Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for HumourWinner

Given by Stephen Leacock Associates

Other Names: Stephen Leacock Award for Humour
70 Works 12,728 Books 644 Reviews ½ 3.9
Stages:
All, Winner (70), Finalist (1), Shortlist (121)
Years:
All, 2019 (1), 2018 (1), 2017 (1), 2016 (1), 2015 (1), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2008 (1), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1), 1988 (1), 1987 (1), 1986 (1), 1985 (1), 1984 (1), 1983 (1), 1982 (1), 1981 (1), 1980 (1), 1979 (1), 1978 (1), 1977 (1), 1976 (1), 1975 (1), 1974 (1), 1973 (1), 1972 (1), 1971 (1), 1970 (1), 1969 (1), 1968 (1), 1967 (1), 1966 (1), 1965 (1), 1964 (1), 1963 (1), 1962 (1), 1961 (1), 1960 (1), 1958 (1), 1957 (1), 1956 (1), 1955 (1), 1954 (1), 1953 (1), 1952 (1), 1951 (1), 1950 (1), 1949 (1), 1948 (1), 1947 (1)

Winner 70

WorkYear
Boy Wonders: A Memoir by Cathal Kelly2019
Gone to Pot by Jennifer Craig2018
Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin2017
Republic Of Dirt by Susan Juby2016
No Relation by Terry Fallis2015
The Promised Land - a novel of Cape Breton by Bill Conall2014
Dance, Gladys, Dance (Nunatak First Fiction) by Cassie Stocks2013
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt2012
Practical Jean by Trevor Cole2011
Beyond Belfast: A 560-Mile Walk Across Northern Ireland on Sore Feet by Will Ferguson2010
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis2008
Pitch Black by Arthur Black2006
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada by Will Ferguson2005
Village of the Small Houses: A Memoir of Sorts by Ian Ferguson2004
With Axe and Flask: The History of Persephone Township from Pre-Cambrian Times to the Present Day by Dan Needles2003
Happiness™️ by Will Ferguson2002
Vinyl Cafe Unplugged by Stuart McLean2001
Black Tie & Tales by Arthur Black2000
Home from the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean1999
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler1998
Black in the Saddle Again by Arthur Black1997
Letters from the country by Marsha Boulton1996
Fear of Frying and Other Fax Of Life by Josh Freed1995
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast by Bill Richardson1994
Waiting for Aquarius and other columns by John Levesque1993
Prayers of a Very Wise Child by Roch Carrier1992
Writing in the Rain by Howard White1991
According to Jake and the Kid by W.O. Mitchell1990
Winter Tulips by Joseph Kertes1989
King Leary by Paul Quarrington1988
The Fencepost Chronicles by W. P. Kinsella1987
No Axe Too Small to Grind by Joey Slinger1986
Love is a long shot: A novel by Ted Allan1985
No Sex Please...We're Married by Gary Lautens1984
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick by Morley Torgov1983
Gophers Don't Pay Taxes by M. Huston1982
Take My Family--Please! by Gary Lautens1981
Me Bandy, You Cissie by Donald Jack1980
True confections, or, How my family arranged my marriage by Sondra Gotlieb1979
Whirligig by Ernest Buckler1978
That far greater bay by Ray Guy1977
The Luck of the Irish by Harry J. Boyle1976
A Good Place to Come From by Morley Torgov1975
That's Me In The Middle by Donald Jack1974
Saturday night at the bagel factory, and other Montreal stories by Don Bell1973
Night We Stole the Mounties' Car by Max Braithwaite1972
CHILDREN WIVES AND OTHER WILDLIFE by Robert Thomas Allen1971
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat1970
You're Only As Old As You Act by Stuart Douglas Trueman1969
And Now Here's Max by Max Ferguson1968
Needham's inferno by Richard John Needham1967
Nursery rhymes to be read aloud by young parents with old children by George Charles Stewart Bain1966
Gregory Clark War Stories by Gregory Clark1965
Homebrew and patches by Harry J. Boyle1964
Three Cheers for Me: Volume One of the Bandy Papers by Donald Jack1963
Jake and the Kid by W.O. Mitchell1962
Mice in the Beer by Norman Ward1961
Just Add Water and Stir by Pierre Berton1960
Girdle Me a Globe by Eric Nicol1958
The grass is never greener;: The hilarious adventures of a family in search of the perfect place to live by Robert Thomas Allen1957
Shall we Join the Ladies? by Eric Nicol1956
Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies1955
Pardon my parka by Joan Suter Walker1954
The Battle of Baltinglass by Lawrence Earl1953
The Salt-box by Hilda Kay Grant1952
The roving I by Eric Nicol1951
Turvey by Earle Birney1950
Truthfully yours by Angéline Rose Hango1949
Sarah Binks by Paul G. Hiebert1948
Ojibway Melody by Harry Symons1947

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The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour, or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual literary award presented to the best work of humorous literature in English by a Canadian writer. The award is a tribute to well-known Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), and is accompanied by a cash prize of $15,000 (CAD). It is presented each year during a banquet ceremony in Leacock’s hometown of Orillia, Ontario. (English, Member-written)

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