2007 Winner
Shortlist
- Elizabeth Hay for Late Nights on Air
- Michael Ondaatje for Divisadero
- Daniel Poliquin for A Secret Between Us, translation by Donald Winkler
- M.G. Vassanji for The Assassin's Song
- Alissa York for Effigy
Jury Panel
2006 Winner
Shortlist
- Rawi Hage for De Niro’s Game
- Vincent Lam for Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
- Pascale Quiviger for The Perfect Circle, translation by Sheila Fischman
- Gaétan Soucy for Immaculate Conception, translation by Lazer Lederhendler
- Carol Windley for Home Schooling
Jury Panel
2005 Winner
Shortlist
- Joan Barfoot for Luck
- David Bergen for The Time In Between
- Camilla Gibb for Sweetness In The Belly
- Lisa Moore for Alligator
- Edeet Ravel for A Wall of Light
Jury Panel
2004 Winner
Shortlist
- Shauna Singh Baldwin for The Tiger Claw
- Wayson Choy for All That Matters
- Pauline Holdstock for Beyond Measure
- Alice Munro for Runaway
- Paul Quarrington for Galveston
- Miriam Toews for A Complicated Kindness
Jury Panel
2003 Winner
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
- M.G. Vassanji for The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
Jury Panel
2002 Winner
Shortlist
- Austin Clarke for The Polished Hoe
- Bill Gaston for Mount Appetite
-
Wayne Johnston
for
The Navigator of New York
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Lisa Moore for Open
-
Carol Shields
for
Unless
Random House Canada
Jury Panel
2001 Winner
Shortlist
- Sandra Birdsell for The Russlander
-
Michael Crummey
for
River Thieves
Doubleday Canada
-
Michael Redhill
for
Martin Sloane
Doubleday Canada
-
Timothy Taylor
for
Stanley Park
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Jane Urquhart for Stone Carvers
-
Richard B. Wright
for
Clara Callan
Harper Flamingo Canada
Jury Panel
2000 Winner
Shortlist
- Alan Cumyn for Burridge Unbound
-
David Adams Richards
for
Mercy Among The Children
Doubleday Canada
- Elizabeth Hay for A Student of Weather
- Michael Ondaatje for Anil's Ghost
-
Eden Robinson
for
Monkey Beach
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
-
Fred Stenson
for
The Trade
Douglas & McIntyre
Jury Panel
1999 Winner
Shortlist
-
Bonnie Burnard
for
A Good House
Harper Flamingo Canada
-
Timothy Findley
for
Pilgrim
Harper Flamingo Canada
- Anne Hébert for Am I Disturbing You, translation by Sheila Fischman
- Nancy Huston for The Mark of the Angel
-
David MacFarlane
for
Summer Gone
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Jury Panel
1998 Winner
Shortlist
- Andre Alexis for Childhood
-
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
for
A Recipe for Bees
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
-
Barbara Gowdy
for
The White Bone
Harper Flamingo Canada
-
Greg Hollingshead
for
The Healer
Harper Flamingo Canada/A Phyllis Bruce Book
-
Wayne Johnston
for
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
- Alice Munro for The Love of a Good Woman / A Douglas Gibson Book
Jury Panel
1997 Winner
Shortlist
-
Michael Helm
for
The Projectionist
Douglas & McIntyre
-
Shani Mootoo
for
Cereus Blooms at Night
Press Gang Publishers
- Nino Ricci for Where She Has Gone
-
Mordecai Richler
for
Barney's Version
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
-
Carol Shields
for
Larry's Party
Random House of Canada
Jury Panel
1996 Winner
Shortlist
-
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
for
The Cure for Death by Lightning
Knopf Canada
-
Margaret Atwood
for
Alias Grace
Doubleday Canada
-
Ann-Marie MacDonald
for
Fall on Your Knees
Simon & Schuster
- Anne Michaels for Fugitive Pieces
- Guy Vanderhaeghe for The Englishman's Boy
Jury Panel
1995 Winner
Shortlist
- Timothy Findley for The Piano Man's Daughter
-
Barbara Gowdy
for
Mister Sandman
Somerville House
- Leo McKay Jr. for Like This
- Rohinton Mistry for A Fine Balance
- Richard B. Wright for The Age of Longing
Jury Panel
1994 Winner
Shortlist
- Bonnie Burnard for Casino and Other Stories
-
Eliza Clark
for
What You Need
Somerville House
- Shyam Selvadurai for Funny Boy
- M.G. Vassanji for The Book of Secrets
- Steve Weiner for The Museum of Love