edited by Harry W. Duckworth, published by McGill-Queen’s University Press
sponsor: Manitoba Arts Council
* Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award / Prix littéraire Carol-Shields de la ville de Winnipeg
The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation
by Jean Teillet, published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
sponsor: Winnipeg Arts Council
* Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book
Older Sister. Not Necessarily Related.
by Jenny Heijun Wills, published by McClelland & Stewart
sponsor: Winnipeg Foundation
* John Hirsch Award for Most Promising Manitoba Writer / Prix John-Hirsch pour l’écrivain(e) manitobain(e) le plus prometteur
Lauren Carter
sponsor: Manitoba Foundation for the Arts & Manitoba Arts Council
* Lansdowne Prize for Poetry / Prix Lansdowne de poésie
St. Boniface Elegies
by Catherine Hunter, published by Signature Editions
sponsor: Winnipeg Foundation
* Manuela Dias Design and Illustration Awards / Prix Manuela-Dias de conception graphique et d’illustration en édition
i. Book Design / Conception de livre
ROMANS/SNOWMARE
by Cam Scott, cover and interior design by LOKI, published by ARP Books
ii. Children’s Illustration / Illustration de livres pour enfant
The Grizzly Mother (Book Two, Mothers of Xsan)
by Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson), illustrations and cover art by Natasha Donovan,
cover and interior design by Relish New Brand Experience,
published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press
iii. General Illustration / Illustration et iconographie
Portraits of the Far North
by Gerald Kuehl, art by Gerald Kuehl, design by Dave Maddocks, published by Vidacom Publications
* Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
This Has Nothing to Do with You
by Lauren Carter, published by Freehand Books
sponsor: Manitoba Arts Council
* Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher / Prix Mary-Scorer pour le meilleur livre par un éditeur du Manitoba
This Place: 150 Years Retold
edited and published by HighWater Press, an imprint of Portage & Main Press,
cover art by Natasha Donovan, cover and interior design by Relish New Brand Experience
sponsor: Friesens
* McNally Robinson Book of the Year
This Place: 150 Years Retold
edited and published by HighWater Press, an Imprint of Portage & Main Press,
cover art by Natasha Donovan, cover and interior design by Relish New Brand Experience
sponsor: McNally Robinson Booksellers
* McNally Robinson Book for Young People: Younger Category
The Promise Basket
by Bill Richardson, illustrated by Slavka Kolesar,
published by Groundwood Books
sponsor: McNally Robinson Booksellers
* Michael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction
Operation Stealth Seed
by George Amabile, published by Signature Editions
sponsors: Manitoba Writers’ Guild, Prairie Fire, Winnipeg International Writers Festival
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