2015 Saskatchewan Book Award winners announced

Of the nine Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) for Writing, only the SaskEnergy award is specific to children's literature.  As such, I'd like to announce that award winner here.

The winner of 

 the 2015 SaskEnergy Young Adult Literature Award 

is  

Camp Outlook 

by Brenda Baker

 Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2012 

2015 shortlists for Saskatchewan Book Awards announced

On February 13, 2015, the shortlists for the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced at the University of Regina.

Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada that has a provincially-focused book award program i.e., one representing Saskatchewan's writing and publishing contributions. With an impressive community of over 300 authors and 75 book publishers, Saskatchewan has much to celebrate and promote.

Established in 1993 by the joint efforts of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, the Saskatchewan Publishers Group and the Saskatchewan Library Association, the Awards have grown from four to fourteen, although the specific awards vary year to year.

This year, the Saskatchewan Book Awards announced its short lists in fourteen award categories:

• University of Regina Book of the Year
• City of Regina Fiction Award
• University of Saskatchewan President's Office Non-Fiction Award
• Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples' Writing Award
• O'Reilly Insurance Ltd., The Co-operators' First Book Award
• Saskatchewan Arts Board Poetry Award
• SaskEnergy Young Adult Literature Award
• City of Saskatoon and Public Library Saskatoon Book Award
• Drs. Morris and Jacqui Shumiatcher Regina Book Award
• Luther College and University of Regina Arts Award for Scholarly Writing
• Prix du livre français
• Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport Publishing Award
• University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College Award for Publishing in Education
• First Nations University of Canada Aboriginal Peoples' Publishing Award

Congratulations to all nominees.  As we are CanLit for LittleCanadians, we'd like to honour those youngCanLit titles nominated.


City of Regina Book Award


Camp Outlook
by Brenda Baker
Second Story Press









SaskEnergy Young Adult Literature Award

Camp Outlook
by Brenda Baker
Second Story Press

Masks
by E. C. Blake
DAW Books

Living with the Hawk
by Robert Currie
Thistledown

The Death of Us
by Alice Kuipers
HarperCollins










Drs. Morris and Jacqui Shumiatcher Regina Book Award

Masks
by E. C. Blake
DAW Books





 


University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College Award for Publishing in Education

Coteau Books
The Comic Book War
by Jacqueline Guest

Gabriel Dumont Institute
My First Métis Lobstick
by Leah Marie Dorion

Manny's Memories
by Ken Caron with Angela Caron








First Nations University of Canada Aboriginal Peoples' Publishing Award

Gabriel Dumont Institute
My First Métis Lobstick
by Leah Marie Dorion





The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Conexus Arts Centre, 200 Lakeshore Drive in Regina.  Tickets will be on sale until noon on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

2014 Saskatchewan Book Award winners announced

Of the nine Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) for Writing, only the SaskEnergy award is specific to children's literature.  As such, I'd like to announce that award winner here.
 

The winner of 

 the 2014 SaskEnergy Children’s Literature Award 

is  

Dear Flyary 

by Dianne Young 
Illustrated by John Martz
 Kids Can Press
32 pp.
Ages 4-8
2012

2013 Saskatchewan Book Awards winners announced last night

 

Last night, the 20th Anniversary Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala was held at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina. All awards and short-lists for those awards which included youngCanLit nominees were posted here on April 5, 2013. Full details of the awards, nominees and winners can be read at the Saskatchewan Book Awards website here.

Congratulations to the youngCanLit winners of the following writing and publishing awards



2013 WRITING AWARDS

SaskEnergy: 

Young Adult Literature Award

Winner

40 Things I Want to Tell You

by Alice Kuipers

HarperCollins Canada

2013 PUBLISHING AWARDS

First Nations University of Canada: 

Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award

Winner

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Métis Story about Generosity

Story and Illustrations by Leah Marie Dorion

Michif Translation by Norman Fleury

Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing

University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College: 

Award for Publishing in Education

Winner

Day of the Cyclone

by Penny Draper

Coteau Books

2013 Saskatchewan Book Awards: Short lists announced

Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) celebrated its 20th Anniversary by announcing the shortlists of nominees for the 2013 awards on February 14, 2013 in Regina and Saskatoon.  The awards are separated in Writing Awards and Publishing Awards.  For those awards which include youngCanLit nominees, the nominees have been listed.





