The Marian Engel Award is presented each year in memory of the Canadian writer Marian Engel. The award goes to a female Canadian novelist who is in the middle of her career. It is awarded for the entire body of the recipient's work.
Winners:
- 2002: Terry Griggs
- 2001: Elizabeth Hay
- 2000: Anita Rau Badami
- 1999: Janice Kulyk Keeger
- 1998: Sharon Butala
- 1997: Katherine Govier
- 1996: Barbara Gowdy
- 1995: Bonnie Burnard
- 1994: Jane Urquhart
- 1993: Sandra Birdsell
- 1992: Joan Barfoot
- 1991: Joan Clark
- 1990: Carol Shields
- 1989: Merna Summers
- 1988: Edna Alford
- 1987: Audrey Thomas
- 1986: Alice Munro