title: Blue Metropolis Violet Prize
text: # Blue Metropolis Violet Prize
  
  The Blue Metropolis Violet Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented to an established LGBTQ writer to honour their body of work. Created by the Blue Metropolis literary festival in Montreal, Quebec, as part of its LGBTQ-themed Violet Metropolis series, the award was created in 2018 and will alternate between English language and French language writers.
  
  The award was created as a complement, rather than competition, to the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, which honours emerging Canadian LGBTQ writers. The award's corporate sponsor is Air Canada.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * 2018 - Nicole Brossard
  * 2019 - Dionne Brand
  * 2020 - Festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada; award not presented.
  * 2021 - André Roy
  * 2022 - Tomson Highway
  * 2023 - Michel Marc Bouchard
  