2023 call for submissions
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Submissions to the QWF Awards are now open.
Read call for submissions2022
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Prophetess
(Véhicule Press)
shortlisted
A Convergence of Solitudes
(Book*hug Press)
Stray Dogs
(Alfred A. Knopf Canada)
Jones
(Random House Canada)
Jury
Michelle Butler Hallett
Chelene Knight
Alejandro Saravia
2021
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Love Like Water, Love Like Fire
(Bellevue Literary Press)
shortlisted
Songs for the End of the World
(McClelland & Stewart)
We, Jane
(Book*hug Press)
Undersong
(Knopf Canada)
Jury
Heather Jessup
Ameen Merchant
Denis Sampson
2020
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Dominoes at the Crossroads
(Véhicule Press/Esplanade Book)
shortlisted
Home Game
(Signature Editions)
The Wagers
(Random House Canada)
Butterflies, Zebras, Moonbeams
(Palimpsest Press)
Jury
Douglas Babington
Amanda Leduc
Peter Behrens
2019
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The Teardown
(Véhicule Press)
shortlisted
Churchill at Munich
(The Métropolitan Press)
A Joy To Be Hidden
(Linda Leith Publishing)
I’ll Never Tell
(Simon & Schuster Canada)
Jury
Tom Abray
Mark Frutkin
Zsuzsi Gartner
2018
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Demi-Gods
(Hamish Hamilton Canada)
shortlisted
Zolitude
(Biblioasis)
Beirut Hellfire Society
(Knopf Canada)
Jury
Alix Hawley (Kelowna)
Jeanette Kelly (Montreal)
Corey Redekop (Fredericton)
2017
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The Lonely Hearts Hotel
(HarperCollins Publishers Ltd)
shortlisted
Behold Things Beautiful
(Signature Editions)
Lost In September
(Penguin Random House Canada)
Jury
Peggy Herring
La Florya Gauthier
Vish Khanna
2016
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The Measure of Darkness
(Bellevue Literary Press)
shortlisted
The Poet is a Radio
(Linda Leith Publishing)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
(Knopf Canada)
Rich and Poor
(BookThug)
Jury
Paul Bracegirdle
Lee Kvern
Audrey Thomas
2015
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Boo
(Knopf Canada)
shortlisted
Daydreams of Angels
(HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)
No Safeguards
(Guernica Editions Inc.)
Jury
Amy Jones
Louis Rastelli
Paul Seesequasis
2014
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Us Conductors
(Random House Canada)
shortlisted
I’m Not Scared of You or Anything
(Anvil Press)
New Tab
(Véhicule Press/Esplanade Books)
Jury
Luna Allison
Anakana Schofield
Kent Stetson
2013
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Bone and Bread
(House of Anansi Press)
shortlisted
World of Glass
(Quattro Books Inc.)
Beach Reading
(Acorn Press)
Jury
Katherine Govier
Edeet Ravel
Guy Sprung
