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Favourite Canadian Writer - Reader's
Choice
Margaret Atwood (see page 33)
Runners Up-
Bonnie Burnard, Anne Carson, Timothy Findley, Sandra Foster,
Anne Hébert, Howard Hewer, Michael Holmes, Hugh Hood,
Alistair MacLeod, K.D. Miller, Bud Osborn, Andrew Pyper, Anita
Rau Badami, Richard Scrimger, Ron F. Smith
Favourite Canadian Book
Afterimage,
by Helen Humphries
Runners Up-
Frederick Street: Life and Death on Canada's Love Canal,
by Elizabeth May
Give Me Your Answer, by K.D. Miller
The Lagahoo's Apprentice, by Rabindranath Maharaj
Literary Trips: Following in the Footsteps of Fame, by
Alex Ignatius
Lost Girls, by Andrew Pyper
Men In the Off Hours, by Anne Carson
Mystical Rose, by Richard Scrimger No Great Mischief,
by Alistair MacLeod
One-Eyed Jack's, by Brad Smith
You Can't Take it With You: The Common-Sense Guide to Estate
Planning for Canadians,
by Sandra E. Foster
Favourite International Book
Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire, by J.K. Rowling
Runners Up-
Bruce Chatwin, by Nicolas Shakespeare
Pastoralia, by George Saunders
'Tis, by Frank McCourt
White Teeth, by Zadie Smith
Most Overhyped Book
Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
Runners Up-
Anil's Ghost, by Michael Ondaatje
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers
Pilgrim, by Timothy Findley
Power Retail, by Larry Stevenson
A Recipe for Bees, by Gail Anderson Dargatz
We Want Some Too, by Hal Niedviecki
Favourite Poet
Dennis Cooley
Runners Up-
Anne Carson, Chris Chambers, Stephen Laird, Susan Musgrave, George
Murray, Richard Outram, Ted Plantos, Andrea Stone, Darren Wershler-Henry,
Elana Wolff
Favourite Writing Book
Passion for Narrative, by Jack Hodgins
Runners Up-
Magazine Writing from the Boonies, by Louise Donnelly
Poetry Markets for Canadians, by Marie Savage
Favourite Mystery
Lost Girls,
by Andrew Pyper
Runners Up-
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank, by Lilian Jackson Braun
A Certain Justice, by P.D. James
Hard Time: A V. I. Warshawski Novel, by Sara Paretsky
Unsolicited: A Mystery, by Julie Kaewert
Favourite Romance Author
Barbara Cartland
Runners Up-
Mary Jo Putney
Margaret Atwood
Favourite SF Book
Lord of Emporers, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Runners Up-
The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper
Dune, house of Atreides, by Brian Herbert and Kevin
J. Anderson
Flashforward, by Robert J. Sawyer
Favourite Editor
John Metcalf
Runners Up-
Jennifer Glossop, Marty Gervais, Martin Levin, Meg Masters
Favourite Agent
Anne McDermid
Runner up-
Helen Heller
Favourite Literary Magazine
(tie)
Pagitica
Quill & Quire
Runners Up-
Antigonish Review, Grain, Poets & Writers, Lichen, Literary
Review of Canada, Tickled by Thunder
(several readers voted for Write magazine, but we disqualified
ourselves to prevent bias)
Favourite Web site
www.michaelbryson.com/danforth (Danforth
Review)
Runners Up-
www.mirror.org/cpa (Canadian Poetry Association)
inkspot.com (Inkspot)
nlc-bnc.ca (National Library of Canada)
theonion.com (The Onion)
www.arts.ubc.ca/prism (Prism International)
randomhouse.ca (Random House of Canada)
www.freenet.carleton.ca/~ab297/contests.html (Smith's List -
CanLit Contests)
wcdr.org (Writers' Circle of Durham Region)
Favourite Writing Contest
3-day Novel Contest - Anvil Press
Runners Up-
CAA Winners' Circle, Milton Acorn Prize for Poetry, Prism's Annual
Short Fiction Contest
Favourite New Writer
Annabel Lyon
Runners Up-
Jennifer Duncan, Julia Gaunce, Gale Zoe Garnett, rob mclennan,
Brad Smith
Favourite Kid's Book
Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire, by J.K. Rowling
Runners Up-
Very Persistent Gaffers of Frip, by George Saunders
Wow, Canada!: Exploring the Land from Coast to Coast to Coast,
by Vivien Bowers
Yuck, a Love Story, by Don Gillmor
Favourite Reporter
Evan Solomon, CBC Newsworld
Runners Up-
Joan Acocella, The New Yorker
Robert Fulford, National Post
Rosie DiManno, The Toronto Star
John Lorinc, Quill and Quire, Globe and Mail
Favourite Freelance Writer
Elizabeth Renzetti
Runners Up-
Dorothea Helms, Mark Kingwell, David McFarlane
Favourite Literary Festival
The Word on the Street (various
cities)
Runners Up-
Ottawa International Writers Festival (Ottawa)
International Festival of Authors (Toronto)
Stephen Leacock Festival (Orillia, ON)
Small Press Book Fair (various cities)
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