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.

1985		Intertidal Life	Winner	^[1]
		Winners	Shortlist
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1986		Foreign Affairs	Winner
			Shortlist
		In the Shadow of the Vulture	Shortlist
			Shortlist
1987		Housebroken	Winner
		Sitting in the Club Car Drinking Rum and Karma Kola	Shortlist
			Shortlist
1988		Cage	Winner
		Memory Board	Shortlist
			Shortlist
1989		Mimosa	Winner
		Love In Beijing	Shortlist
		Saxophone Winter	Shortlist
1990		Motet	Winner
		After the Fire	Shortlist
1991		Wild Blue Yonder	Winner
		Disappearing Moon Cafe	Shortlist
		Disturbing the Peace	Shortlist
1992		Blue Husbands	Winner
		Sick Pigeon	Shortlist
			Shortlist
1993			Winner
		July Nights and Other Stories	Shortlist
		Marine Life	Shortlist
1994		Bad Imaginings	Winner
		Light in the Company of Women	Shortlist
		Visible Light	Shortlist
1995		To Be There With You	Winner
		Under Glass	Shortlist
		City of Orphans	Shortlist
1996		Coming Down From Wa	Winner
		Rain Ascends	Shortlist
		Through the Canyon	Shortlist
1997			Winner
			Shortlist
		Cereus Blooms at Night	Shortlist
1998		Visible Worlds	Winner
		Fox's Nose	Shortlist
		At First I Hope for Rescue	Shortlist
1999		Broken Ground	Winner
			Shortlist
		Pool-Hopping and Other Stories	Shortlist
2000			Winner
			Shortlist
		All the Anxious Girls on Earth	Shortlist
		Furry Creek	Shortlist
		Before the Flood	Shortlist
2001		Monkey Beach	Winner
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		Uther	Shortlist
2002		Simple Recipes	Winner
			Shortlist
		Small Accidents	Shortlist
		All the Seas of the World	Shortlist
		Stanley Park	Shortlist
2003		Unless	Winner
		Nightwatch	Shortlist
		Mount Appetite	Shortlist
		Dead Girls	Shortlist
		Closer Apart	Shortlist
2004		Sitting Practice	Winner
			Shortlist
		Ascension	Shortlist
		Country of Cold	Shortlist
		Other Sorrows, Other Joys	Shortlist
2005		Beyond Measure	Winner
		Sointula	Shortlist
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2006		Ladykiller	Winner
		Smoke Show	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		So It Won't Go Away	Shortlist
		Tattycoram	Shortlist
2007		Home Schooling	Winner
		What It Takes to Be Human	Shortlist
		Gargoyles	Shortlist
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		Empress of Asia	Shortlist
2008		Conceit	Winner
		Adam's Peak	Shortlist
		Soucouyant	Shortlist
		Radiance	Shortlist
			Shortlist
2009			Winner
			Shortlist
		That Tune Clutches My Heart	Shortlist
		Red Dog, Red Dog	Shortlist
		Renovating Heaven	Shortlist
2010		Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison	Winner	^[2]
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		8 x 10	Shortlist
		Daniel O'Thunder	Shortlist
		Vanishing and Other Stories	Shortlist
2011		Everything Was Good-Bye	Winner	^[3] ^[4]
		Chernovs’ Toil and Peace	Shortlist
			Shortlist
		Recipes from the Red Planet	Shortlist
			Shortlist
2012		Half-Blood Blues	Winner	^[5] ^[6]
			Shortlist	^[7]
		Shelter	Shortlist
		Into the Darkness	Shortlist
		Once You Break a Knuckle	Shortlist
2013			Winner	^[8]
		Psychology and Other Stories	Shortlist
		Gay Dwarves of America	Shortlist
		Malarky	Shortlist
		Floating Like the Dead	Shortlist
2014		Anatomy of a Girl Gang	Winner	^[9] ^[10]
		Clear Skies, No Wind, 100% Visibility	Shortlist
		Three Souls	Shortlist
		Red Girl Rat Boy	Shortlist
		Lucky	Shortlist
2015			Winner	^[11]
		Ellen in Pieces	Shortlist
		Paradise & Elsewhere	Shortlist
			Shortlist
			Shortlist
2016		All True Not a Lie in It	Winner	^[12]
			Shortlist
		Specimen	Shortlist
		Amity	Shortlist
		Martin John	Shortlist
2017			Winner	^[13] ^[14]
			Shortlist
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		Niagara Motel	Shortlist	^[15]
2018		Brother	Winner	^[16] ^[17]
		What We Once Believed	Shortlist	^[18]
		Next Year, For Sure	Shortlist
		Son of a Trickster	Shortlist
		Everything Is Awful and You’re a Terrible Person	Shortlist
2019		Trickster Drift	Winner
		Sodom Road Exit	Shortlist
		That Tiny Life	Shortlist
		We All Need to Eat	Shortlist
		Dear Evelyn	Shortlist
2020		Lampedusa	Winner
		Greenwood	Shortlist	^[19]
		Aria	Shortlist	^[20]
		Dual Citizens	Shortlist
		Rue des Rosiers	Shortlist
2021		Petra	Winner	^[21]
		Fake It So Real	Shortlist	^[22] ^[23]
		Five Little Indians	Shortlist
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		Consent	Shortlist
2022			Winner	^[24]
		Astra	Shortlist	^[25] ^[26]
		Victoria Sees It	Shortlist
		Monster Child	Shortlist
		We Want What We Want	Shortlist
2023			Winner	^[27]
			Shortlist	^[28]
		We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies	Shortlist
		Uncertain Kin	Shortlist
			Shortlist

External links

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, official website

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 .