Literary Awards Program

 

2025 Fred Kerner Book Award Submissions – Open to CAA Members Until March 31, 2025

The Canadian Authors Fred Kerner Book Award is an annual award exclusively for CAA members. (Read more)

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2024 Fred Kerner Book Award Winner and Shortlist

WINNER – Dreaming Home (Biblioasis) by Lucian Childs, Windsor, ON

Sons of the East (Griots Lounge Canada) by Ifeoma Chinwuba, Ottawa, ON

Anecdotes (Book*hug Press) by Kathryn Mockler, Victoria, BC

Obaasan’s Boots (Second Story Press) by Lara Jean Okihiro, Toronto, ON, and Janis Bridger, Vancouver, BC

Catinat Boulevard (Freehand Books) by Caroline Vu, Montreal, QC

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The 2025 Whistler Independent Book Awards – Submissions Open March 1, 2025

The Whistler Independent Book Award (WIBA) is open to independently published authors across Canada.(Read more)

 

The 2024 Whistler Independent Book Awards Winners

The FICTION winner is Karen Barrow for Palmyra

The NON-FICTION winner is Barbara Leimsner for Quitting the Master Race: A Daughter’s Journey to Break the Bonds of Hate

The CHILDREN’S winner is Judith Silverthorne for The Treasure Box

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