Canadian Literature

Awards

There are a number of notable Canadian awards for literature:

The Atlantic Writers Competition highlights talent across the Atlantic Provinces.
Books in Canada First Novel Award for the best first novel of the year
Canadian Authors Association Awards for Adult Literature | Honouring works by Canadian writers that achieve excellence without sacrificing popular appeal since 1975.
CBC Literary Awards
Canada Council Molson Prize for distinguished contributions to Canada's cultural and intellectual heritage
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for an emerging writer in the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender communities
Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Awards for best Canadian play staged by a Canadian theatre company
Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for best work of nonfiction
Marian Engel Award for female writers in mid-career
Matt Cohen Award to honour a Canadian writer for a lifetime of distinguished achievement
Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
Gerald Lampert Award for the best new poet
Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Literary Arts
Giller Prize for the best Canadian novel or book of short stories in English
Governor General's Awards for the best Canadian fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, children's literature (text), children's literature (illustration) and translation, in both English and French
Griffin Poetry Prize for the best book of poetry, one award each for a Canadian poet and an international poet
Milton Acorn Poetry Awards for an outstanding "people's poet"
National Business Book Award
Pat Lowther Award for poetry written by a woman
Prix Aurora Awards for Canadian science fiction and fantasy, in English and French
Prix Athanase-David for a Quebec writer
Prix Gilles-Corbeil for a Quebec writer in honour of his or her lifetime body of work (presented every three years)
Prix Trillium for the best work by a Franco-Ontarian writer
Quebec Writers' Federation Awards for the best fiction, poetry, non-fiction, children's & young adult literature, & first book by English Quebec writers, and the best translation (English & French alternate years)
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for the best work of fiction
Stephen Leacock Award For Humour
Trillium Book Award for the best work by an Ontario writer
W.O. Mitchell Literary Prize for a writer who has made a distinguished lifetime contribution both to Canadian literature and to mentoring new writers
Room of One's Own Annual Award for poetry and literature
3-Day Novel Contest annual literary marathon, born in Canada
Danuta Gleed Literary Award for a first collection of short fiction by a Canadian author writing in English
Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for the best novel or collection of short stories by a resident of British Columbia
Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia
The Doug Wright Awards for graphic literature and novels
Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for a distinguished writer in mid-career
Writers’ Trust / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize

Awards For Children and Young Adult Literature:

Young Adult Novel Prize of the Atlantic Writers Competition
R.Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
Ann Connor Brimer Award
Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature
Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award for Children
CLA Young Adult Canadian Book Award
Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Floyd S. Chalmers Award for Theatre for Young Adults
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
Information Book of the Year
I0DE Book Award
Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award
Max and Greta Ebel Memorial Award for Children's Writing
Norma Fleck Award for children's non-fiction
Governor General's Awards for the best Canadian fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, children's literature (text), children's literature (illustration) and translation, in both English and French
QWF Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature
Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature