Winners have been announced for the 2018 Writers' Trust of Canada awards. Elizabeth Hay won the CA$60,000 (about US$45,255) Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for All Things Consoled; Kathy Page received the CA$50,000 (about US$37,715) Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for her novel Dear Evelyn; and Shashi Bhat took the CA$10,000 (about US$7,540) Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize for her short story "Mute."
Four authors received CA($25,000 (about US$18,855) awards for their contributions to Canadian literature through a body of work: Jordan Scott (Latner Writers' Trust Poetry Prize); David Bergen (Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life); Alissa York (Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award); and Christopher Paul Curtis (Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People).