The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English.

This prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller, a former literary editor at the Toronto Star. The prize is given in November of each year and comes with a cash reward of $25,000.

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1 Giller Award nominees and winners 1.1 1994 1.2 1995 1.3 1996 1.4 1997 1.5 1998 1.6 1999 1.7 2000 1.8 2001 1.9 2002 1.10 2003 1.11 2004

Giller Award nominees and winners

1994

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

Jury: Alice Munro, Mordecai Richler, David Staines

1995

• Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
• Timothy Findley - The Piano Man's Daughter
• Barbara Gowdy - Mister Sandman
• Leo Mackay, Jr. - Like This
• Richard B. Wright - The Age of Longing

Jury: Mordecai Richler, David Staines, Jane Urquhart

1996

• Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz - The Cure for Death by Lightning
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - Fall on Your Knees
• Anne Michaels - Fugitive Pieces
• Guy Vanderhaeghe - The Englishman's Boy

Jury: Bonnie Burnard, Carol Shields, David Staines

1997

• Mordecai Richler - Barney's Version
• Michael Helm - The Projectionist
• Shani Mootoo - Cereus Blooms at Night
• Nino Ricci - Where She Has Gone
• Carol Shields - Larry's Party

Jury: Bonnie Burnard, Mavis Gallant, Peter Gzowski

1998

• Alice Munro - The Love of a Good Woman
• André Alexis - Childhood
• Gail Anderson-Dargatz - A Recipe for Bees
• Barbara Gowdy - The White Bone
• Greg Hollingshead - The Healer
• Wayne Johnston - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams

Jury: Margaret Atwood, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Peter Gzowski

1999

• Bonnie Burnard - A Good House
• Timothy Findley - Pilgrim
• Anne Hébert - Am I Disturbing You?
• Nancy Huston - The Mark of the Angel
• David Macfarlane - Summer Gone

Jury: Alberto Manguel, Judith Mappin, Nino Ricci

2000

In 2000, the award was presented to two writers. This is the only time the Giller has ever resulted in a tie, and Rabinovitch has advised subsequent Giller juries that they must choose a single winner.

• Michael Ondaatje - Anil's Ghost
• David Adams Richards - Mercy Among the Children
• Alan Cumyn - Burridge Unbound
• Elizabeth Hay - A Student of Weather
• Eden Robinson - Monkey Beach
• Fred Stenson - The Trade

Jury: Margaret Atwood, Alistair MacLeod, Jane Urquhart

2001

• Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
• Sandra Birdsell - The Russlander
• Michael Crummey - River Thieves
• Michael Redhill - Martin Sloane
• Timothy Taylor - Stanley Park
• Jane Urquhart - The Stone Carvers

Jury: David Adams Richards, Joan Clark, Robert Fulford

2002

• Austin Clarke - The Polished Hoe
• Bill Gaston - Mount Appetite
• Wayne Johnston - The Navigator of New York
• Lisa Moore - Open
• Carol Shields - Unless

Jury: Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, Bill New

2003

• M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
• Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
• John Bemrose - The Island Walkers
• John Gould - Kilter: 55 Fictions
• Ann-Marie MacDonald - The Way the Crow Flies

Jury: Rosalie Abella, David Staines, Rudy Wiebe

2004

• Alice Munro, Runaway
• Shauna Singh Baldwin, The Tiger Claw
• Wayson Choy, All That Matters
• Pauline Holdstock, Beyond Measure
• Paul Quarrington, Galveston
• Miriam Toews, A Complicated Kindness

Jury: M.G. Vassanji, Alistair MacLeod, Charlotte Gray.