Awards Websites

Annual international and Canadian award for poetry written or translated into English. Rules, entry form, and profiles of the trustees and judges.

The largest prize for fiction in the country, the Scotiabank Giller Prize awards $50,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection in English and $5,000 to each finalist.

Awarded by the Dungannon Foundation for excellence in the short story form. Includes current and previous winners.

Annual awards given to the author of the best book of humour written by a Canadian in the current year. Provides an overview of the award, rules, and past winners.

For writers and publishers from British Columbia and the Yukon consisting of 7 category awards of $2000 each plus the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence of $5000.00. Includes criteria and past winners.

Supports Western Canadian freelance writers with costs prior to publication. Two awards of $2000 for books, magazine articles. Work associated with social justice is strongly encouraged.