Each winner of the 1974 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The winners were given a $2500 cash prize. Two awardees, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu and Nicole Brossard, interrupted the award ceremony by giving speeches supporting Quebec nationalism.
Winners
English Language
- Fiction: Margaret Laurence, The Diviners.
- Poetry or Drama: Ralph Gustafson, Fire on Stone.