The shortlists for the 2010 Saskatchewan Book Awards have been announced. Winners will be revealed at a gala ceremony in Regina on Nov. 27. The nominees are:

BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD:

• David Carpenter, A Hunter’s Confession (Greystone Books)
• David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada (The Porcupine’s Quill)
• Dave Margoshes, Dimensions of an Orchard (Black Moss Press)
• Phyllis Nakonechny, Vidh: A Book of Mourning (Hagios Press)
• Alexandra Popoff, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography (Free Press)
• Dianne Warren, Cool Water (HarperCollins Canada)

FICTION AWARD:

• Byrna Barclay, The Forest Horses (Coteau Books)
• Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe (Random House Canada)
• David Carpenter, Welcome to Canada (The Porcupine’s Quill)
• Yann Martel, Beatrice & Virgil (Knopf Canada)
• Kathleen Wall, Blue Duets (Brindle and Glass)
• Dianne Warren, Cool Water (HarperCollins Canada)

NON-FICTION AWARD:

• David Carpenter, A Hunter’s Confession (Greystone Books)
• Heather Kuttai, Maternity Rolls: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Disability (Fernwood Publishing)
• Phyllis Nakonechny, Vidh: A Book of Mourning (Hagios Press)
• Alexandra Popoff, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography (Free Press)

FIRST BOOK AWARD:

• Chris Clinton, Next Year Perhaps (Olympia Publishers)
• Amy Jo Ehman, Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner (Coteau Books)
• Dianne Greenlay, Quintspinner: A Pirate’s Quest (iUniverse)
• Phyllis Nakonechny, Vidh: A Book of Mourning (Hagios Press)
• Bernadette Wagner, this hot place (Thistledown Press)

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE AWARD:

• Arthur Slade, The Hunchback Assignments (HarperCollins Canada)
• Arthur Slade, The Dark Deeps: The Hunchback Assignments II (HarperCollins Canada)
• Alice Kuipers, The Worst Thing She Ever Did (HarperCollins Canada)
• Beverley Brenna, Something To Hang On To (Thistledown Press)

AWARD FOR POETRY:

• Tracy Hamon, Interruptions in Glass (Coteau Books)
• Don Kerr, The dust of just beginning (Athabasca University Press)
• Dave Margoshes, Dimensions of an Orchard (Black Moss Press)
• Andrew Stubbs, Endgames (Thistledown Press)

(For the remaining categories, go to the Saskatchewan Book Awards website)