The following is a list of winners and nominees in English-language categories for the Trillium Book Award, a Canadian literary award presented by Ontario Creates to honour books published by writers resident in the province of Ontario. Separate awards have been presented for French-language literature since 1994; for the winners and nominees in French-language categories, see Trillium Book Award, French.

All-genre (1994-2002)

YearAuthorTitleResultRef
1994Donald AkensonConor: A Biography of Conor Cruise O'Brien; Volume 1 NarrativeWinner[1]
Robertson DaviesThe Cunning ManNominee[2]
Bronwyn DrainieMy Jerusalem: Secular Adventures in the Holy City
Douglas FetherlingTravels by Night
Katherine GovierThe Immaculate Conception Photography Gallery
Christina McCall and Stephen ClarksonTrudeau and Our Times: Volume 2, The Heroic Delusion
Alice MunroOpen Secrets
Oakland RossGuerrilla Beach
Russell SmithHow Insensitive
M. G. VassanjiThe Book of Secrets
1995Margaret AtwoodMorning in the Burned HouseWinner[3]
Wayson ChoyThe Jade PeonyWinner
George G. BlackburnThe Guns of Normandy: A Soldier's Eye ViewNominee[4]
Judith FitzgeraldRiver
Cecil FosterSleep On, Beloved
Robert FulfordAccidental City: The Transformation of Toronto
Barbara GowdyMister Sandman
Denis SmithRogue Tory: The Life and Legend of John G. Diefenbaker
Rosemary SullivanShadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
Larry Turner and John de VisserRideau
1996Anne MichaelsFugitive PiecesWinner[5]
Dionne BrandIn Another Place, Not HereNominee[6]
Matt CohenLast Seen
Katherine GovierAngel Walk
Janette Turner HospitalOyster
Ann IrelandThe Instructor
Ann-Marie MacDonaldFall on Your Knees
Alice MunroSelected Stories
1997Dionne BrandLand to Light OnWinner[7]
Phyllis GrosskurthByron: The Flawed AngelNominee[8]
Elizabeth HaySmall Change
Michael HelmThe Projectionist
Mary Jo LeddyAt the Border Called Hope
Paul QuarringtonThe Boy on the Back of the Turtle
John Ralston SaulReflections of a Siamese Twin
The STORM CoalitionOak Ridges Moraine
1998André AlexisChildhoodWinner[9]
Alice MunroThe Love of a Good Woman
Barry CallaghanBarrelhouse KingsNominee[10]
Alan CumynMan of Bone
Sandra GullandTales of Passion, Tales of Woe
Michael OndaatjeHandwriting
Shyam SelvaduraiCinnamon Gardens
Linda SpaldingThe Follow
1999Alistair MacLeodNo Great MischiefWinner[11]
Stephanie BolsterTwo Bowls of MilkNominee[12]
Elyse FriedmanThen Again
Catherine GildinerToo Close to the Falls
David GilmourLost Between Houses
David LaytonMotion Sickness
Stuart RossFarmer Gloomy's New Hybrid
2000Don ColesKurganWinner[13]
Margaret ChristakosCharismaNominee[14]
Deborah EllisThe Breadwinner
Dennis LeeBubblegum Delicious
Nega MezlekiaNotes from the Hyena's Belly
David Adams RichardsMercy Among the Children
Darren Wershler-HenryThe Tapeworm Foundry
2001Richard B. WrightClara CallanWinner[15]
Joan BarfootCritical InjuriesNominee[16]
Lee GowanMake Believe Love
Robert HoughThe Final Confession of Mabel Stark
Chris JonesFalling Hard: A Rookie's Year in Boxing
Alice MunroHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Michael RedhillMartin Sloane
2002Austin ClarkeThe Polished HoeWinner[17]
Nino RicciTestament
Katherine AshenburgThe Mourner's DanceNominee[18]
Dionne BrandThirsty
Claudia DeyThe Gwendolyn Poems
Steve McCafferySeven Pages Missing: Volume 2
Michael OndaatjeThe Conversations

Prose (2003-present)

