ReLit Awards
Novel
The ReLit Award for Novel is given for a novel written by a Canadian author living in Canada and published by an independent Canadian literary publisher.
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2014
- Nathaniel G. Moore – Savage 1986-2011
Also shortlisted:
- Jeff Beamish – Sneaker Wave
- Paul Bowdring – The Strangers' Gallery
- Stephanie Domet – Fallsy Downsies
- Susan Downe – Juanita Wildrose My True Life
- Stacey May Fowles – Infidelity
- Joel Thomas Hynes – Say Nothing Saw Wood
- Shane Joseph – Paradise Revisited
- Greg Kearney – The Desperates
- Amanda Leduc – The Miracle of Ordinary Men
- Ashley Little – Anatomy of a Girl Gang
- Lisa Moore – Caught
- Garry Thomas Morse – Rogue Cells/ Carbon Harbour
- Chad Pelley – Every Little Thing
- Ursula Pflug – The Alphabet Stones
- Christine Walde – Burning From the Inside
2013
- Lynn Crosbie – Life is About Losing Everything
Also shortlisted:
- Tamara Faith Berger – Maidenhead
- Kayt Burgess – Heidegger Stairwell
- Joey Comeau – Lockpick Pornography
- Claudio Gaudio – Texas
- Annette Lapointe – Whitetail Shooting Gallery
- Keir Lowther – Dirty Bird
- Stephen Marche – Love and the Mess We're In
- James Marshall – Ninja Versus Pirate Featuring Zombies
- Garry Thomas Morse – Minor Episodes Major Ruckus
- Susan Musgrave – Given
- Basil Papademos – Mount Royal
- Corey Redekop – Husk
- Barry Webster – The Lava in My Bones
2012
- Suzette Mayr – Monoceros
Also shortlisted:
- Ashley Little – Prick
- Edward Riche – Easy to Like
- Edem Awumey – Dirty Feet
- Tom Reynolds – Break Me
- Catherine Mavrikakis – Flowers of Spit
2011
- Craig Francis Power – Blood Relatives
Also shortlisted:
- Christian McPherson – The Cube People
- Ken Sparling – Book
- Kathy Page – The Find
- Daniel Allen Cox – Krakow Melt
- Jerrod Edson – The Goon
- Evie Christie – The Bourgeois Empire
- Joey Comeau – One Bloody Thing After Another
- Jason Heroux – Good Evening, Central Laundromat
- Steve Weiner – Sweet England
2010
- Michael Kenyon – The Beautiful Children
Also shortlisted:
- 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
2009
- Michael Blouin – Chase & Haven
Also shortlisted:
- 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
2008
Also shortlisted:
- 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
2007
- Ivan E. Coyote – Bow Grip
Also shortlisted:
- 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 Helene Poitras – Suddenly the Minotaur
- Rob Ritchie – Orphans of Winter
- Sylvia Maultash Warsh – Season of Iron
2006
- Lisa Moore – Alligator
Also shortlisted:
- Jim Christy – The Redemption of Anna Dupree
- David Gilmour – A Perfect Night to Go to China
- Gaetan Soucy – The Immaculate Conception
2005
- Sky Gilbert – An English Gentleman
Also shortlisted:
- Natalee Caple – Mackerel Sky
- Bill Gaston – Sointula
- Cordelia Strube – Blind Night
2004
- Darren Greer – Still Life with June
Also shortlisted:
- Kim Barry Brunhuber – Kameleon Man
- David Homel – The Speaking Cure
- Kent Nussey – A Love Supreme
2003
- Peter Darbyshire – Please
Also shortlisted:
- France Daigle – A Fine Passage
- Guillaume Vigneault – Necessary Betrayals
- Mary Swan – The Deep
2001
- Bonnie Bowman – Skin
