Categories
They are currently presented in seven literary categories:
- Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction,
- Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
- A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry
- QWF First Book Prize
- QWF Prize for Children's & Young Adult Literature
- Cole Foundation Prize for Translation (French and English, with target language alternating each year)
- 3Macs Carte Blanche Prize for the best work published in the QWF's online literary journal Carte Blanche.
An annual community award is also presented to a person who has played a significant role in building and supporting Quebec's anglophone writing community.
The awards have been presented annually since 1988.
Read more about this topic: Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
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