The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia has announced a new biennial poetry prize will be named for the late poet Maxine Tynes.
Writers’ Trust launches $60,000 prize for public-policy writing
The prize is part of tech entrepreneur Jim Balsillie’s $3 million commitment to the Writers’ Trust.
Finalists for the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award are announced
Established in 1985, the award is presented to a Canadian illustrator in recognition of outstanding artistic talent.
I Talk Like a River wins Schneider Family Book Award
The award celebrates an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience.
Writers’ Trust prize to be named in honour of co-founders Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson
The Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize comes with a $10,000 top-up to the prize, which will now be valued at $60,000.
Souvankham Thammavongsa among the nominees for the National Book Critics Circle Awards
Souvankham Thammavongsa is among the shortlisted authors for the prestigious National Book Critics Circle awards in the U.S.
Emerging writers of any age will be eligible for 2021 Bronwen Wallace
The two $10,000 awards traditionally honour authors age 35 and under.
Zalika Reid-Benta to chair 2021 Giller jury
The jury includes finalists for the Writers’ Trust for Fiction, Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Amazon Canada First Novel Award, and the Giller.
ReLit Awards launches literary journal, teen mentorship under new executive director
Katherine Harvey spoke with Q&Q about growing up with a novelist father and her vision for the literary award’s future.
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