Award for Drama

CAA Jubilee Award for Drama

1976 to 1999

Award History | Award Details | Entry Information | Winners

History

The CAA Awards for Adult Literature

The CAA administers several awards for full-length English-language literature for adults by authors who are Canadians or landed immigrants “honouring writing that achieves excellence without sacrificing popular appeal.”

For more information about the CAA Awards for Adult Literature, please see the History of the CAA Writing Awards page.

CAA Jubilee Award for Drama

Funding History

The CAA Award for Drama (for any medium) was funded by Harlequin Enterprises of Toronto from 1975 to 1997. In 1998, it was funded by a member of the CAA who chooses to remain anonymous. In 2000, this award was withdrawn, replaced by the CAA Carol Bolt Award.

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Entry Information

This award has been withdrawn. It was replaced by the CAA Carol Bolt Award.

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CAA Award for Drama Winners

1976 John Hirsch | The Dybbuk
1977 No Award
1978 Rex Deverell | Boiler Room Suite
1979 No award
1980 Sheldon Rosen | Ned and Jack
1981 Ted Galay | After Baba's Funeral & Sweet and Sour Pickles
1982 Allan Stratton | Rexy
1983 W.O. Mitchell | Back to Beulah
1984 W.D. Valgardson | Granite Point
1985 Ken Mitchell | Gone The Burning Sun
1986 David French | Salt-Water Moon
1987 John Murrell | Further West
1988 John Gray | Rock and Roll
1989 George F. Walker | Nothing Sacred
1990 Kelly Rebar | Bordertown Cafe
1991 Ann-Marie MacDonald | Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
1992 Drew Taylor | Bootlegger Blues
1993 Guy Vanderhaeghe | I Had a Job I Liked, Once
1994 Timothy Findley | The Stillborn Lover
1995 Elise Moore | Live With It
1996 Vittorio Rossi | The Last Adam
1997 Jason Sherman | The League of Nathans
1998 Judith Thompson | Sled
1999 David Young | Inexpressible Island
2000 This award has been withdrawn.

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Updated: October 16, 2005