$60,000 Canadian Prize for Nonfiction Announced

Posted on May 12, 2011

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced a generous sponsorship from Hilary M. Weston that will create the largest annual literary award ($60,000) for a book of nonfiction published in Canada. Up to four finalists will each receive $5,000. The award will be called the Writers' Trust Hilary Weston Prize.

The prize will be presented this fall in Toronto at a gala event. The award succeeds the Writers' Trust Nonfiction Prize, which was without a sponsor since 2008.

Hilary M. Weston served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1997 to 2002. She led Renaissance ROM, the largest fundraising campaign in Canadian cultural history, transforming the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.