Edna Staebler Award Explained

Edna Staebler Award
Awarded For:the best creative non-fiction book with Canadian significance by a new Canadian writer
Presenter:Faculty of Arts,
Wilfrid Laurier University
Sponsor:An Edna Staebler financial endowment
Country:Canada
Reward:C$10,000
Year:1991
Website:Edna Staebler Awards for Creative Non-Fiction

The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of any type or genre". It was established by an endowment from Edna Staebler, a literary journalist best known for cookbooks, and was inaugurated in 1991 for publication year 1990. The award is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Arts.[1] Only submitted books are considered.

For purposes of the award, "Creative non-fiction is literary not journalistic. The writer does not merely give information but intimately shares an experience with the reader by telling a factual story using the devices of fiction ... Rather than emphasizing objectivity, the book should have feeling, and should be a compelling, engaging read."

Recipients

The panel may "grant or withhold the award in any year." In fact the award has been granted every year and there were two winners in 1993 (published 1992).

In the 2020s, the awards were postponed for several years due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[2] The nominees for 2020 were announced in July 2022, with the winner to be announced in August, and the nominees for 2021 are expected later in the year.[2] Following postponement during the pandemic, a shortlist of nominees was announced on May 18, 2023.[3]

1990s

Edna Staebler Award recipients (1991-1999)!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
1991Winner[4]
1992Winner[5]
Fields of Vision: A Journey to Canada's Family FarmsShortlist
and Mary LasovichRock-a-bye Baby: A Death Behind Bars
Invisible Power: The Women Who Run Canada
Street Kids: The Tragedy of Canada's Runaways
1993White Lies (for my mother)Winner[6]
[7]
1994Sharing a Robin's LifeWinner[8]
1995Winner[9]
Picasso's Woman: A Breast Cancer StoryShortlist
After the Smoke Cleared
Survival Gear
1996Winner[10]
Artists, Craftsmen and Technocrats: The Dreams, Realities and Illusions of LeadershipShortlist
Stompin' Tom: Before the Fame
Women of the Klondike
1997Timely DeathWinner[11]
Starting from PorcupineShortlist
Stony Ground: The Making of a Canadian Garden
1998Mrs. KingWinner[12]
And Peace Never CameShortlist
God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada's Schools
Nahanni Remembered
1999Romancing Mary JaneWinner[13]
I Was a Teenage Katima-Victim: A Canadian OdysseyShortlist
and Rowena MaharToo Many to Mourn: One Family's Tragedy in the Halifax Explosion
Charlevoix County: 1930

2000s

Edna Staebler Award recipients (2000-2009)!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2000Paper ShadowsWinner[14]
Shadow Child: An Apprenticeship in Love and LossShortlist
Always and After
Wardlife: The Apprenticeship of a Young Writer as a Hospital Clerk
2001Sacré BluesWinner[15]
In for a Penny, In for a Pound: The Adventures and Misadventures of a Wireless Operator in Bomber CommandShortlist
Mary Pratt: A Personal Calligraphy
River in a Dry Land: A Prairie Passage
2002Winner[16]
Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It's NecessaryShortlist
Waltzing the Tango: Confessions of an Out-of-Step Boomer
Under Syndenham Skies: A Celebration of Country Life
2003Winner[17]
Mean Streets: Confessions of a Night-Time Taxi DriverShortlist
Racing the White Silence: On The Trail of the Yukon Quest
Seldom: A Memoir
2004Into the BlueWinner[18]
Rogue Diamonds: The Rush for Northern Riches on Dene LandShortlist
Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
From Somewhere Else
Discovering Eden: A Lifetime of Paddling Arctic Rivers
2005I'll Tell You a SecretWinner[19]
Shortlist
Snow Bodies: One Woman’s Life on the Streets
2006AfterWinner[20]
Up NorthShortlist
Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Can Look Like
Loss of Faith: How the Air-India Bombers Got Away with Murder
2007Winner[21]
Poets & Pahlevans: A Journey into the Heart of IranShortlist
Hannus
Interim Essays & Mediations
2008StardustWinner[22]
Shortlist
2009Winner[23]
Shortlist

2010s

Edna Staebler Award recipients (2010-2019)!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2010Winner[24]
Shortlist
Smiling Bears

A Zookeeper Explores the Behaviour and Emotional Life of Bears

2011Letters from the LostWinner[25]
Jew and Improved

How Choosing to be Chosen Made Me a Better Man

Shortlist
Adventures in Solitude

What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound

2012Hot ArtWinner[26]
Most of Me

Surviving My Medical Meltdown

Shortlist
2013Into the AbyssWinner[27]
Intolerable: A Memoir of ExtremesShortlist
2014Winner[28]
Shortlist
Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter: Growing Up with a Gay Dad
2015Birding with YeatsWinner[29]
Writing with Grace: A Journey Beyond Down SyndromeShortlist
Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents
2016Winner[30]
Shortlist
2017Red Star TattooWinner
Shortlist
2018Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive ChildhoodWinner[31]
Life on the Ground FloorShortlist
2019Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk RoadWinner[32]
Mad Blood StirringShortlist
Heart Berries: A Memoir