2013 WRITING AWARDS

• Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky:  Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Métis Story about Generosity 
Story and Illustrations by
Leah Marie Dorion
Michif Translation by Norman Fleury
Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing

• University of Regina:  Book of the Year
• SaskPower:  Fiction Award
• University of Saskatchewan, College of Arts and Science:  Non-Fiction Award
• Saskatchewan Arts Board:  Poetry Award
• Ann Phillips à la mémoire de Roger Phillips:  Le prix du livre français
• Drs. Morris & Jacqui Shumiatcher:  Regina Book Award
• City of Saskatoon and Saskatoon Public Library:  Saskatoon Book Award
• SaskEnergy: Young Adult Literature Award

The White Bicycle
by Beverley Brenna
Red Deer Press

Born Ugly
by Beth Goobie
Red Deer Press

40 Things I Want To Tell You
by Alice Kuipers
HarperCollins Canada

The Island of Doom
by Arthur Slade
HarperCollins Canada

2013 PUBLISHING AWARDS

• First Nations University of Canada:  Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Métis Story about Generosity
Story and Illustrations by Leah Marie Dorion
Michif Translation by Norman Fleury
Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing

Outcasts of River Falls
by Jacqueline Guest
Coteau Books

 

• Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport:  Publishing Award

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Métis Story about Generosity 
Story and Illustrations by Leah Marie Dorion
Michif Translation by Norman Fleury
Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing

• University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College:  Award for Publishing in Education

The Diamond Willow Walking Stick: A Traditional Métis Story about Generosity
Story and Illustrations by Leah Marie Dorion
Michif Translation by Norman Fleury
Gabriel Dumont Institute Publishing

Day of the Cyclone
by Penny Draper
Coteau Books

Baba's Babushka: A Magical Ukrainian Easter
by Marion Mutala
Illustrated by Wendy Siemens
Your Nickel's Worth Publishing

Tickets are available to attend the 20th Anniversary Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala on Saturday April 27, 2013 at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina.  For tickets and details, see the Saskatchewan Book Awards website here.

Saskatchewan Book Awards

On February 16, 2012, the shortlists for the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards were announced at the University of Regina.

Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada that has a provincially-focused book award program i.e., one representing Saskatchewan's writing and publishing contributions. With an impressive community of over 300 authors and 75 book publishers, Saskatchewan has much to celebrate and promote.

Established in 1993 by the joint efforts of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, the Saskatchewan Publishers Group and the Saskatchewan Library Association, the Awards have grown from four to fourteen, although the specific awards vary year to year.

This year, the Saskatchewan Book Awards announced its short lists in thirteen award categories:

• Scholarly Writing Award
• First People’s Writing Award
• Saskatoon Book Award
• Regina Book Award
• Award for Poetry
• First Book Award
• Children’s Literature Award
• Fiction Award
• Non-fiction Award
• Book of the Year Award
• First People’s Publishing Award
• Publishing in Education Award
• Award for Publishing

Congratulations to all nominees.  As we are CanLit for LittleCanadians, we'd like to honour those nominated for the Children's Literature Award:

• Adele Dueck, Racing Home (Coteau)
• Leah M. Dorion; Rita Flamand, trans., Relatives with Roots: A Story About Métis Women’s Connection to the Land (Gabriel Dumont Institute)
• Alison Lohans, Picturing Alyssa (Dundurn)
• Anne Patton, Full Steam to Canada: A Barr Colony Adventure (Coteau)
• Judith Silverthorne, The Secret of the Stone Circle (Coteau)
• Alison Uitti, First Days: Night Movies (Hear My Heart Books)

I'd also like to recognize those children's and YA titles that have been nominated for other Saskatchewan Book Awards.
 
For the Saskatoon Book Award:

• Beverly Brenna, Waiting for No One (Red Deer Press)

For the Regina Book Award:

• Alison Lohans, Picturing Alyssa (Dundurn Press)

For the Fiction Book Award:

• Arthur Slade, Empire of Ruins: The Hunchback Assignments III (HarperCollins Canada)

For the Publishing in Education Award:

• Penny Draper, Ice Storm: Disaster Strikes #6 (Coteau)

The Saskatchewan Book Awards will be presented on April 28, 2012 at a gala ceremony in Regina.