Awards for 2021

Winner of The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
by Mikhail IosselFiction | 2021

Winner of The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Room for One More
by Monique PolakChildren | 2019

Winner of The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada
by Samir Shaheen-HussainNon-Fiction | 2020

Winner of Concordia University First Book Prize
Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada
by Samir Shaheen-HussainNon-Fiction | 2020

Winner of QWF Translation Prize
I Am a Damn Savage; What Have You Done to My Country?
by An Antane-Kapesh , Translated by Sarah HenziNon-Fiction | 2020

Finalist for Concordia University First Book Prize
Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path as I Remember It
by
Balfour M. Mount
Non-Fiction | 2021
Ten Thousand Crossroads: The Path as I Remember It
by Balfour M. MountNon-Fiction | 2021

Finalist for Concordia University First Book Prize
We, Jane
by
Aimee Wall
Fiction | 2021
We, Jane
by Aimee WallFiction | 2021

Finalist for The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
We, Jane
by
Aimee Wall
Fiction | 2021
We, Jane
by Aimee WallFiction | 2021

Finalist for The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
by
Dani Jansen
Children | 2020
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
by Dani JansenChildren | 2020

Finalist for The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Journal of a Travelling Girl
by
Nadine Neema
Children | 2020
Journal of a Travelling Girl
by Nadine NeemaChildren | 2020

Finalist for The QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Zee
by
Su J. Sokol
Children | 2020
Zee
by Su J. SokolChildren | 2020

Finalist for QWF Translation Prize
Em
by
Kim Thúy
, Translated by
Sheila Fischman
Fiction | 2021
Em
by Kim Thúy , Translated by Sheila FischmanFiction | 2021

Finalist for QWF Translation Prize
Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 Came to Be Published in Castro’s Twilight
by
Frédérick Lavoie
, Translated by
Donald Winkler
Non-Fiction | 2020
Orwell in Cuba: How 1984 Came to Be Published in Castro’s Twilight
by Frédérick Lavoie , Translated by Donald WinklerNon-Fiction | 2020

Finalist for The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Because the Sun
by
Sarah Burgoyne
Poetry | 2021
Because the Sun
by Sarah BurgoynePoetry | 2021

Finalist for The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
Hell Light Flesh
by
Klara du Plessis
Poetry | 2020
Hell Light Flesh
by Klara du PlessisPoetry | 2020

Finalist for The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry
The Fool
by
Jessie Jones
Poetry | 2020
The Fool
by Jessie JonesPoetry | 2020

Finalist for The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Bent Out of Shape
by
Karen Messing
Non-Fiction | 2021
Bent Out of Shape
by Karen MessingNon-Fiction | 2021

Finalist for The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic
by
André Picard
Non-Fiction | 2021
Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada’s Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic
by André PicardNon-Fiction | 2021

Finalist for The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Music, Late and Soon
by
Robyn Sarah
Non-Fiction | 2021
Music, Late and Soon
by Robyn SarahNon-Fiction | 2021

Finalist for The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Songs for the End of the World
by
Saleema Nawaz
Fiction | 2021
Songs for the End of the World
by Saleema NawazFiction | 2021

Finalist for The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Undersong
by
Kathleen Winter
Fiction | 2021
Undersong
by Kathleen WinterFiction | 2021

Finalist for Concordia University First Book Prize
knot body
by
Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch
Poetry | 2020
knot body
by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-LynchPoetry | 2020

Finalist for The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction
Peacekeeper's Daughter
by
Tanya Bellehumeur-Allatt
Non-Fiction | 2021
Peacekeeper's Daughter
by Tanya Bellehumeur-AllattNon-Fiction | 2021