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Past Winners

2004 WINNER
Alice Munro for Runaway

Others on Shortlist
Shauna Singh Baldwin for The Tiger Claw
Wayson Choy for All That Matters
Pauline Holdstock for Beyond Measure
Paul Quarrington for Galveston
Miriam Toews for A Complicated Kindness

Jury Panel
Charlotte Gray
Alistair MacLeod
M.G. Vassanji

2003 WINNER
M.G. Vassanji for The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

Others on Shortlist
Margaret Atwood for Oryx and Crake
John Bemrose for The Island Walkers
John Gould for Kilter: 55 Fictions
Ann-Marie MacDonald for The Way the Crow Flies

Jury Panel
Rosalie Silberman Abella
David Staines
Rudy Wieb

2002 WINNER
Austin Clarke for The Polished Hoe

Others on Shortlist
Bill Gaston for Mount Appetite
Wayne Johnston for The Navigator of New York
Lisa Moore for Open
Carol Shields for Unless

Jury Panel
Barbara Gowdy
Thomas King
Bill New

2001 Winner
Richard B. Wright for Clara Callan

Others on Shortlist
Sandra Birdsell for The Russlander
Michael Crummey for River Thieves
Michael Redhill for Martin Sloane
Timothy Taylor for Stanley Park
Jane Urquhart for The Stone Carvers

Jury Panel
David Adams Richards
Joan Clark
Robert Fulford

2000 Winners
David Adams Richards for Mercy Among The Children
Michael Ondaatje for Anil's Ghost

Others on Shortlist
Alan Cumyn for Burridge Unbound
Elizabeth Hay for A Student of Weather
Eden Robinson for Monkey Beach
Fred Stenson for The Trade

Jury Panel
Margaret Atwood
Alistair MacLeod
Jane Urquhart

1999 Winner
Bonnie Burnard for A Good House

Others on Shortlist
Timothy Findley for Pilgrim
Anne Hébert for Am I Disturbing You
Nancy Huston for The Mark of the Angel
David MacFarlane for Summer Gone

Jury Panel
Alberto Manguel
Judith Mappin
Nino Ricci

1998 Winner
Alice Munro for The Love of a Good Woman

Others on Shortlist
Andre Alexis for Childhood
Gail Anderson-Dargatz for A Recipe for Bees
Barbara Gowdy for The White Bone
Greg Hollingshead for The Healer
Wayne Johnston for The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

Jury Panel
Margaret Atwood
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Peter Gzowski

1997 Winner
Mordecai Richler for Barney's Version

Others on Shortlist
Michael Helm for The Projectionist
Shani Mootoo for Cereus Blooms at Night
Nino Ricci for Where She Has Gone
Carol Shields for Larry's Party

Jury Panel
Bonnie Burnard
Mavis Gallant
Peter Gzowski

1996 Winner
Margaret Atwood for Alias Grace

Others on Shortlist
Gail Anderson-Dargatz for The Cure for Death by Lightning
Ann-Marie MacDonald for Fall on Your Knees
Anne Michaels for Fugitive Pieces
Guy Vanderhaeghe for The Englishman's Boy

Jury Panel
Bonnie Burnard
Carol Shields
David Staines

1995 Winner
Rohinton Mistry for A Fine Balance

Others on Shortlist
Timothy Findley for The Piano Man's Daughter
Barbara Gowdy for Mister Sandman
Leo McKay Jr. for Like This
Richard B. Wright for The Age of Longing

Jury Panel
Mordecai Richler
David Staines
Jane Urquhart

1994 Winner
M.G. Vassanji for The Book of Secrets

Others on Shortlist
Bonnie Burnard for Casino and Other Stories
Eliza Clark for What You Need
Shyam Selvadurai for Funny Boy
M.G. Vassanji for The Book of Secrets
Steve Weiner for The Museum of Love

Jury Panel
Alice Munro
Mordecai Richler
David Staines

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The Giller Prize

The Winner

Winnipegger David Bergen wins for his novel The Time in Between, the story of a veteran's journey from B.C.'s Fraser Valley to Vietnam.

Finalists

Most of this year's Giller Prize nominees are in the running for the first time.

What is the Giller Prize?

In only 12 years the Scotiabank Giller Prize has become arguably Canada’s most prestigious literary award.

Past Winners

2004 Giller Prize winner Alice Munro joined the list of highly respected authors who have won.

The Jury

With a jury that changes every year, the Giller Prize is never predictable.

The Show

Canada's most prestigious literary award has a new broadcast home and with it, a new host.

This year, CTV’s Seamus O'Regan will host the broadcast of the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

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