 Category: Katherine Fawcett, ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ (38/3) |
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) |
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2010 | Winner: | Fiction Category: Andrew MacDonald, ‘Eat Fist!’ (38/2) |
Best Canadian Poetry (Tightrope Books)
2016 | Sylvia Symons, ‘Duffle’ (44/2) | |
2014 | 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 (Tightrope Books)
2016 | Jane Campbell, ‘Good as Dead’ (45/2) |
Best Canadian Stories (Oberon Press)
2016 | Ben Stephenson, ‘Its Size’ (44/2) |