The $10,000 annual prize, administered by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, honours a Saskatchewan writer with a substantial body of literary work who has had a significant impact on writing in the province.
Raymond B. Blake wins 2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
In honour of the award’s 25th anniversary, the purse for the award has been increased, with the winner receiving $40,000 (up from $25,000 in previous years) and finalists receiving $5,000 (up from $2,500).
Shashi Bhat, Julie Morstad among 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prize winners
The winners were announced at a gala in Vancouver on Sept. 21.
Winners of SWCC Book Awards for science writing announced
Winners of the general and youth book awards receive $1,000 and the Paradigm Prize winner receives $500.
BPAA celebrates 50th anniversary and the 2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards
The awards were handed out at a gala reception in Calgary on Sept. 18.
2025 Banff Mountain Book Competition finalists announced
Four Canadian authors are shortlisted in the categories of environmental literature and mountain fiction and poetry.
Ottawa Book Awards announce 2025 shortlists
The winners will be named on Nov. 15.
Finalists for first DC Reid Poetry Book Prize and Victoria Book Prizes announced
Shortlist announced for 2025 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Prize
The purse for the annual prize for fiction rises to $70,000 this year, with finalists to each receive $7,500.
14 books longlisted for 2025 Giller Prize
The shortlist for this year’s $100,000 prize will be announced on Oct. 6.
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