Each winner of the 1960 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. Winners were awarded a cash prize of .
Winners
English language
Fiction: Brian Moore, The Luck of Ginger Coffey Poetry or Drama: Margaret Avison, Winter Sun Non-Fiction: Frank H. Underhill, In Search of Canadian Liberalism
French language
Poetry or Drama: Anne Hébert, Poèmes Non-Fiction: Paul Toupin, Souvenirs Pour Demain
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