Nominated writer, Nominated title, (nomination year), ISBN
Beth Powning, 
Shadow Child, (2000), ISBN 9780786707201
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Ellen Stafford, 
Always and After, (2000), ISBN 9780670886203
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Kevin Patterson, 
The Water In Between, (2000), ISBN 9780385498845
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Andrew Steinmetz, 
Wardlife, ISBN 9781550651218
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Howard Hewer, 
In For A Penny, In For A Pound, (2001), ISBN 9780385660778
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Mary Pratt, 
Mary Pratt, (2001), ISBN 9780864923165
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Trevor Herriot, 
River In A Dry Land, (2001), ISBN 9780773732711
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Nicholas Pashley, 
Notes on a Beermat, (2002), ISBN 9781554682560
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Gabriel Bauer, 
Waltzing the Tango, (2002), ISBN 9780199744480
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Ron Corbett, 
The Last Guide, (2002), ISBN 9781894673051
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Cornelia Johanna Baines, 
Under Syndenham Skies, (2002), ISBN 9781550416152
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Peter McSherry, 
Mean Streets, (2003), ISBN 9781550024029
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Adam Killick, 
Racing the White Silence, (2003), ISBN 9780141003733
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Dawn Rae Downton, 
Seldom, (2003), ISBN 9781559706650
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Ellen Bielawski, 
Rogue Diamonds, (2004), ISBN 9780295984193
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Kevin Bazzana, 
Wondrous Strange, (2004), ISBN 9780195182460
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Ralph Osborne, 
From Somewhere Else, (2004), ISBN 9781550225501
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Alex M. Hall, 
Discovering Eden, (2004), ISBN 9781552632215
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Tilda Shalof, 
A Nurse’s Story, (2005), ISBN 9780771080876
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Geoff Heinricks, 
A Fool and Forty Acres, (2005), ISBN 9780771040566
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Elizabeth Hudson, 
Snow Bodies, (2005), ISBN 9781896300740
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Michael Mitchell, 
The Molly Fire, (2005), ISBN 9781550226768
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Lisa Rochon, 
Up North, (2006), ISBN 9781552636909
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Rosalind B. Penfield, 
Dragonslippers, (2006), ISBN 9780802170200
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John Vaillant, 
The Golden Spruce, (2006), ISBN 9780393328646
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Kim Bolan, 
Loss of Faith, (2006), ISBN 9780771011306
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Marcello De Cintio, 
Poets & Pahlevans, (2007), ISBN 9780676977325
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Rachel Lebowitz, 
Hannus, (2007), ISBN 9781897141113
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Patrick Friesen, 
Interim Essays & Mediations, (2007), ISBN 9780973972702
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Nathan M. Greenfield, 
Baptism of Fire, (2008), ISBN 9780002007276
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Chantal Hébert, 
French Kiss, (2008), ISBN 9780676979077
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Jane Hall, 
The Red Wall, (2008), ISBN 9781897113684
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Martin Mitchinson, 
The Darien Gap, (2009), ISBN 9781550174212
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Cathy Ostlere, 
Lost, (2009), ISBN 9781554700431
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Andrew Westoll, 
The Riverbones, (2009), ISBN 9780771088759