Marian Engel Award

The Marian Engel Award is presented each year in memory of the Canadian writer Marian Engel. The award goes each year to a female Canadian novelist who is in the middle of her career. It is awarded for the entire body of the recipient's work.

Winners:

• 2002: Terry Griggs
• 2001: Elizabeth Hay
• 2000: Anita Rau Badami
• 1999: Janice Kulyk Keeger
• 1998: Sharon Butala
• 1997: Katherine Govier
• 1996: Barbara Gowdy
• 1995: Bonnie Burnard
• 1994: Jane Urquhart
• 1993: Sandra Birdsell
• 1992: Joan Barfoot
• 1991: Joan Clark
• 1990: Carol Shields
• 1989: Merna Summers
• 1988: Edna Alford
• 1987: Audrey Thomas
• 1986: Alice Munro