YearAuthorTitleResultRef
2003Thomas KingThe Truth About StoriesWinner[19]
Di BrandtNow You CareNominee[20]
Pier Giorgio Di CiccoThe Dark Time of Angels
Barbara GowdyThe Romantic
Djanet SearsAdventures of a Black Girl in Search of God
M. G. VassanjiThe In-Between World of Vikram Lall
2004Wayson ChoyAll That MattersWinner[21]
Shaughnessy Bishop-StallDown to This: Squalor and Splendour in a Big-City ShantytownNominee[22]
Roo BorsonShort Journey Upriver Toward Oishida
Catherine BushClaire's Head
Jane JacobsDark Age Ahead
Alice MunroRunaway
Michael WinterThe Big Why
2005Camilla GibbSweetness in the BellyWinner[23]
F. T. FlahiffAlways Someone to Kill the DovesNominee[24]
David GilmourA Perfect Night to Go to China
Sheila HetiTicknor
Stephen LewisRace Against Time: Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
Alayna MunceWhen I Was Young & In My Prime
2006Mark FrutkinFabrizio's ReturnWinner[25]
Anar AliBaby Khaki's WingsNominee[26]
Dionne BrandInventory
Bernice EisensteinI Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors
Charlotte GrayReluctant Genius: Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention
Wayne JohnstonThe Custodian of Paradise
2007Barbara GowdyHelplessWinner[27]
Gil AdamsonThe OutlanderNominee[28]
Lorna GoodisonFrom Harvey River
Robert HoughThe Culprits
Dennis LeeYesno
Ray RobertsonWhat Happened Later
2008Pasha MallaThe Withdrawal MethodWinner[29]
Kevin ConnollyRevolverNominee[30]
Helen HumphreysCoventry
Ibi KaslikThe Angel Riots
Nino RicciThe Origin of Species
Charles WilkinsIn the Land of the Long Fingernails
2009Ian BrownThe Boy in the MoonWinner[31]
Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the FloodNominee[32]
Alexandra LeggatAnimal
Anne MichaelsThe Winter Vault
Alice MunroToo Much Happiness
Emily SchultzHeaven Is Small
Cordelia StrubeLemon
2010Rabindranath MaharajThe Amazing Absorbing BoyWinner[33]
Emma DonoghueRoomNominee[34]
James FitzGeraldWhat Disturbs Our Blood
Ken SparlingBook
Paul VermeeschThe Reinvention of the Human Hand
Michael WinterThe Death of Donna Whalen
2011Phil HallKilldeerWinner[35]
Ken BabstockMethodist HatchetNominee[36]
David BezmozgisThe Free World
Tony BurgessIdaho Winter
Kristen den HartogAnd Me Among Them
David GilmourThe Perfect Order of Things
2012Alice MunroDear LifeWinner[37]
Tamara Faith BergerMaidenheadNominee[38]
Steven HeightonThe Dead Are More Visible
Thomas KingThe Inconvenient Indian
Emily SchultzThe Blondes
Linda SpaldingThe Purchase
2013Hannah MoscovitchThis Is WarWinner[39]
Craig DavidsonCataract CityNominee[40]
Barry DempsterThe Outside World
Lorna GoodisonSupplying Salt and Light
Helen HumphreysNocturne
Peter UnwinLife Without Death and Other Stories
2014Kate CayleyHow You Were BornWinner[41]
Margaret AtwoodStone MattressNominee[42]
Dionne BrandLove Enough
James KingOld Masters
Thomas KingThe Back of the Turtle
Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra ShimoUp Ghost River
2015Kevin HardcastleDebrisWinner[43]
Lynn CrosbieWhere Did You Sleep Last NightNominee[44]
Andrew ForbesWhat You Need
Robert HoughThe Man Who Saved Henry Morgan
Janette PlatanaA Token of My Affliction
Karen SolieThe Road In Is Not the Same Road Out
2016Melanie MahThe Sweetest OneWinner[45]
André AlexisThe Hidden KeysNominee[46]
Kamal Al-SolayleeBrown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone)
Danila BothaFor All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known
Leesa DeanWaiting for the Cyclone
Susan HolbrookThroaty Wipes
2017Kyo MaclearBirds Art LifeWinner[47]
Cherie DimalineThe Marrow ThievesNominee[48]
Catherine HernandezScarborough
James MaskalykLife on the Ground Floor
Rebecca RosenblumSo Much Love
Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonThis Accident of Being Lost
2018Dionne BrandThe Blue ClerkWinner[49]
Tamara Faith BergerQueen SolomonNominee[50]
Claudia DeyHeartbreaker
K. D. MillerLate Breaking
Miriam ToewsWomen Talking
2019Téa MutonjiShut Up You're PrettyWinner[51]
Christina Baillie and Martha BaillieSister LanguageNominee[52]
Sara PetersI Become a Delight to My Enemies
Zalika Reid-BentaFrying Plantain
SethClyde Fans
2020Souvankham ThammavongsaHow to Pronounce KnifeWinner[53]
Craig DavidsonCascadeNominee[54]
Farzana DoctorSeven
Emma DonoghueThe Pull of the Stars
A. F. MoritzAs Far As You Know
2021Ann ShinThe Last ExilesWinner[55]
Brian FrancisMissed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never SentNominee[56]
Catherine GrahamÆther: An Out-of-Body Lyric
Sydney HegeleThe Pump
Pamela KorgemagiThe Hunter and the Old Woman
2022Stuart RossThe Book of Grief and HamburgersWinner[57]
Charlie AngusCobalt: Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining SuperpowerNominee[58]
Cliff CardinalShakespeare's As You Like It: A Radical Retelling
Kathy FriedmanAll the Shining People
Emma HealeyBest Young Woman Job Book
2023Nina DunicThe ClarionWinner[59]
Mike BarnesSleep is Now a Foreign Country: Encounters with the UncannyNominee[60]
D. A. LockhartNorth of Middle Island
Kathryn MocklerAnecdotes
Zalika Reid-BentaRiver Mumma
2024Maurice VellekoopI'm So Glad We Had This Time TogetherWinner[61]
Colin BarrettWild HousesNominee[62]
Morgan CampbellMy Fighting Family: Borders and Bloodlines and the Battles That Made Us
Canisia LubrinCode Noir
Chido MuchemwaWho Will Bury You? And Other Stories
2025Nina DunicSuddenly LightShortlist[63]
Otoniya J. Okot BitekWe, the Kindling
Saeed TeebiYou Will Not Kill Our Imagination: A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times
Rick WestheadWe Breed Lions: Confronting Canada’s Troubled Hockey Culture
Liann ZhangJulie Chan Is Dead

