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| The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour |
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The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for humor is presented annually for the best book of humor written by a Canadian and published in the previous year. The winner currently receives a cash award of $15,000.
The latest winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for humor is featured below along with a complete list of all previous medal recipients. The latest winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor 2008 - Never Shoot a Stampede Queen by Mark Leiren-Young [2009 winner will be announced early 2009]
All past winners of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humor 1947 - Ojibway Melody by Harry L. Symons
1948 - Sarah Binks by Paul Hiebert
1949 - Truthfully Yours by Angeline Hango
1950 - Turvey by Earle Birney
1951 - The Roving I by Eric Nicol
1952 - The Salt Box by Jan Hilliard
1953 - The Battle Of Baltinglass by Lawrence Earl
1954 - Pardon My Parka by Joan Walker
1955 - Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies
1956 - Shall We Join The Ladies? by Eric Nicol
1957 - The Grass Is Never Greener by Robert Thomas Allen
1958 - Girdle Me A Globe by Eric Nicol
1959 - No Award Made
1960 - Just Add Water and Stir by Pierre Berton
1961 - Mice in the Beer by Norman Ward
1962 - Jake and the Kid by W. O. Mitchell
1963 - Three Cheers for Me by Donald Jack
1964 - Homebrew and Patches by Harry J. Boyle
1965 - War Stories by Gregory Clark
1966 - Nursery Rhymes to be Read Aloud by Young Parents with Old Children by George Bain
1967 - Needham's Inferno by Richard J. Needham
1968 - And Now...Here's Max by Max Ferguson
1969 - You're Only as Old as You Act by Stuart Trueman
1970 - The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat
1971 - Wives, Children and Other Wildlife by Robert Thomas Allen
1972 - The Night We Stole the Mounties' Car by Max Braithwaite
1973 - Saturday Night at the Bagel Factory by Donald Bell
1974 - That's Me in the Middle by Donald Jack
1975 - A Good Place to Come From by Morley Torgov
1976 - The Luck of the Irish by Harry J. Boyle
1977 - That Far Greater Bay by Ray Guy
1978 - Whirligig by Ernest Buckler
1979 - True Confessions by Sondra Gotlieb
1980 - Me Brandy, You Cissie by Donald Jack
1981 - Take My Family...Please! by Gary Lautens
1982 - Gophers Don't Pay Taxes by Mervyn J. Huston
1983 - The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick by Morley Torgov
1984 - No Sex Please...We're Married by Gary Lautens
1985 - Love is a Long Shot by Ted Allan
1986 - No Axe Too Small to Grind by Joey Slinger
1987 - The Fencepost Chronicles by W. P. Kinsella
1988 - King Leary by Paul Quarrington
1989 - Winter Tulips by Joseph Kertes
1990 - According to Jake and the Kid by W. O. Mitchell
1991 - Writing In The Rain by Howard White
1992 - Prayers of a Very Wise Child by Roch Carrier
1993 - Waiting for Aquarius by John Levesque
1994 - Batchelor Brother's Bed Breakfast by Bill Richardson
1995 - Fear of Frying and Other Fax of Life by Josh Freed
1996 - Letters from the Country by Marsha Boulton
1997 - Black in the Saddle Again by Arthur Black
1998 - Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
1999 - Home From the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
2000 - Black Tie and Tales by Arthur Black
2001 - Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean
2002 - Generica by Will Ferguson
2003 - With Axe and Flask - A History of Persephone Township from Pre-Cambrian Times to the Present by Dan Needles
2004 - Village of Small Houses by Ian Ferguson
2005 - Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson
2006 - Pitch Black by Arthur Black
2007 - Secrets From the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean
2008 - The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
2009 - Never Shoot a Stampede Queen : A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo Country by Mark Leiren-Young
The Official Website of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor
(Visit our Book Awards Index for a complete list of the dozens of book awards listed on Happy Dead Trees.)
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