Alberta Literary Awards Submissions Now Open

The Writers' Guild of Alberta is preparing to celebrate another successful year with the 2015 Alberta Literary Awards.  Writers from across Alberta and their publishers are invited to check out and submit to this year’s award categories. The deadline for submissions to the Alberta Literary Awards is December 31, 2014.

Click Here to Check Out This Year's Guidelines!

Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing, as well as appropriate fit within a category.  The winners will be announced at the 2015 Alberta Literary Awards Gala in Edmonton in the spring. The awards presentation will take place in conjunction with the 2015 Words in 3 Dimensions Conference (www.wordsin3d.com)

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Awards Background

The Alberta Literary Awards were created by the Writers' Guild of Alberta in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors. Entries are judged by an independent jury recruited by the WGA. Submissions are evaluated on originality, creativity, and quality of writing, as well as appropriate fit within a category.

Prizes of $1500 are awarded in the following categories:

• R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature (picture books)
• Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction
• Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
• Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama (plays published or produced)
• Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry 
• Prizes of $700 are awarded in the following categories:
• James H. Gray Award for Short Nonfiction (published pieces)
• Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story (published only)
• Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize (unpublished pieces)
•  The WGA is also administering the following awards for 2015:
• The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize ($5000 prize)
• The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize ($10,000 prize) 

Deadline: December 31, 2014


Click Here for the 2015 application form, submission guidelines, and entry information