Past Festival Authors
Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story 2022 - 2012
The Alice Munro Festival of the Short Story has presented multiple award-winning writers from Canada including: Margaret Atwood, Mona Awad, David Bergen, Wayson Choy, Lynn Coady, Cherie Dimaline, Emma Donoghue, Elizabeth Hay, Sheila Heti, Lee Maracle, Lisa Moore, Téa Mutonji, Michael Ondaatje, Heather O’Neill, Casey Plett, Nino Ricci, Vivek Shraya, Merilyn Simonds, Mariko Tamaki, Madeleine Thien, Souvankham Thammavonga, Jane Urquart, and Ian Williams.
2022 Authors

Alexander Macleod

Chelsea Vowel

Danielle Daniel

Heather Marshall

Martha Schabas

Nita Prose
2021 Authors

Lisa Dalrymple

Emma Donoghue

Camilla Gibb

Mary Lawson

Lindy Mechefske

Alix Ohlin

Kenneth Oppel

David Adams Richards

Heather Smith

Sydney Smith

M.G. Vassanji
2020 Authors

David Bergen

Alex Pugsley

Maria Reva

Souvankham Thammavongsa
2019 Authors

Mona Awad

Saumiya Balasubramanian

Erin Bow

Anthony De Sa

Alicia Elliot

Marthe Jocelyn

E.K. Johnston

Amy Jones

Andy McGuire

K.D. Miller

Téa Mutonji

Ruth Ohi

Nino Ricci

Anakana Schofield

Heather T. Smith

Ian Williams
2018 Authors

Emma Donoghue

Marthe Jocelyn

Scaachi Koul

Ami McKay

Casey Plett

Sarah Meehan Sirk

Johanna Skibsrud

Madeleine Thien
2017 Authors

Aviva Armour-Ostroff

Eva Crocker

Cherie Dimaline

Marni Jackson

Brian D. Johnson

Falen Johnson

Kyo Maclear

Lee Maracle

Scott McKowen

Michael Ondaatje

Merilyn Simonds

Paul Thompson

Arturo Pérez Torres

Jane Urquhart
2016 Authors

Samuel Archibald

Margaret Atwood

Lynn Coady

Elizabeth Hay

Sheila Heti

Don Martel

Vivek Shraya

Merilyn Simonds

Shawn Syms

Mariko Tamaki

Robert Thacker
2015 Authors

Caroline Adderson

Andrew Kaufman

Lisa Moore

Heather O’Neill

Merilyn Simonds
2014 Authors

Melanie Chambers

Brian Francis

Miranda Hill

Carrie Snyder
2013 Authors

Melanie Chambers

Wayson Choy
Peggy Coffey
Gary Draper
Kim Jernigan
Hayley Linfield
2012 Authors

Vicki Delany

Douglas Gibson

Daniel Kolos

Randall Lobb

A.R. Grobbo