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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.
2009 Alberta Literary Awards Winner
R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature (Sponsored by Western Financial Group’s West Magazine)
Hazel Hutchins (Canmore) and Gail Herbert—Mattland, Annick Press
Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction (Sponsored by Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association)
Jaspreet Singh (Calgary)—Chef, Véhicule Press
Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction (Sponsored by The Banff Centre)
Caterina Edwards (Edmonton)—Finding Rosa: A Mother with Alzheimer’s, a Daughter in Search of the Past, Greystone Books
Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama (Sponsored by Alberta Views)
Sharon Pollock (Calgary)—Kabloona Talk, from Sharon Pollock: Collected Works Volume Three, Playwrights Canada Press
Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry (Supported by Stephan V. Benediktson)
Lisa Martin-DeMoor (Edmonton)—One Crow Sorrow, Brindle & Glass
Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award (Supported by Ann Campbell)
Leah Bailly (Calgary)—“Long Views Across Nothing”
Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Story (Supported by John Ballem)
Barb Howard (Bragg Creek)—“Mrs. Goodfellow’s Dog,” in Grain
- Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize
The jury has decided not to present an award in this category for this year.
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 Presfrench
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
