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1973-74 Marian Engel
1974-75 Graeme Gibson
1975-76 David Lewis Stein
1976-77 Andreas Schroeder
1977-78 Timothy Findley
1978-79 Charles Taylor
1979-80 June Callwood
1980-81 Harold Horwood
1981-82 Margaret Atwood
1982-83 Robin Skelton
1983-84 Eugene Benson
1984-85 Janet Lunn
1985-86 Matt Cohen
1986-87 Rudy Wiebe
1987-88 Pierre Berton
1988-89 Betty Jane Wylie
1989-90 Gregory M. Cook
1990-91 Trevor Ferguson
1991-92 Susan Crean
1992-93 Dave Williamson
1993-94 Myrna Kostash
1994-95 William Deverell
1995-96 Maggie Siggins
1996-97 Paul Quarrington
1997-98 Susan Musgrave
1998-99 Peter McFarlane
1999-00 Christopher Moore
2000-01 Audrey Thomas
2001-02 Fred Wah
2002-03 Barry Grills
2003-04 Penney Kome
2004-05 Bill Freeman
2005-06 Brian Brett
2006-07 Ron Brown
2007-08 Susan Swan
2008-09 Wayne Grady
2009-10 Erna Paris
2010-11 Alan Cumyn