Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers
Awarded forExceptional merit in work relating to LGBTQ literature in Canada
CountryCanada
Presented byWriters' Trust of Canada
First award2007
WebsiteDayne Ogilvie Prize

The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Originally presented as a general career achievement award for emerging writers that considered their overall body of work, since 2022 it has been presented to honor debut books.

It is one of two literary awards in Canada serving the LGBTQ community, alongside the Blue Metropolis Violet Prize for established writers.[1]

The award was originally established by artist Robin Pacific as the Dayne Ogilvie Grant in memory of Dayne Ogilvie, a book editor, writer, arts manager and former managing editor of Xtra![2] who died in October 2006.[3] The award was renamed from a grant to a prize in 2012.

Dayne Ogilvie Prize winners Farzana Doctor, Amber Dawn, Debra Anderson

Established in 2007, the CA$5,000 prize was not originally presented for a specific work,[4] although writers must have published at least one book of fiction or poetry to be eligible.[4] The winner was selected by an independent jury of three members, and presented annually; the presentation was normally in June, although the 2020 announcement was postponed to October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.[5] In its early years the award was presented in conjunction with Pride Toronto,[4] although in later years it expanded to different venues and cities.[6]

Beginning in the prize's second year, the award introduced a preliminary shortlist of two or three writers. The writer or writers not selected as the final winner of the prize are awarded CA$500 if one writer is named or CA$250 each if two writers are named. Non-winning authors remained eligible for the primary award in future years;[4] in 2019, Casey Plett became the first nominee in the award's history to be renominated a second time.[6]

In 2022, the Writers' Trust transitioned the award from a general "career achievement" award into a prize to honour specific debut books.[7] The award's scheduling has also been moved so that it no longer takes place in June as part of Pride Month, but in November at the same gala presentation as the other Writers' Trust awards.[8]

Recipients

General achievement (2007-2021)

Year Jury Author Result Ref.
2007 Michael V. Smith Winner [2][4]
2008 Elizabeth Ruth
Maureen Hynes
Dan Bazuin		 Zoe Whittall Winner [4][9]
Brian Francis Finalist
John Miller
2009 Derek McCormack
Shani Mootoo
Aren X. Tulchinsky		 Debra Anderson Winner [4]
Greg Kearney Finalist
2010 Brian Francis
Don Hannah
Suzette Mayr		 Nancy Jo Cullen Winner [3][4][10]
Lisa Foad Finalist [3]
George K. Ilsley
2011 Jen Sookfong Lee
Jeffrey Round
Zoe Whittall		 Farzana Doctor Winner [11]
Dani Couture Finalist [11]
Matthew J. Trafford
2012 Kamal Al-Solaylee
Ivan E. Coyote
Michael V. Smith		 Amber Dawn Winner [12]
Mariko Tamaki Honorable mention [12]
2013 Amber Dawn
Anne Fleming
Vivek Shraya		 C. E. Gatchalian Winner [13]
Anand Mahadevan Finalist [13]
Barry Webster
2014 Anna Camilleri
Connie Fife
Bill Whitehead		 Tamai Kobayashi Winner [14]
Rae Spoon Finalist
Proma Tagore
2015 Nancy Jo Cullen
Brett Josef Grubisic
Anand Mahadevan		 Alex Leslie Winner [15][16]
Casey Plett Finalist [15]
Vivek Shraya
2016 Anjula Gogia
Billeh Nickerson
Casey Plett		 Leah Horlick Winner [17]
Gwen Benaway Finalist
Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
2017 Jane Eaton Hamilton
Elio Iannacci
Trish Salah		 Kai Cheng Thom Winner [18][19]
Ali Blythe Finalist [18]
Eva Crocker
2018 Ali Blythe
Greg Kearney
Shannon Webb-Campbell		 Ben Ladouceur Winner [20]
Trish Salah Finalist [21]
Joshua Whitehead
2019 Amber Dawn
Kai Cheng Thom		 Jas M. Morgan Winner
Joelle Barron Finalist [6]
Casey Plett [6]
2020 Trevor Corkum
Jas M. Morgan
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha		 Arielle Twist Winner
Robyn Maynard Finalist [5]
Smokii Sumac
2021 Daniel Allen Cox
Eva Crocker
Danny Ramadan		 Jillian Christmas Winner [22][23]
Kama La Mackerel Finalist [24]
jaye simpson [24]

Debut book prize (2022-present)

Year Jury Author Book Result Ref.
2022 Billy-Ray Belcourt
Samra Habib
Zoey Leigh Peterson		 Francesca Ekwuyasi Butter Honey Pig Bread Winner [25][26]
Zaiba Baig Acha Bacha Shortlist [7][27]
Matthew James Weigel Whitemud Walking
2023 S. Bear Bergman
Nicholas Dawson
Sharanpal Ruprai		 Anuja Varghese Chrysalis Winner [28][29]
Gabriel Cholette Scenes from the Underground Shortlist [30]
Amanda Cordner and David Di Giovanni Body So Fluorescent
2024 Jillian Christmas
Adam Garnet Jones
Hazel Jane Plante		 Anthony Oliveira Dayspring Winner [31][32]
Vincent Anioke Perfect Little Angels Shortlist [33][34]
Éric Chacour What I Know About You
2025 Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
Darrin Hagen
Janika Oza		 Roza Nozari All the Parts We Exile Winner [35][36]
Tea Gerbeza How I Bend Into More Shortlist [37][38]
Ziyad Saadi Three Parties

References

  1. ↑ Peter Knegt, "Canadian LGBTQ literature is having a moment, and this Montreal festival is showcasing that". CBC Arts, April 18, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Vancouver's Smith wins new prize for gay writers". CBC News. June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Medley, Mark (May 19, 2010). "Nancy Jo Cullen wins Dayne Ogilvie Grant". National Post. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hopkins, Amanda (December 16, 2013) [2010-11-01]. "Dayne Ogilvie Grant". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Porter, Ryan (August 25, 2020). "Finalists announced for the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Joelle Barron, Lindsay Nixon, Casey Plett named finalists for $5K LGBTQ emerging writers prize". CBC Books. May 7, 2019. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Drudi, Cassandra (August 24, 2022). "Writers' Trust announces finalists for 2022 Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill and Quire. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Bilal Baig, francesca ekwuyasi, Matthew James Weigel finalists for $10K prize for emerging LGBTQ writers" Archived November 19, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. CBC Books, August 24, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Zoe Whittall wins Dayne Ogilvie Grant". Quill & Quire, June 17, 2008.
  10. ↑ "Writer Nancy Jo Cullen is a rising talent". Xtra!. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  11. 1 2 Spencer, Jason (June 1, 2011). "Farzana Doctor to receive Dayne Ogilvie Grant". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on September 12, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  12. 1 2 "Vancouver's Amber Dawn wins LGBT literary award". CBC Books. June 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
  13. 1 2 Melnyk, Rebecca (June 27, 2013). "C. E. Gatchalian wins Dayne Ogilvie Prize". National Post. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Dayne Ogilvie 2014 Prize Winner". Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  15. 1 2 Robertson, Becky (June 8, 2015). "Alex Leslie wins 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Emerging Writers". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
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  18. 1 2 "Toronto's Kai Cheng Thom wins Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers". National Post. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
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  21. ↑ Carter, Sue (May 17, 2018). "Ben Ladouceur, Trish Salah, and Joshua Whitehead named Dayne Ogilvie Prize finalists". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on May 22, 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
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  24. 1 2 Porter, Ryan (May 26, 2021). "Emerging queer writers celebrated as finalists announced for Dayne Ogilvie Prize". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on December 13, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
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