RBC Taylor Prize

The award adopted its present name in December 2013, when RBC Wealth Management was announced as the new corporate sponsor.

[3] In 2018 the new RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writers Mentorship Program was unveiled.

This was a professional development program designed to support the next generation of Canadian writers and was part of the RBC Taylor Prize Emerging Writers Award, a distinction that was given annually to a Canadian author whose work embodies the pursuit of excellence in literary non-fiction.

These students were paired with the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize shortlisted authors, who would help support their career development and growth.

In 2018, the RBC Taylor Foundation also announced the creation of a mentorship program for writers who had not yet published their first non-fiction manuscript.