Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize Explained

The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, established in 1985 as one of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by a resident of British Columbia, Canada.

The award is named after novelist and short story writer Ethel Wilson, author of Swamp Angel (1954) and The Innocent Traveller (1949).

Winners and finalists

Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize winners and finalists!Year!Author!Titles!Result!Ref.
1985Intertidal LifeWinner[1]
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1986Foreign AffairsWinner
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In the Shadow of the VultureShortlist
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1987HousebrokenWinner
Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma KolaShortlist
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1988CageWinner
Memory BoardShortlist
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1989MimosaWinner
Love In BeijingShortlist
Saxophone WinterShortlist
1990MotetWinner
After the FireShortlist
1991Wild Blue YonderWinner
Disappearing Moon CafeShortlist
Disturbing the PeaceShortlist
1992Blue HusbandsWinner
Sick PigeonShortlist
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1993Winner
July Nights and Other StoriesShortlist
Marine LifeShortlist
1994Bad ImaginingsWinner
Light in the Company of WomenShortlist
Visible LightShortlist
1995To Be There With YouWinner
Under GlassShortlist
City of OrphansShortlist
1996Coming Down From WaWinner
Rain AscendsShortlist
Through the CanyonShortlist
1997Winner
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Cereus Blooms at NightShortlist
1998Visible WorldsWinner
Fox's NoseShortlist
At First I Hope for RescueShortlist
1999Broken GroundWinner
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Pool-Hopping and Other StoriesShortlist
2000Winner
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All the Anxious Girls on EarthShortlist
Furry CreekShortlist
Before the FloodShortlist
2001Monkey BeachWinner
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UtherShortlist
2002Simple RecipesWinner
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Small AccidentsShortlist
All the Seas of the WorldShortlist
Stanley ParkShortlist
2003UnlessWinner
NightwatchShortlist
Mount AppetiteShortlist
Dead GirlsShortlist
Closer ApartShortlist
2004Sitting PracticeWinner
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AscensionShortlist
Country of ColdShortlist
Other Sorrows, Other JoysShortlist
2005Beyond MeasureWinner
SointulaShortlist
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2006LadykillerWinner
Smoke ShowShortlist
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So It Won't Go AwayShortlist
TattycoramShortlist
2007Home SchoolingWinner
What It Takes to Be HumanShortlist
GargoylesShortlist
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Empress of AsiaShortlist
2008ConceitWinner
Adam's PeakShortlist
SoucouyantShortlist
RadianceShortlist
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2009Winner
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That Tune Clutches My HeartShortlist
Red Dog, Red DogShortlist
Renovating HeavenShortlist
2010Having Faith in the Polar Girls' PrisonWinner[2]
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8 x 10Shortlist
Daniel O'ThunderShortlist
Vanishing and Other StoriesShortlist
2011Everything Was Good-ByeWinner[3] [4]
Chernovs’ Toil and PeaceShortlist
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Recipes from the Red PlanetShortlist
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2012Half-Blood BluesWinner[5] [6]
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ShelterShortlist
Into the DarknessShortlist
Once You Break a KnuckleShortlist
2013Winner[8]
Psychology and Other StoriesShortlist
Gay Dwarves of AmericaShortlist
MalarkyShortlist
Floating Like the DeadShortlist
2014Anatomy of a Girl GangWinner[9] [10]
Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% VisibilityShortlist
Three SoulsShortlist
Red Girl Rat BoyShortlist
LuckyShortlist
2015Winner[11]
Ellen in PiecesShortlist
Paradise & ElsewhereShortlist
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2016All True Not a Lie in ItWinner[12]
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SpecimenShortlist
AmityShortlist
Martin JohnShortlist
2017Winner[13] [14]
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Niagara MotelShortlist[15]
2018BrotherWinner[16] [17]
What We Once BelievedShortlist[18]
Next Year, For SureShortlist
Son of a TricksterShortlist
Everything Is Awful and You’re a Terrible PersonShortlist
2019Trickster DriftWinner
Sodom Road ExitShortlist
That Tiny LifeShortlist
We All Need to EatShortlist
Dear EvelynShortlist
2020LampedusaWinner
GreenwoodShortlist[19]
AriaShortlist[20]
Dual CitizensShortlist
Rue des RosiersShortlist
2021PetraWinner[21]
Fake It So RealShortlist[22] [23]
Five Little IndiansShortlist
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ConsentShortlist
2022Winner[24]
AstraShortlist[25] [26]
Victoria Sees ItShortlist
Monster ChildShortlist
We Want What We WantShortlist
2023Winner[27]
Shortlist[28]
We Measure the Earth with Our BodiesShortlist
Uncertain KinShortlist
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Notes and References

