In 2009 Mr. DiCintio won the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for his article titled Walls of Shame published by Geist Magazine. It is an adaptation of a chapter from his book in progress about communities that live in the shadow of walls, fences and other "hard" barriers.

Deborah Campbell, Vancouver freelance writer, is the 2008 winner of the recently redesigned Dave Greber Freelance Writers Magazine Awards for her article published in the April 2008 issue of Harper's magazine entitled Exodus: Where will Iraq Go Next?

The 2007 recipient of the award was John Vigna, a Vancouver freelance writer. Mr. Vigna's successful submission, his magazine article The Ballad of Big and Small about his relationship to his drug and alcoholic addicted brother and the family in which they grew up, was published in the fall of 2007 by Grain Magazine.

The 2006 winner of the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award was Gordon Laird, a Calgary freelance writer. Mr. Laird's successful submission, The Price of a Bargain, is a chapter from his new book, The Quest for Cheap and The Death of Globalization (updated title) published by McClelland and Stewart Ltd..

Mr. Brennan's winning submission was for the chapter What's in a Name?-1896, Ha Ling Finally Gets his Due Recognition, from his book, Romancing the Rockies, published by Fifth House Ltd., a Fitzhenry and Whiteside Company.