The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. This prize was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife Doris Giller. The prize is given in November of each year and comes with a cash reward of $25,000.
2003 Winner:
- M.G. Vassanji - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall
- Margaret Atwood - Oryx and Crake
- John Bemrose - The Island Walkers
- John Gould - Kilter: 55 Fictions
- Ann-Marie MacDonald - The Way the Crow Flies
Past Giller Prize Winners:
Winner:
- Austin Clarke - The Polished Hoe
- Bill Gaston - Mount Appetite
- Wayne Johnston - The Navigator of New York
- Lisa Moore - Open
- Carol Shields - Unless
Winner:
- Richard B. Wright - Clara Callan
- Sandra Birdsell - The Russlander
- Michael Crummey - River Thieves
- Michael Redhill - Martin Sloane
- Timothy Taylor - Stanley Park
- Jane Urquhart - The Stone Carvers
Winners (tied):
- Michael Ondaatje - Anil's Ghost
- David Adams Richards - Mercy Among the Children
- Alan Cumyn - Burridge Unbound
- Elizabeth Hay - A Student of Weather
- Eden Robinson - Monkey Beach
- Fred Stenson - The Trade
Winner:
- Bonnie Burnard - A Good House
- Timothy Findley - Pilgrim
- Anne Hébert - Am I Disturbing You?
- Nancy Huston - The Mark of the Angel
- David Macfarlane - Summer Gone
Winner:
- Alice Munro - The Love of a Good Woman
- André Alexis - Childhood
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz - A Recipe for Bees
- Barbara Gowdy - The White Bone
- Greg Hollingshead - The Healer
- Wayne Johnston - The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
Winner:
- Mordecai Richler - Barney's Version
- Michael Helm - The Projectionist
- Shani Mootoo - Cereus Blooms at Night
- Nino Ricci - Where She Has Gone
- Carol Shields - Larry's Party
Winner:
- Margaret Atwood - Alias Grace
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz - The Cure for Death by Lightning
- Ann-Marie MacDonald - Fall on Your Knees
- Anne Michaels - Fugitive Pieces
- Guy Vanderhaeghe - The Englishman's Boy
Winner:
- Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
- Timothy Findley - The Piano Man's Daughter
- Barbara Gowdy - Mister Sandman
- Leo Mackay, Jr - Like This
- Richard B. Wright - The Age of Longing
Winner:
- M.G. Vassanji - The Book of Secrets
- Bonnie Burnard - Casino and Other Stories
- Eliza Clark - What You Need
- Shyam Selvadurai - Funny Boy
- Steve Weiner - The Museum of Love