CanLit for LittleCanadians: Awards: 2015 Manitoba Book Awards: Nominees announced

The Manitoba Writers' Guild and the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers recently announced the 2015 nominees for the Manitoba Book Awards.

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The Manitoba Book Awards are presented in the following 13 categories:

• Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction/ Prix Alexander-Kennedy-Isbister pour les études et essais

• Beatrice Mosionier Aboriginal Writer of the Year Award / Prix Beatrice-Mosionier pour l’écrivain/e autochtone de l’année

• Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award/ Prix littéraire Carol-Shields de la ville de Winnipeg

• The Chris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright / Prix Chris-Johnson pour la meilleure pièce par un dramaturge manitobain

• Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book

• John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer / Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivain manitobain le plus prometteur

• Lansdowne Prize for Poetry / Prix Lansdowne de poésie

• Le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault

• Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards/ Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition

Design Category (emphasis on cover design and typography)

Children’s Books/Graphic Novels Category

General Illustration Category

• Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction

• Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher/ Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba

• McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards

Younger category

Older Category

• McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award

The awards will be presented at the Manitoba Book Awards gala, on Sunday April 25^th at the Marlborough Hotel.

As I always do like to focus on the awards for younger readers, I've included the short-listed nominees for the Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards and the McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards.

Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards/ Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition

Children’s Books/Graphic Novels Category

Cassie and Tonk
Created and illustrated by Justin Currie
Written by GMB Chomichuk
Robotic reference by Will Liddle
Chasing Artwork

The Chair by the Side of the Road 
by Adrian Hawaleshka
self-published/Friesen Press
Illustrated by Natasha Boone

The Peacemaker: Thanadelthur (Tales from Big Spirit Series) 
by David Alexander Robertson
HighWater Press (an imprint of Portage & Main Press)
Design by Relish New Brand Experience
Illustrated by Wai Tien

McNally Robinson Books for Young People Awards

In the Younger Category:

The Chair by the Side of the Road

by Adrian Hawaleshka

self-published/Friesen Press