2023 QWF Awards Calls for Submissions

Submissions to the 2023 QWF Literary Awards are now closed. The finalists will be announced in the fall. The winners will be announced at the 2023 QWF Awards Gala on Monday, November 13, 2023.

Click the links below to view the calls for submissions and submission forms for individual awards. Please read the Call for Submissions to ensure your work is eligible for a prize.

The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The Concordia University First Book Prize

Sponsored by Concordia University

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation: French–English

Sponsored by the Cole Foundation

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Submission Form Deadline: June 1, 2023

The QWF Spoken Word Prize

Deadline: July 2, 2023