2015 Alberta Literary Awards: Shortlists announced

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta recently announced the shortlists for their 2015 Alberta Literary Awards which recognizes the works of authors from the province of Alberta. There are eight categories and 3 finalists were named in each category.  Below, I've listed the one significant children's book award in the Alberta Literary Awards.

R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature 

(Supported by UTA Youth Foundation Fund at the Calgary Foundation)

You’re Just Right 
by Victor Lethbridge
Illustrated by Ben Crane
Tatanka Books

The Change Your Name Store
by Leanne Shirtliffe
Illustrated by Tine Kugler
Sky Pony Press

Little You 
by Richard Van Camp
Illustrated by Julie Flett
Orca Book Publishers







The winners will be announced at the 2015 Writers' Guild of Alberta Literary Awards Gala in Edmonton on Saturday, May 23, 2015 as part of the Words in 3 Dimensions 2015 Conference.

2014 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature: winner announced

On June 6, 2014, the winners of the Alberta Literary Awards were announced by the Writers Guild of Alberta, recognizing excellence in writing by Alberta authors.

The one award that is always about youngCanLit is the R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature, which alternates yearly between picture books and chapter books.  This year the nominees were chapter books.

The 2014 winner of the

R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature 

is:

Graffiti Knight

by Karen Bass

Pajama Press

Reviewed here

Congratulations to Karen Bass 

on this newest award for 
Graffiti Knight!

2014 Alberta Literary Awards short lists announced

The short-lists for the Alberta Literary Awards were just announced a few days ago. (Press release here.) The Alberta Literary Awards, created by the Writers Guild of Alberta in 1982, recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors.

The Writers Guild of Alberta presents the following nine awards as well as administers two city book awards:

• R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature This award alternates yearly between picture and chapter books

• Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

• Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
 
• Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
 
• Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry 

• Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award

• James H. Gray Award for Short Non-Fiction

• Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story

• Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize

The two city book awards are:
• The City of Calgary W. O. Mitchell Book Prize

• The Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize


The one award that is always about youngCanLit is the R. Ross Annett Award, whose nominees, all books penned by Alberta authors, I present here:

The 2014 nominees for the
R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature 

 are:

Graffiti Knight
by Karen Bass
Pajama Press

Reviewed here

The Great Bike Rescue
by Hazel Hutchins
Orca Book Publishers

Not With a Bang
by Gail Sidonie Sobat
Magpie Books

Reviewed here

The winners of all awards will be announced in June. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

2012 R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature: Alberta Literary Award

The Writers Guild of Alberta created the Alberta Literary Awards in 1982 to recognize excellence in writing by Alberta authors.

Last night the Writers Guild of Alberta co-hosted the Alberta Book Awards Gala with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta at Hotel Arts in Calgary, announcing the winners of its nine Alberta Literary Awards:

• R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature This award alternates yearly between picture and chapter books

• Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction

• Wilfred Eggleston Award for Non-Fiction
 

• Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama
 

• Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry 

• Amber Bowerman Memorial Travel Writing Award

• James H. Gray Award for Short Non-Fiction

• Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Story

• Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize

 

The winner of the

2012 

R. Ross Annett Award for Children's Literature

the Alberta Literary Award dedicated to books for young readers

is

Karma

  Karma  

by Cathy Ostlere

Razorbill/Penguin

978-0143174721

 534 pp.

Ages 12+

2011

                      

After her mother’s suicide, fifteen-year-old Maya and her father carry the ashes to India.  However, it is 1984 and their arrival coincides with the assassination of Indira Gandhi, the prime minister.   In the mayhem, Maya is separated from her father, and finds help in Sandeep, a mysterious boy, who she grows to love.    

* Congratulations to Cathy Ostlere *

and all Alberta Literary Award

nominees and winners