  1. Book: Rosenthal, Caroline . Narrative Deconstructions of Gender in Works by Audrey Thomas, Daphne Marlatt, and Louise Erdrich . 2003 . Camden House . 978-1-57113-267-3 . en.
  2. Web site: 2010-04-30 . Canadian Awards: First Novel; BC Book; Schwartz Shortlist . 2023-04-22 . . 2022-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221210230817/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=1175 . live .
  3. Web site: Sherlock . Tracy . 2011-04-22 . Dual-culture novel garners BC Book Prize fiction award . dead . 2012-09-12 . . 2011-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110531185906/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Dual+culture+novel+garners+Book+Prize+fiction+award/4661271/story.html .
  4. Web site: Sherlock . Tracy . 2013-05-17 . Author Kathy Para's new novel Lucky wins Great BC Novel Contest . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2016-08-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160802111920/http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/author-kathy-paras-new-novel-lucky-wins-great-bc-novel-contest . live .
  5. Web site: 2012-05-13 . Victoria writer Esi Edugyan wins the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829005533/http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Victoria+writer+Edugyan+wins+Ethel+Wilson+Fiction+Award/6613974/story.html . 2012-08-29 . 2012-09-12 . Times Colonist.
  6. Web site: 2012-05-13 . Victoria writer Esi Edugyan wins the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award. . 2023-04-22 . . en . 2023-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422180857/https://www.timescolonist.com/archive/victoria-writer-esi-edugyan-wins-the-ethel-wilson-fiction-award-4569695 . live .
  7. Web site: Medley . Mark . 2012-03-08 . Esi Edugyan to face husband Steven Price for Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA.
  8. Web site: Chamberlain . Adrian . 2013-05-03 . Victoria author Bill Gaston among B.C. Book Prizes winners . 2013-05-08 . . 2013-12-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206102730/http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/victoria-author-bill-gaston-among-b-c-book-prizes-winners-1.145574 . live .
  9. Web site: Sherlock . Tracy . 2014-05-04 . Double wins for two B.C. authors at B.C. Book Awards . 2014-06-08 . . 2014-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140705052146/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Double+wins+authors+Book+Awards/9805765/story.html . live .
  10. Web site: O'Brien . Lauren . 2016-11-18 . Niagara Motel . 2023-04-22 . . 2022-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819181506/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/readers-issue.html?issue=559 . live .
  11. Web site: Sherlock . Tracy . 2015-04-26 . Vancouver's Aislinn Hunter wins Ethel Wilson fiction prize . 2015-04-30 . . 2015-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150429085945/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/Vancouver+Aislinn+Hunter+wins+Ethel+Wilson+fiction/11005153/story.html . live .
  12. Web site: Sherlock . Tracy . 2016-05-02 . Daniel Boone story wins coveted book prize . 2016-05-10 . . 2016-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160511064220/http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/daniel-boone-story-wins-coveted-book-prize . live .
  13. Web site: 2017-05-01 . Deborah Campbell, Richard Wagamese and Jennifer Manuel among B.C. Book Prize winners . dead . 2017-05-04 . . 2017-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170503100302/http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/05/bc-book-awards-2017.html .
  14. Web site: 2017-05-08 . Alumna Jennifer Manuel Receivese Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize . 2023-04-22 . Faculty of Education . . en-US . 2022-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225084934/https://educ.ubc.ca/alumna-jennifer-manuel-receivese-ethel-wilson-fiction-prize/ . live .
  15. Web site: Ashley Little . 2023-07-08 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: Beattie . Steven W. . 2018-05-07 . David Chariandy and Arthur Manuel among winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes . 2018-05-15 . . 2018-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180516103231/https://quillandquire.com/omni/david-chariandy-and-arthur-manuel-among-winners-of-the-2018-b-c-book-prizes/ . live .
  17. Web site: Mooney . Harrison . 2018-05-05 . David Chariandy's Brother wins best work of fiction at the 2018 BC Book Prizes . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2018-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181028064150/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/winners-of-b-c-book-prizes-revealed-at-downtown-vancouver-gala . live .
  18. Web site: Johnston . Patrick . 2018-03-12 . 2018 B.C. Book Prize finalists announced . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2022-02-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220205184348/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/2018-b-c-book-prize-finalists-announced . live .
  19. Web site: Harris . Aleesha . 2020-03-12 . Finalists announced for B.C., Yukon Book awards . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2020-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200925103554/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/finalists-announced-for-b-c-yukon-book-awards . live .
  20. Web site: Gee . Dana . 2020-04-10 . Staying in with ... Nazanine Hozar . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2020-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200508093647/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/staying-in-with-nazanine-hozar/ . live .
  21. Web site: Qiao . Vicky . 2021-09-28 . Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners . 2023-04-21 . . 2023-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230312045505/https://www.cbc.ca/books/billy-ray-belcourt-and-shaena-lambert-among-bc-yukon-book-prizes-winners-1.6191928 . live .
  22. Web site: Porter . Ryan . 2021-04-08 . Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes . 2023-04-22 . . en . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808073040/https://quillandquire.com/omni/eight-shortlists-announced-for-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes/ . live .
  23. Web site: Takeuchi . Craig . 2021-04-08 . B.C. and Yukon Book Prize shortlists announced for 2021 . 2023-04-22 . . en . 2021-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210408203227/https://www.straight.com/arts/bc-and-yukon-book-prize-shortlists-announced-for-2021 . live .
  24. Web site: Drudi . Cassandra . 2022-09-26 . 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced . 2023-04-21 . . 2022-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221007230342/https://quillandquire.com/omni/2022-bc-and-yukon-book-prizes-winners-announced/ . live .
  25. Web site: Celebrating the Finalists of the 2022 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize . 2023-04-22 . Word Vancouver . en-US . 2022-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220827000518/https://www.wordvancouver.ca/in-person-events/2022/7/19/opening-of-word-vancouver-meet-our-curators-l7xhc-f53bk-nwxyz-f7ztr-lmet2-wpay7-afylm-hy7n9-5n3ww-rlgn9-62epa-hsxrf-rs2yy-55b6f-zy8dk-p8wje . live .
  26. Web site: Drudi . Cassandra . 2022-04-13 . Shortlists announced for 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes . 2023-04-22 . . en . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808080210/https://quillandquire.com/omni/shortlists-announced-for-2022-b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes/ . live .
  27. Web site: Harowitz . Sarah . BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 winners . 2023-09-25. 2024-03-25.
  28. Web site: Gee . Dana . 2023-04-13 . B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes finalists announced . 2023-04-22 . . en-CA . 2023-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414034617/https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/books/b-c-and-yukon-book-prizes-finalists-announced . live .