Looking to add a little Province-based pedigree to your TBR, or just read more from your own backyard? We've rounded up the independently-published winners and nominees from literary awards all across Canada to make it easier than ever.
Their Mandate: Celebrating the Best and Brightest in BC and Yukon: The BC and Yukon Book Prizes celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers, illustrators and publishers.
Their Mandate: Each year, the Alberta Literary Awards, the City of Edmonton and The City of Calgary recognize and celebrate the highest standards of literary excellence from Alberta authors.
Their Mandate: The Manitoba Book Awards / Les Prix du livre du Manitoba celebrates excellence in Manitoba writing, publishing, book design and illustration.
Their Mandate: The Trillium Book Awards, celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, recognizes the best book and best poetry collection by writers from Ontario.
Their Mandate: QWF administers various awards programs to acknowledge the fine work being done by Quebec’s aspiring, emerging, and established authors and, in the case of the Judy Mappin Community Award, members of the larger literary community.
(ALU Note: The QWF awards aren't announced until later this year, but heck if we're going to leave out la belle province - here are some winners/finalists from 2021.)
All Lit Up Finalists:
Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation
Their Mandate: The Atlantic Book Awards Festival presents seven book awards, including one of Canada’s biggest book prizes, presented along with the Atlantic Legacy Award, honouring an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement and encouragement of the literary arts in Atlantic Canada.
Jude and Diana by Sharon Robart-Johnson (Fernwood Publishing)
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Of course, this list doesn't capture all of the awards that each region of Canada has to offer - it doesn't even include every category from these awards! But we hope it's a starting point to read more widely (because Canada is one wide country). Happy reading!
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