The Alberta Literary Awards. Winners. Current shortlists.

ALBERTA LITERARY AWARDS

The Alberta Literary Awards were created in 1982 by the Writers Guild of Alberta 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 $1000 are awarded in the following categories:

* R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature
(alternates yearly between picture and chapter books)
* Georges Bugnet Award for Novel
* Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
* Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction
* Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
* Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry

Shortlists announced in April. Winners May/June.

2008 Alberta Literary Awards Shortlist
R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature

• Winner- Katherine Holubitsky (Edmonton)—The Big Snapper, Orca Book Publishers-

• Marty Chan (Edmonton)—The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul, Thistledown Press
• Gail Sidonie Sobat (Edmonton)—A Glass Darkly, Great Plains Publications

more details R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature

2008 Georges Bugnet Award for Novel

• Winner- Nina Newington (Edmonton)—Where Bones Dance, The University of Wisconsin Press

• Todd Babiak (Edmonton)—The Book of Stanley, McClelland & Stewart
• Darcy Tamayose (Lethbridge)—Odori, Cormorant Books
Honourable Mention: Curtis Gillespie (Edmonton)—Crown Shyness, Brindle & Glass

2008 Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
• Winner- Tim Bowling (Edmonton)—The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory and the Death of Wild Culture, Nightwood Editions

• Donald B. Smith (Calgary)—Honoré Jaxon: Prairie Visionary, Coteau Books
• Chris Turner (Calgary)—The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, RandomHouse Canada

2008 Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction
• • Winner- Katherine Holubitsky (Edmonton)—The Big Snapper, Orca Book Publishers-Roberta Rees (Calgary)—Long After Fathers, Coteau Books

• Ron Wood (Calgary)—And God Created Manyberries, Frontenac House

2008 Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama

• • Winner- Stephen Massicotte (Calgary)—The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion, Playwrights Canada Press

• Stewart Lemoine (Edmonton)—At the Zenith of the Empire, NeWest Press
• Mieko Ouchi (Edmonton)—The Blue Light, from Mieko Ouchi: Two Plays, Playwrights
Canada Press

2008 Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
• • Winner- Bert Almon (Edmonton)—A Ghost in Waterloo Station, Brindle & Glass
• Dymphny Dronyk (Grande Prairie)—Contrary Infatuations, Frontenac House
• Paulette Dubé (Jasper)—First Mountain, Thistledown Press

2008 Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize

• • Winner- Carmen Pearson (Bragg Creek)—“Re-stepping the Worn Trail”
• Aletheia Plankiw (Edmonton)—“Right-Through Stare”
• J. Mark Smith (Edmonton)—“The Molecule that Went Behind the World”

2007 ALBERTA LITERARY AWARD WINNERS

Georges Bugnet Award for Novel
Lynn Coady (Edmonton)—Mean Boy, Doubleday Canada

Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
Karen Hines (Calgary)—Hello … Hello, Coach House Books
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction

Leslie Greentree (Red Deer)—A Minor Planet for You and Other Stories, University of Alberta Press

Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize Norma Jean (NJ) Linfoot (Edmonton)—Wave Riders

R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature

Dale Auger (Redwood Meadows)—Mwâkwa—Talks to the Loon: A Cree Story for Children, Heritage House

Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Tim Bowling (Edmonton)—Fathom, Gaspereau Press

Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
Marcello di Cintio (Calgary)—Poets and Pahlevans, Alfred A. Knopf Canada