The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual
literary award
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recognizing the previous year's best
creative nonfiction
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book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a
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's "first or second published book of any type or genre". It was established by an endowment from
Edna Staebler
Edna Staebler (January 15, 1906 – September 12, 2006) was a Canadian writer and award-winning literary journalist,Faculty of Arts, August 28, 2012, , ''Wilfrid Laurier University'', Headlines, Retrieved 11/26/2012 best known for her series of c ...
, a literary journalist best known for
cookbook
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s, and was inaugurated in 1991 for publication year 1990. The award is administered by
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. The newer Brantford and Milton campuses are not considered satellite campuses ...
's Faculty of Arts.
[Faculty of Arts.]
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
". wlu.ca. Headlines (''News Releases''). Previous winners. Retrieved 11/20/2012. 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 ...
etails deletednbsp; 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
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["Samra Habib, Ann Hui and John Zada shortlisted for 2020 Edna Staebler Award following pandemic postponement"]
CBC Books
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, July 28, 2022. 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.
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References
External links
Official website
{{Edna Staebler Award
Canadian non-fiction literary awards
1991 establishments in Ontario
Awards established in 1991
English-language literary awards