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Michael Christie, Christy Ann Conlin, Tracey Lindberg comprise Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize jury

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that authors Michael Christie, Christy Ann Conlin, and Tracey Lindberg will serve as the three-person jury for this year's Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Now in its 21st year, ... Read More »

August 22, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Ami McKay, Sylvain Neuvel among Sunburst Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The shortlists for this year's Sunburst Awards, recognizing the best in Canadian fantasy writing, have been revealed. A jury comprising Nancy Baker, Michel Basilières, Rebecca Bradley, Dominick Grace, and Sean Moreland selected the following finalists in ... Read More »

July 17, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Journey Prize announces 2017 longlist of emerging Canadian writers

By Becky Robertson

This year's longlist for the Writers' Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize – the country's richest prize for a short-story or fiction excerpt by an emerging writer published in a Canadian literary magazine – was announced ... Read More »

July 13, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Cundill Prize announces jury, receives record number of submissions

By Becky Robertson

The Cundill History Prize, the annual international English-langauge literary award administered by Montreal's McGill University, has announced the judges for its 10th edition – a year that also sees the prize relaunching and rebranding. British-American historian and ... Read More »

July 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

2017 Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlists revealed

By Becky Robertson

The Book Publishers Association of Alberta has announced the shortlists for its annual literary awards, honouring the best books from the province's presses. The finalists in 11 categories are: Book of the Year Award - Trade Fiction ... Read More »

July 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Johanna Skibsrud, Alissa York among 2017 Canadian Authors Association award winners

By Becky Robertson

Five women have won this year's Canadian Authors Association literary awards, which honours excellent writing with popular appeal. The winners were announced at a gala in Toronto on June 24. Fiction ($1,000) Alissa York, The Naturalist (Random ... Read More »

June 28, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Rolli wins first-ever Joan Betty Stuchner – Oy Vey! – Funniest Children’s Book Award

By Becky Robertson

Regina-based author and cartoonist Rolli has won the inaugural Joan Betty Stuchner – Oy Vey! – Funniest Children’s Book Award for his 2016 kids' novel, Kabungo (Groundwood Books), illustrated by Seneca College and OCADU drawing instructor Milan Pavlović. The ... Read More »

June 22, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Melanie Mah, Meaghan Strimas win 2017 Trillium Book Awards

By Becky Robertson

The winners of this year's Trillium Book Awards, administered by the Ontario Media and Development Corporation, were announced at a gala in Toronto on June 20. The annual prizes honour two English- and two French-language ... Read More »

June 21, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize

By Becky Robertson

The $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize was presented to Nisga'a writer Jordan Abel for his third collection, Injun (Talonbooks), at a gala in Toronto on June 8. British poet Alice Oswald won the international award for her volume ... Read More »

June 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Margaret Atwood recognized by German Publishers and Booksellers Association

By Becky Robertson

The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has announced that CanLit icon Margaret Atwood will receive its 2017 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. The annual €25,000 award recognizes an influential member of the literary or arts ... Read More »

June 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

M-E Girard, Zena Sharman, Jessica L. Webb, jia qing wilson-yang win Lambda Literary Awards

By Becky Robertson

Four Canadian authors have won 2017 Lambda Literary Awards, of the 13 nominated this year. The U.S.-based awards recognize the prior year's best English-language titles by LGBT authors in 24 categories. They were distributed at a ... Read More »

June 13, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Sinclair, Ruthig, Halfe, anitafrika win 2017 LCP Poetry Awards

By Becky Robertson

The League of Canadian Poets announced the winners of its 2017 poetry awards at a ceremony during the organization's annual conference on June 10: Pat Lowther Memorial Award for an excellent book of poetry ($1,000) Sue Sinclair, Heaven's Thieves (Brick ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Gisèle Villeneuve, Richard Harrison among 2017 Alberta Literary Award winners

By Becky Robertson

The Writers' Guild of Alberta has announced the winners of this year's Alberta Literary Awards. Winners were honoured June 10 at a gala held in conjunction with the guild's Edmonton conference. The following winners were ... Read More »

June 12, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Carol Daniels recognized by First Nation Communities READ

By Becky Robertson

Regina-based Indigenous author and artist Carol Daniels's novel Bearskin Diary (Nightwood Editions) has been selected for the 2017–2018 First Nation Communities READ's $5,000 Aboriginal Literature Award. The organization works with the Periodical Marketers of Canada to promote a community-based approach ... Read More »

June 8, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Kai Cheng Thom wins 2017 Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

By Becky Robertson

Kai Cheng Thom, the Toronto writer, performance artist, psychotherapist, and Everyday Feminism feature writer, has been named winner of this year's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers, administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada. Awarded on June ... Read More »

