ReLit Awards

The ReLit Awards are Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundland author Kenneth J. Harvey they are considered the pre-eminent literary prize^[1][2] in independent Canadian publishing.^[3] Subtitled Ideas, Not Money the main title of the awards is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, and Relighting Literature.^[4] The awards were conceived by Harvey as an alternative^[5] to larger mainstream prizes such as the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Awards. There is no money awarded for the prize. Instead recipients receive a simple gold ring.^[6]

Past winners of the ReLit prize include Lisa Moore for Alligator (novel category: 2006), Bill Gaston for Gargoyle (short story category: 2007) and A. F. Moritz for Night Street Repairs (poetry category: 2005).

Contents 1 Nominees and Winners 1.1 Novel 1.1.1 2001 1.1.2 2002 1.1.3 2003 1.1.4 2004 1.1.5 2005 1.1.6 2006 1.1.7 2007 1.1.8 2008 1.1.9 2009 1.1.10 2010 1.2 Short Fiction 1.3 Poetry 2 References 3 External links

Nominees and Winners

Novel

2001

• Bonnie Bowman, Skin

2002

• Jonathan Goldstein, Lenny Bruce Is Dead

2003

• Peter Darbyshire, Please
• France Daigle, A Fine Passage
• Mary Swan, The Deep
• Guillaume Vigneault, Necessary Betrayals

2004

• Darren Greer, Still Life With June
• Kim Barry Brunhuber, Kameleon Man
• David Homel, The Speaking Cure
• Kent Nussey, A Love Supreme

2005

• Sky Gilbert, An English Gentleman
• Natalee Caple, Mackerel Sky
• Bill Gaston, Sointula
• Cordelia Strube, Blind Night

2006

• Lisa Moore, Alligator
• Jim Christy, The Redemption of Anna Dupree
• David Gilmour, A Perfect Night to Go to China
• Gaétan Soucy, The Immaculate Conception

2007

• Ivan E. Coyote, Bow Grip
• Andy Brown, The Mole Chronicles
• Chris Ewart, Miss Lamp
• Rawi Hage, De Niro's Game
• George K. Ilsley, ManBug
• Sean Johnston, All This Town Remembers
• Marie Hélène Poitras, Suddenly the Minotaur
• Rob Ritchie, Orphans of Winter
• Sylvia Maultash Warsh, Season of Iron

2008

• Gil Adamson, The Outlander
• Nadia Bozak, Orphan Love
• David Chariandy, Soucouyant
• Curtis Gillespie, Crown Shyness
• Claire Mulligan, The Reckoning of Boston Jim
• Brian Tucker, Big White Knuckles
• Andrew Wedderburn, The Milk Chicken Bomb

2009

• Michael Blouin, Chase & Haven
• Theanna Bischoff, Cleavage
• Daniel Allen Cox, Shuck
• Brian Dedora, A Slice of Voice at the Edge of Hearing
• Maggie Helwig, Girls Fall Down
• Harold Johnson, Charlie Muskrat
• David Manicom, Anna's Shadow

2010

• Michael Kenyon, The Beautiful Children
• Joey Comeau, Overqualified
• Christiane Frenette, After the Red Night
• Jason Hrivnak, The Plight House
• Nathaniel G. Moore, Wrong Bar
• Chad Pelley, Away From Everywhere
• Zoe Whittall, Holding Still For As Long As Possible

Short Fiction

2010

• Stuart Ross, Buying Cigarettes for the Dog
• Ryan Turner, What We're Made Of
• Matt Lennox, Men of Salt, Men of Earth
• Amy Jones, What Boys Like
• Richard Van Camp, The Moon of Letting Go
• David Derry, Sentimental Exorcisms
• Steven Mayoff, Fatted Calf Blues

Poetry

References

External links

• The ReLit Awards: Ideas, Not Money
• The Salty Ink 2010 ReLIt Award Shot List