Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
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The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual award presented to the best work of humorous literature written in English by a Canadian.
It is named for Stephen Leacock, a famous Canadian humour writer. The current prize is $10,000 (CAD) and it is awarded each year in a ceremony in Leacock's hometown of Orillia, Ontario.
[edit] Winners
- 1947 - Harry L. Symons, Ojibway Melody
- 1948 - Paul Hiebert, Sarah Binks
- 1949 - Angeline Hango, Truthfully Yours
- 1950 - Earle Birney, Turvey
- 1951 - Eric Nicol, The Roving I
- 1952 - Jan Hilliard, The Salt Box
- 1953 - Lawrence Earl, The Battle of Baltinglass
- 1954 - Joan Walker, Pardon My Parka
- 1955 - Robertson Davies, Leaven of Malice
- 1956 - Eric Nicol, Shall We Join The Ladies?
- 1957 - Robert Thomas Allen The Grass is Never Greener
- 1958 - Eric Nicol, Girdle Me A Globe
- 1959 - No Award Given
- 1960 - Pierre Berton, Just Add Water and Stir
- 1961 - Norman Ward, Mice in the Beer
- 1962 - W. O. Mitchell, Jake and the Kid
- 1963 - Donald Jack, Three Cheers for Me
- 1964 - Harry J. Boyle, Homebrew and Patches
- 1965 - Gregory Clark, War Stories
- 1966 - George Bain, Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children
- 1967 - Richard J. Needham, Needham's Inferno
- 1968 - Max Ferguson, And Now...Here's Max
- 1969 - Stuart Trueman, You're Only as Old as You Act
- 1970 - Farley Mowat, The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
- 1971 - Robert Thomas Allen, Wives, Children and Other Wild Life
- 1972 - Max Braithwaite, The Night We Stole the Mountie's Car
- 1973 - Donald Bell, Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory
- 1974 - Donald Jack, That's Me in the Middle
- 1975 - Morley Torgov, A Good Place to Come From
- 1976 - Harry J. Boyle, The Luck of the Irish
- 1977 - Ray Guy, That Far Greater Bay
- 1978 - Ernest Buckler, Whirligig
- 1979 - Sondra Gotlieb, True Confessions
- 1980 - Donald Jack, Me Bandy, You Cissie
- 1981 - Gary Lautens, Take My Family...Please!
- 1982 - Mervyn J. Huston, Gophers Don't Pay Taxes
- 1983 - Morley Torgov, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
- 1984 - Gary Lautens, No Sex Please...We're Married
- 1985 - Ted Allan, Love is a Long Shot
- 1986 - Joey Slinger, No Axe too Small to Grind
- 1987 - W.P. Kinsella, The Fencepost Chronicles
- 1988 - Paul Quarrington, King Leary
- 1989 - John Kertes, Winter Tulips
- 1990 - W.O. Mitchell, According to Jake and the Kid
- 1991 - Howard White, Waiting in the Rain
- 1992 - Roch Carrier, Prayers of a Very Wise Child
- 1993 - Joseph Levesque, Waiting for Aquarius
- 1994 - Bill Richardson, Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast
- 1995 - Josh Freed, Fear of Frying and other Fax of Life
- 1996 - Marsha Boulton, Letters from the Country
- 1997 - Arthur Black, Black in the Saddle Again
- 1998 - Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version
- 1999 - Stuart McLean, Home from the Vinyl Cafe
- 2000 - Arthur Black, Black Tie and Tales
- 2001 - Stuart McLean, Vinyl Cafe Unplugged
- 2002 - Will Ferguson, Generica
- 2003 - Dan Needles, With Axe and Flask: A History of Persephone Township From Pre-Cambrian Times to the Present
- 2004 - Ian Ferguson, Village of the Small House: A Memoir of Sorts
- 2005 - Will Ferguson, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
- 2006 - Arthur Black, Pitch Black