June 5, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

By Becky Robertson

The Writer's Trust of Canada has named Canadian-Egyptian writer Noor Naga the winner of this year's RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. Naga received the $10,000 accolade for her poem “The Mistress and the Ping” at ... Read More »

May 31, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Ami McKay, Sylvain Neuvel among 2017 Sunburst Awards longlisters

By Becky Robertson

The longlists for this year's Sunburst Awards, recognizing Canadian literature of the fantastic in three categories, have been revealed. The finalists will be named at the end of June, and the winners at a ceremony ... Read More »

May 29, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Cundill Prize rebrands for its 10th anniversary

By Becky Robertson

The international Cundill Prize for Historical Literature, the richest non-fiction prize for the genre worldwide, is rebranding itself as the Cundill History Prize for its 10th anniversary this year. The McGill University faculty of arts, ... Read More »

May 19, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Photos: B.C. Book Prizes

By Becky Robertson

The West Coast Book Prize Society awarded literary prizes in eight categories at the lieutenant-governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala in Vancouver on April 29. Recipients included Deborah Campbell, Monique Gray Smith and Julie Flett, and Richard Wagamese (posthumously). See photos ... Read More »

May 18, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Alex Marland wins Donner Prize for political writing

By Becky Robertson

Alex Marland, the Newfoundland-based political researcher, political science professor, and Memorial University associate dean of arts, was named the winner of this year's Donner Prize, which recognizes the best book on a topic of public policy by a Canadian. ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

2017 Doug Wright Awards name three first-time winners

By Becky Robertson

It was a year of firsts at this year's Doug Wright Awards, with all three winners being honoured by the Wrights for the first time. Toronto author Rebecca Roher won the Doug Wright Award for best ... Read More »

May 15, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Editors Canada names Tom Fairley Award finalists

By Becky Robertson

The Editors' Association of Canada has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence. The prize recognizes the country's top editors and their contributions to a specific book published in Canada ... Read More »

May 10, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Gary Barwin, Amy Jones, Drew Hayden Taylor named Leacock Medal finalists

By Becky Robertson

Three authors have been named to the shortlist of the 70th annual Leacock Medal, honouring Canadian literary humour. Gary Barwin is shortlisted for his Scotiabank Giller Prize–nominated Yiddish for Pirates (Random House Canada), a tale of a young Jewish ... Read More »

May 4, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Teva Harrison, Ann Y.K. Choi among Kobo Emerging Writer Prize finalists

By Becky Robertson

Rakuten Kobo has released the shortlists for its 2017 Emerging Writer Prizes, offering $10,000 to a new author in each of three categories. Along with a cash prize, the three winners will receive promotional and marketing ... Read More »

May 1, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

Saskatchewan Book Awards presented to Yann Martel, Louise Bernice Halfe

By Becky Robertson

The winners of the 2017 Saskatchewan Book Awards, recognizing the province's best writers and publishers, were revealed at a ceremony in Regina on April 29: Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award Yann Martel, The ... Read More »

May 1, 2017 | Filed under: Awards

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Search Results by tag: Awards

Michael Christie, Christy Ann Conlin, Tracey Lindberg comprise Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize jury

Ami McKay, Sylvain Neuvel among Sunburst Award finalists

Journey Prize announces 2017 longlist of emerging Canadian writers

Cundill Prize announces jury, receives record number of submissions

2017 Alberta Book Publishing Awards shortlists revealed

Johanna Skibsrud, Alissa York among 2017 Canadian Authors Association award winners

Rolli wins first-ever Joan Betty Stuchner – Oy Vey! – Funniest Children’s Book Award

Melanie Mah, Meaghan Strimas win 2017 Trillium Book Awards

Photos: 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize

Margaret Atwood recognized by German Publishers and Booksellers Association

M-E Girard, Zena Sharman, Jessica L. Webb, jia qing wilson-yang win Lambda Literary Awards

Sinclair, Ruthig, Halfe, anitafrika win 2017 LCP Poetry Awards

Gisèle Villeneuve, Richard Harrison among 2017 Alberta Literary Award winners

Carol Daniels recognized by First Nation Communities READ

Kai Cheng Thom wins 2017 Writers’ Trust Dayne Ogilvie Prize

Noor Naga wins 2017 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

Ami McKay, Sylvain Neuvel among 2017 Sunburst Awards longlisters

Cundill Prize rebrands for its 10th anniversary

Photos: B.C. Book Prizes

Alex Marland wins Donner Prize for political writing

2017 Doug Wright Awards name three first-time winners

Editors Canada names Tom Fairley Award finalists

Gary Barwin, Amy Jones, Drew Hayden Taylor named Leacock Medal finalists

Teva Harrison, Ann Y.K. Choi among Kobo Emerging Writer Prize finalists

Saskatchewan Book Awards presented to Yann Martel, Louise Bernice Halfe

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