Matt Cohen Award

The Matt Cohen Award is an award given annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to a Canadian writer, in honour of a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature. First presented in 2000, it was established in memory of Matt Cohen, a Canadian writer who died in 1999.

Winners

 * 2000 - Mavis Gallant
 * 2001 - Norman Levine
 * 2002 - Fred Bodsworth
 * 2003 - Audrey Thomas
 * 2004 - Howard Engel
 * 2005 - Janet Lunn
 * 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais
 * 2007 - David Helwig
 * 2008 - Sylvia Fraser
 * 2009 - Paul Quarrington
 * 2010 - Myrna Kostash
 * 2011 - David Adams Richards
 * 2012 - Jean Little
 * 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk
 * 2014 - Susan Musgrave
 * 2015 - Richard Wagamese
 * 2016 - Brian Brett
 * 2017 - Diane Schoemperlen
 * 2018 - David Bergen
 * 2019 - Olive Senior
 * 2020 - Dennis Lee
 * 2021 - Frances Itani
 * 2022 - Candace Savage
 * 2023 - Helen Humphreys