CAA Literary Awards

Honouring works by Canadian writers that achieve excellence without sacrificing popular appeal since 1975

Entry Guidelines - Awards Winners - Sponsoring an Award
CAA Awards for Adult Literature - CAA Carol Bolt Award for Plays
CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award - Allan Sangster Award

Introduction

These Awards are presented at the CAA Awards Banquet at our Annual Conference each year. These Award Winners read from their works during the Conference as well, providing an opportunity for many Canadians to be exposed to award-winning writers every year.

Entry Guidelines

If you wish to enter an award, please view the Writing Awards Guidelines.

This site now reflects the 2008 Awards guidelines.
An entry form in PDF format is included where an entry form is necessary for a nomination.
The nominations instructions for each award are located on the Writing Awards Guidelines page.
These Guidelines are updated to reflect the next year's awards in the late fall each year.

You may also contact Alec McEachern at the CAA National Office for faxed or mailed copies of the entry forms or details.

Awards Winners

The award winners are announced in May of each year, and presented in late June or early July at our annual conference (except for the Allan Sangster Award, which is announced at the time it is presented).

The Awards Winners page currently includes biographical and contact information for the 2008 award winners.

The CAA Awards for Adult Literature

The CAA administers three awards for full-length English-language literature for adults by authors who are Canadians or landed immigrants "honouring writing that achieves excellence without sacrificing popular appeal." For the 2008 awards:

All entries must have been first published in 2007.
Publication may have taken place outside Canada.
Winners will receive a silver medal and a cash prize.
Previous winners are not eligible for awards they have won, but may be entered in the other categories.
Reprints, translations and posthumous entries are not eligible.

The CAA MOSAID Technologies Inc. Award for Fiction is for a full-length novel.
- 2008 winner.
- Guidelines.
The CAA Lela Common Award for Canadian History is for a work of historical non-fiction on a Canadian topic. Biographical works are not eligible.
- 2008 winner.
- Guidelines.
The CAA Poetry Award is for a volume of poetry by one poet.
- 2008 winner.
- Guidelines.

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The CAA Carol Bolt Award

The CAA Carol Bolt Award for the best English-language play for adults by an author who is a Canadian or landed immigrant.

2008 winner.
Guidelines.

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The CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award

The CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award goes to the Canadian (or landed immigrant) writer under 30 deemed to show most promise in the field of literary creation.

2008 winner.
Guidelines.

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The Allan Sangster Award

The Allan Sangster Award honours one of the CAA's own members for extraordinary service to the Association.

2007 winner (2008 winner is announced in July).
Guidelines.

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Sponsoring an Award

Awards Requiring Sponsorship

There are a number of awards that currently require sponsorship. By providing the funding for these awards our sponsors make a significant contribution to Canadian writing and culture.

Our CAA Awards Funding page has more information about how our awards program works and which awards are currently available for funding.

Obtaining More Information

To sponsor a CAA literary award or to receive further information about the CAA Literary Awards Programs please contact the CAA National Office for details.

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