Thomas Head Raddall Award
Encyclopedia
The Thomas Head Raddall Award is a Canadian
literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
, to the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. The prize honours Thomas Head Raddall
and is supported by an endowment he willed to it.
As of April, 2010, corresponding with the 20th anniversary of the inception of the award, the prize amount has increased to $20,000.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
Writers' Trust of Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, David Young and Margaret Laurence, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976...
and the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia was established in 1975 to foster creative writing and the profession of writing in Nova Scotia. They administer the Thomas Head Raddall Award, Atlantic Poetry Prize and Richardson Award, as well as providing workshops, market listings, contract advice and...
, to the best work of adult fiction published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. The prize honours Thomas Head Raddall
Thomas Head Raddall
Thomas Head Raddall, OC, FRSC was a Canadian writer of history and historical fiction.- Early life :Born at Hythe, Kent, England in 1903, Raddall was the son of British army officer Thomas Head Raddall and Ellen Raddall...
and is supported by an endowment he willed to it.
As of April, 2010, corresponding with the 20th anniversary of the inception of the award, the prize amount has increased to $20,000.
Winners
- 1991 - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
, The Divine RyansThe Divine RyansThe Divine Ryans is a 1999 film directed by Stephen Reynolds, written by Wayne Johnston, starring Robert Joy and Pete Postlethwaite. The film is based around the Ryan family who run a funeral parlour in St John's, Newfoundland. The movie was filmed in St... - 1992 - Herb CurtisHerb CurtisHerb Curtis is a Canadian novelist and humourist who writes about and has long lived in New Brunswick. He is best known for writing the Brennen Siding Trilogy, three connected novels set in the fictional community of Brennen Siding, New Brunswick...
, The Last Tasmanian - 1993 - John StefflerJohn Steffler-Biography:Born in Toronto, Ontario, Steffler was educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Guelph. Since 1975 he has lived in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador where he taught at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College...
, The Afterlife of George Cartwright - 1994 - David Adams RichardsDavid Adams RichardsDavid Adams Richards, CM, ONB is a Canadian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and poet.Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, Richards left St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, three credits shy of completing a B.A.. Richards has been a writer-in-residence at various universities and...
, For Those Who Hunt the Wounded DownFor Those Who Hunt The Wounded DownFor Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down is a 1996 Canadian television movie starring Callum Keith Rennie, Brent Stait and Michael Hogan. Based upon the novel of the same name by David Adams Richards it chronicles one man’s desperate bid for redemption as he struggles against a brutally violent history... - 1995 - Bernice MorganBernice MorganBernice Morgan is a Canadian writer, born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.Morgan was born in preconfederate Newfoundland. She worked for many years in public relations, first with Memorial University of Newfoundland, and later with the Newfoundland Teachers' Association...
, Waiting for Time - 1996 - Jean Dohaney, Marriage of Masks
- 1997 - Alfred SilverAlfred SilverAlfred Silver is a Canadian novelist and playwright. He grew up in the Canadian Prairies and now lives in Nova Scotia.His novel Acadia won the 1997 Thomas Head Raddall Award....
, Acadia - 1998 - Shree GhatageShree GhatageShree Ghatage is an Indo-Canadian writer.Born in Bombay, India Ghatage moved to Canada in 1983, settling in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.She has won three awards in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition....
, Awake When All the World is Asleep - 1999 - Wayne JohnstonWayne Johnston (author)Wayne Johnston is a Canadian novelist. His fiction deals primarily with the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, often in a historical setting.-Biography:...
, The Colony of Unrequited DreamsThe Colony of Unrequited DreamsThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a novel by Wayne Johnston, published on September 30, 1998 by Knopf Canada. Johnston's breakthrough work, the novel was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 1998 Giller Prize and the 1998 Governor General's Award for English fiction.In 2003, Justin... - 2000 - Alistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeodAlistair MacLeod, OC is a noted Canadian author and retired professor of English at the University of Windsor.- Academic career :...
, No Great MischiefNo Great MischiefNo Great Mischief is a 1999 novel by Alistair MacLeod.The novel opens in the present day, with successful orthodontist Alexander MacDonald visiting his elderly older brother Calum in Toronto, Ontario... - 2001 - Carol BruneauCarol BruneauCarol Bruneau is a Canadian writer. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she is currently a part-time faculty member of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, where she teaches writing in the foundation program...
, Purple for Sky - 2002 - Michael CrummeyMichael CrummeyMichael Crummey is a Canadian poet and writer.Born in Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador, Crummey grew up there and in Wabush, Labrador, where he moved with his family in the late 1970s. He began to write poetry while studying at Memorial University in St. John's, where he received a B.A. in...
, River Thieves - 2003 - Donna MorrisseyDonna MorrisseyDonna Morrissey is a Canadian author.At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work,...
, Downhill Chance - 2004 - Kenneth J. HarveyKenneth J. HarveyKenneth Joseph Thomas Harvey is a Canadian writer and filmmaker. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, his books are published in Canada, the US, the UK, Russia, Germany, China, Japan, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark and France...
, The Town That Forgot How to Breathe - 2005 - Edward RicheEdward RicheEdward Riche is a Canadian writer. He currently lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.-Background:Riche was born on October 24, 1961 in Botwood, Newfoundland, Canada. For three years he attended Memorial University, and then transferred to Concordia University in Montreal to study film. He...
, The Nine Planets - 2006 - Donna MorrisseyDonna MorrisseyDonna Morrissey is a Canadian author.At age 16 Morrissey left her birthplace, The Beaches, a small outport on the west coast of Newfoundland. She lived in various places of Canada before returning to St. John's where she studied at Memorial University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Social Work,...
, Sylvanus Now - 2007 - Linda Little, Scotch River
- 2008 - Don HannahDon HannahDon Hannah is a Canadian playwright and novelist. He won a Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award for his first play, The Wedding Script....
, Ragged Islands - 2009 - Douglas Arthur Brown, Quintet
- 2010 - Shandi MitchellShandi MitchellShandi Mitchell is a Canadian novelist, and short filmmaker. Her novel Under This Unbroken Sky, won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, first novel, Canada and the Caribbean,and Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Prize...
, Under This Unbroken Sky