2023 QWF Awards Calls for Submissions

Submissions to the 2023 QWF Awards are now open.

Here you will find the calls for submissions and submission forms for the book prizes of the 2023 QWF Awards. The call for submissions for the 2023 QWF Spoken Word Prize will appear mid-April.

Click the links below to view the calls for submissions and submission forms for individual awards.

The A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry

Sponsored by Byron Rempel

The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction

The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

Sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore

The Concordia University First Book Prize

Sponsored by Concordia University

The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation: French–English

Sponsored by the Cole Foundation

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