Country Canada First awarded 1991 | Reward(s) C$10,000 | |
Awarded for the best creative non-fiction book with Canadian significance by a new Canadian writer Sponsored by An Edna Staebler financial endowment Presented by Faculty of Arts,
Wilfrid Laurier University | ||
The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual literary award recognizing the previous year's best creative nonfiction book with a "Canadian locale and/or significance" that is a Canadian writer's "first or second published book of any type or genre". It was established by an endowment from Edna Staebler, a literary journalist best known for cookbooks, and was inaugurated in 1991 for publication year 1990. The award is administered by Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Arts. Only submitted books are considered.
For purposes of the award, "Creative non-fiction is literary not journalistic. The writer does not merely give information but intimately shares an experience with the reader by telling a factual story using the devices of fiction ... [details deleted] Rather than emphasizing objectivity, the book should have feeling, and should be a compelling, engaging read."
Winners and nominees
The panel may "grant or withhold the award in any year." In fact the award has been granted every year and there were two winners in 1993 (published 1992).