Poetry (2003-present)

YearAuthorTitleResultRef
2003Adam SolCrowd of SoundsWinner[19]
Adam GettyReconciliationNominee[20]
David O'MearaThe VicinityNominee
2004Maureen Scott HarrisDrowning LessonsWinner[21]
Ray HsuAnthropyNominee[22]
Rachel ZolfMasqueNominee
2005Kevin ConnollydriftWinner[23]
Patria RiveraPuti/WhiteNominee[24]
Karen SolieModern and NormalNominee
2006Ken BabstockAirstream Land YachtWinner[25]
Adam DickinsonKingdom, PhylumNominee[26]
Anita LaheyOut to Dry in Cape BretonNominee
2007Rachel ZolfHuman ResourcesWinner[27]
Emily SchultzSongs for the Dancing ChickenNominee[28]
Rob WingerMuybridge's HorseNominee
2008Jeramy DoddsCrabwise to the HoundsWinner[29]
Joanne PageWatermarksNominee[30]
Adam SolJeremiahNominee
2009Karen SoliePigeonWinner[31]
Susan HolbrookJoy Is So ExhaustingNominee[32]
Matthew TierneyThe Hayflick LimitNominee
2010Jeff LatosikTiny, Frantic, StrongerWinner[33]
Dani CoutureSweetNominee[34]
Shane NeilsonComplete PhysicalNominee
Peter NormanAt the Gates of the Theme ParkNominee
2011Nick ThranEarwormWinner[35]
Helen GuriMatchNominee[36]
Jacob McArthur MooneyFolkNominee
2012Matthew TierneyProbably InevitableWinner[37]
Mathew HendersonThe LeaseNominee[38]
Sandy PoolUndark: An OratorioNominee
2013Souvankham ThammavongsaLightWinner[39]
Austin ClarkeWhere the Sun Shines BestNominee[40]
Adam DickinsonThe PolymersNominee
2014Brecken HancockBroom BroomWinner[41]
Aisha Sasha JohnTHOUNominee[42]
Deanna YoungHouse DreamsNominee
2015Soraya PeerbayeTellWinner[43]
Madhur AnandA New Index for Predicting CatastrophesNominee[44]
Damian RogersDear LeaderNominee
2016Meaghan StrimasYes or NopeWinner[45]
Laurie D. GrahamSettler EducationNominee[46]
Dane SwanA Mingus LullabyNominee
2017Pino ColuccioClass ClownWinner[47]
Puneet DuttThe Better MonstersNominee[48]
Phoebe WangAdmission RequirementsNominee
2018Robin RichardsonSit How You WantWinner[49]
Gwen BenawayHoly WildNominee[64]
Stevie HowellI left nothing inside on purposeNominee
2019Roxanna BennettUnmeaningableWinner[51]
Doyali IslamheftNominee[52]
Matthew Walshthese are not the potatoes of my youthNominee
2020Jody ChanSickWinner[53]
Irfan AliAccretionNominee[54]
Canisia LubrinThe DyzgraphxstNominee
2021Bardia SinaeeIntruderWinner[55]
Roxanna BennettThe Untranslatable INominee[56]
Liz HowardLetters in a Bruised CosmosNominee
2022Sanna WaniMy Grief, the SunWinner[57]
Madhur AnandParasitic OscillationsNominee[58]
Laurie D. GrahamFast CommuteNominee
2023A. Light ZacharyMore SureWinner[59]
Britta BadourWires That SputterNominee[60]
Catriona WrightContinuity Errors
2024Jake ByrneDADDYWinner[61]
Faith ArkorfulThe Seventh Town of GhostsNominee[62]
Matthew WalshTerrarium
2025Farah GhafoorShadow PriceShortlist[63]
Canisia LubrinThe World After Rain
Hajer MirwaliRevolutions

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