2020s

Edna Staebler Award recipients (2020-2029)!Year!Author!Title!Result!Ref.
2020Chop Suey NationWinner[33]
We Have Always Been HereShortlist
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond
2021The Erratics: A MemoirWinner[34]
Two Trees Make a Forest: In Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and CoastsShortlist[35]
Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters
2022We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and HealingWinner[36]
2023Thick Skin: Field Notes from a Sister in the BrotherhoodWinner[37]
Half-Bads in White RegaliaShortlist[38]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Faculty of Arts. "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
  2. https://www.cbc.ca/books/samra-habib-ann-hui-and-john-zada-shortlisted-for-2020-edna-staebler-award-following-pandemic-postponement-1.6535177 "Samra Habib, Ann Hui and John Zada shortlisted for 2020 Edna Staebler Award following pandemic postponement"
  3. Web site: Laurier announces 2021 shortlist for Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction following pandemic postponement . 2023-05-18 . www.wlu.ca . en.
  4. Faculty of Arts (1991). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Susan Mayse. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  5. Faculty of Arts (1992). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Marie Wadden. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
  6. Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Liza Potvin. Retrieved 11/20/2012.
  7. Faculty of Arts (1993). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Elizabeth Hay. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
  8. Faculty of Arts (1994). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linda Johns. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
  9. Faculty of Arts (1995). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Denise Chong. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  10. Faculty of Arts (1996). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. George G. Blackburn. Retrieved 11/21/2012.
  11. Faculty of Arts (1997). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Mullens. Retrieved 11/23/2012.
  12. Faculty of Arts (1998). Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Charlotte Gray. Retrieved 11/24/2012.
  13. Faculty of Arts (1999). "Edna Staebler Award wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Michael Poole. Retrieved 11/25/2012.
  14. Faculty of Arts (2000). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Wayson Choy. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  15. Faculty of Arts (2001). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Taras Grescoe. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
  16. Faculty of Arts (2002). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Tom Allen. Retrieved 11/26/2012.
  17. Faculty of Arts (2003). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Alison Watt. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
  18. Faculty of Arts (2004). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Previous winners. Andrea Curtis. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
  19. Faculty of Arts (2005). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Anne Coleman. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
  20. Faculty of Arts (2006). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Francis Chalifour. Retrieved 11/27/2012.
  21. Faculty of Arts (2007). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Linden MacIntyre. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  22. Faculty of Arts (2008). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ".wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Bruce Serafin. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  23. Faculty of Arts (2009). "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Russell Wangersky. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  24. MacDonald, Scott, (October 14, 2010). "Kitchener author wins Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  25. Faculty of Arts (September 8, 2011). "Helen Waldstein Wilkes wins 2011 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Helen Waldstein Wilkes. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  26. Faculty of Arts (November 7, 2012). "Joshua Knelman wins 2012 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction ". wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Joshua Knelman. Retrieved 11/18/2012.
  27. Faculty of Arts (July 30, 2013). "Carol Shaben named winner of the 2013 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction . wlu.ca. Headlines (News Releases). Previous winners. Carol Shaben. Retrieved 12/3/2013.
  28. http://www.quillandquire.com/authors/2014/09/05/arno-kopecky-wins-edna-staebler-award/ "Arno Kopecky wins Edna Staebler Award"
  29. http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/09/23/lynn-thomson-wins-2015-edna-staebler-award/ "Lynn Thomson wins 2015 Edna Staebler Award"
  30. http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2016/09/21/awards-ann-walmsley-wins-2016-edna-staebler-award/ "Awards: Ann Walmsley wins 2016 Edna Staebler Award"
  31. https://www.cbc.ca/books/pauline-dakin-s-run-hide-repeat-wins-10k-creative-nonfiction-prize-1.4837817 "Pauline Dakin's Run, Hide, Repeat wins $10K creative nonfiction prize"
  32. https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9608089-kate-harris-wins-prestigious-edna-staebler-award/ "Kate Harris wins prestigious Edna Staebler Award"
  33. Drudi, Cassandra, (September 26, 2022). "Ann Hui wins 2020 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  34. Wilfred Laurier University, (May 23, 2023). "Laurier names author Vicki Laveau-Harvie winner of 2021 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Wilfred Laurier University. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  35. Wilfred Laurier University, (May 18, 2023). " Laurier announces 2021 shortlist for Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction following pandemic postponement"Wilfred Laurier University. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  36. Wilfred Laurier University, (October 18, 2023). "Laurier names author Jillian Horton 2022 winner of the prestigious Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Wilfred Laurier University. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  37. Cassandra Drudi, "Hilary Peach wins 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction". Quill & Quire, February 15, 2024.
  38. https://quillandquire.com/omni/edna-staebler-award-for-creative-non-fiction-2023-shortlist-announced/ "Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction 2023 shortlist announced"

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