The 41st Alberta Literary Awards were presented by the Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) on June 3 at a ceremony in Calgary. The shortlists were announced in April.
R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature
- Dena Seiferling, The Language of Flowers (Tundra Books)
Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
- Matthew James Weigel, Whitemud Walking (Coach House Books)
Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction
- Brandi Morin, Our Voice of Fire (House of Anansi Press)
Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
- Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter (Coach House Books)
Memoir Award
- Brandi Morin, Our Voice of Fire (House of Anansi Press)
Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
- Caroline Russell-King, High and Splendid Braveries
James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction
- paulo da costa, “Enclosures” (Reckoning)
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story
- Lareina Abbott, “Ma Soeur Marie” (Prairie Witch Anthology)
Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Award
- Kim McCullough, “Mare Tranquillitatis”
Matthew James Weigel won the Robert Kroetsch – City of Edmonton Book Prize for his poetry collection Whitemud Walking (Coach House Books), announced on May 3 as part of The Edmonton Arts Prizes.
The winner of the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize will be announced on June 14.
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