Nine books by Canadian authors have been shortlisted for the 2025 High Plains International Book Awards.
The 13 awards recognize regional authors and literary works that examine and reflect life on the high plains, including Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and the U.S. states of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas.
The winners will be announced on Oct. 4, at Montana State University in Billings, Montana.
Canadian authors on the shortlists are:
Art & Photography
- Bead Talk: Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics from the Flatlands (paskwawi masinahikewina/Prairie Writing # 1) by Carmen L Robertson, Judy Anderson, and Katherine Boyer (University of Manitoba Press)
First Book
- What Fills Your House Like Smoke by E. McGregor (Thistledown Press)
Indigenous
- Tanning Moosehides: The Northern Saskatchewan Trapline Way by Tommy Bird, Lena Adam, Miriam Körner, and Lawrence Adam (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing)
- The Case of the Pilfered Pin: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery # 5 by Michael Hutchinson (Second Story Press)
Nonfiction
- The Horse: A Galloping History of Humanity by Timothy C Winegard (Allen Lane/Penguin Random House Canada)
Women Writer
- All That’s Left by Lisa Guenther (NeWest Press)
Children’s Picture Book
- Butterfly on the Wind by Adam Pottle and Ziyue Chen. Illus. (Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan Publishers)
Middle Grade
- The Unlikely Hero: The Story of Wolf 8 (A Young Readers’ Edition) by Rick McIntyre and David A. Poulsen (Greystone Kids)
- Unsinkable Cayenne by Jessica Vitalis (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
Correction, June 18: This article has been updated to reflect that nine titles by Canadian authors have been shortlisted for the prizes. All That’s Left by Lisa Guenther (NeWest Press) was missing from the original list.
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