Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
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The Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by Nereus Financial and the Writers' Trust of Canada, for the best work of non-fiction by a Canadian writer. The award's original corporate sponsor was Viacom. Pearson Canada took over the award in 1999, and Nereus became the sponsor in 2006.
The winner receives a prize of $15,000, and all finalists receive $2,000.
[edit] Winners
- 1997 - Ernest Hillen, Small Mercies: A Boy After War
- 1998 - Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman
- 1999 - Modris Eksteins, Walking Since Daybreak: A Story of Eastern Europe, World War II and the Heart of our Century
- 2000 - Erna Paris, Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History
- 2001 - Clark Blaise, Time Lord
- 2002 - Jake MacDonald, Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country
- 2003 - Brian Fawcett, Virtual Clearcut, or The Way Things Are in My Hometown
- 2004 - Elaine Dewar, The Second Tree: Of Clones, Chimeras, and Quests for Immortality
- 2005 - John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed
- 2006 - Dragan Todorovic, The Book of Revenge
- 2007 - Anna Porter, Kasztner's Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
