Emerging Writer Award
CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award
Award History | Award Details | Entry Information | Winners
Award History
The CAA Awards for Adult Literature
The CAA administers several 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 more information about the CAA Awards for Adult Literature, please see the History of the CAA Writing Awards page.
CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award
About the 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. There are no restrictions as to that field and a winner may be chosen for work in a variety of forms. Previous winners are ineligible but there is no limit on the number of times a writer may be nominated before the age limit (at April 30 in the year of the competition) is reached. There is no entry fee for this award.
The nomination can be in any form but the recommended approach is to submit a biography of the writer accompanied by an introductory letter and samples of the writer's work with reviews if available. Full-length works need not be sent: copies of a few pages are sufficient. Entries are not returned.
The date of birth of the nominee must be included with the nomination.
Nominations were made through CAA branches, other writing organizations, agents, publishers, writing coaches and teachers at colleges, or university professors in charge of creative writing programs. Self-nominations were not accepted. Membership in the CAA was not required. Nominations had to be postmarked no later than March 31st. A trustee appointed by the CAA Awards Chair reviewed the entries and selected a winner.
The winner received a $500 cash prize, a silver medal and travel to and from the CAA's conference (to a maximum value of $1,500). The award was presented at the CAA's annual conference. During the conference there was a reading by the award winner.
Award Sponsor
This award was made possible 2006–2009 through the generosity of BookTelevision, Canada's only television station dedicated to writing in all its forms.
Entry Information
The Writing Awards Guidelines contains specific entry information, or you may contact the CAA National Office.
CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award Winners
- 2006 Souvankham Thammavongsa, author of Small Arguments
- 2007 Annette Lapointe, author of Stolen
- 2008 Mark Haroun for an impressive body of recent work.
- 2009 James Cummins for Ambrosia: About a Culture.
- 2010 This award was replaced by the CAA-BookLand Press Emerging Writer Award.
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Updated: October 7, 2010
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