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Winterset Award

Winterset Award

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The Winterset Award is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council to a work judged to be the best book, regardless of genre, published by a writer from Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

The award was created by journalist and historian Richard Gwyn in memory of his wife Sandra following her death in 2000. Winterset was the name of Sandra Gwyn's childhood home in St. John's.[1]

Winners

References

  1. [1]
    "Winter set for N.L.'s top literary prize". cbc.ca, March 27, 2008.
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    "Winter set for N.L.'s top literary prize". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 7, 2008.
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    "Grant named Winterset Award winner". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 26, 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Comedian Andy Jones wins $10K Winterset Award". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 30, 2013.
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    "Megan Gail Coles winner of 2014 BMO Winterset Award". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 7, 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Sara Tilley wins BMO Winterset Award". Quill & Quire, March 28, 2016.
  7. [7]
    "Paul Rowe wins 2016 Winterset book prize". CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, March 17, 2017.
  8. [8]
    "Joel Thomas Hynes Wins BMO Winterset Award". VOCM, March 22, 2018.
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    Tara Bradbury, "Megan Gail Coles wins second BMO Winterset Award". The Telegram, March 26, 2020.
  10. [10]
    "Eva Crocker wins $12,500 Winterset Award for Newfoundland and Labrador authors". Quill and Quire. 2021-03-25. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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    "Winterset in Summer". wintersetinsummer.ca. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/shelly-kawaja-wins-bmo-winterset-award-1.6796535


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