Emerging Writer Award
CAA 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 Emerging Writer Award
About the Award
The CAA Emerging Writer Award goes to the Canadian writer deemed to show the most promise in the field of literary creation. There are no restrictions as to the genre, and a writer may be selected based on a body of work in a variety of forms, or on a body of work in a single genre or writing form.
PRIZE: $500 and a one-year membership in the Canadian Authors Association (CAA).
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
- The nominee must be under 30 years of age (as of May 30 in the year of the competition) and a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
- Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations may be made solely through CAA branches, other writing and arts organizations, publishers, agents, and creative writing coaches, teachers or professors at public or private schools and universities.
- Book-length publication is not required.
- Nominees are not eligible to win this prize two years in a row. However, previous winners may submit entries to any of the other CAA Literary Award categories, and there is no limit on the number of times a writer may be nominated for this award before the age limit is reached.
ENTRY FEE: There is no entry fee for this award.
DEADLINE: See the guidelines for details.
TO NOMINATE A WRITER:
- Complete the Emerging Writer Award nomination form (see the guidelines).
- Prepare a nomination package that includes 3 copies of the following:
- a cover letter outlining why your nominee is deserving of this award
- your nominee’s bio (up to 200 words)
- samples of the writer’s written work
Send the completed nomination form and three copies of the nomination package to:
- CAA Awards
- 74 Mississaga Street East
- Orillia ON L3V 1V5
Decisions of the judges are final, and they may choose not to award a prize in any awards year.
Entry Information
The Writing Awards Guidelines contains specific entry information, or you may contact the CAA National Office.
CAA Emerging Writer Award Winners
- This award replaced the CAA-BookTelevision Emerging Writer Award given 2006–2009
- 2010 Rachelle Delaney | The Ship of Lost Souls
- 2011 Titilope Sonuga | Down to Earth
- 2012 Ryan Flavelle | Patrol
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Updated: April 11, 2013
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