O principal prêmio de ficção do Canadá agora oferece US $ 100.000, com US $ 70.000 para o vencedor e US $ 7.500 para cada um dos quatro segundos classificados. Canada's top fiction prize now offers $100,000, with $70,000 to the winner and $7,500 to each of four runners-up.

A Writers' Trust of Canada elevou seu prêmio de ficção para US$ 100.000, com o vencedor recebendo US$ 70.000 e vice-campeão em US$ 7.500 cada, acima dos valores anteriores. The Writers' Trust of Canada has raised its fiction prize to $100,000, with the winner receiving $70,000 and runners-up $7,500 each, up from previous amounts. O Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, nomeado para os co-fundadores Margaret Atwood e Graeme Gibson e patrocinado pela Balsillie Family Foundation, inclui cinco finalistas: os romances "We, the Kindling" de Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, "Endling" de Maria Reva e "Julius Julius" de Aurora Stewart de Peña, juntamente com as coleções de contos "Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand" de Tim Bowling e "Simple Creatures" de Robert McGill. The Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, named for co-founders Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson and sponsored by the Balsillie Family Foundation, includes five finalists: novels "We, the Kindling" by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, "Endling" by Maria Reva, and "Julius Julius" by Aurora Stewart de Peña, along with short story collections "Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand" by Tim Bowling and "Simple Creatures" by Robert McGill. O prêmio será entregue no Writers' Trust Awards anual em 13 de novembro. The award will be presented at the annual Writers' Trust Awards on November 13.