Book Awards administered by the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) celebrate and promote excellence in writing from Nova Scotia and from Atlantic Canada. The number of titles submitted each year is a testament to the diversity and quality of writing from our region.
Although jurors have the unenviable task of selecting one winner for each award, each year’s shortlists introduce local, national, and international readers to a tremendous body of work and the vibrant culture of the region. WFNS administers and acts as steward for two Nova Scotia Book Awards and three Atlantic Book Awards.
Additional Nova Scotia Book Awards categories are listed on the Dartmouth Books Awards website.
2022 Jury:
Jeff Miller; Sandra Phinney; Wanda Taylor
No 2022 prize;
submissions will reopen to 2023 prize
Additional Atlantic Book Awards categories are listed on the Atlantic Books Awards Society website.
2022 Jury:
Andrea Currie; Tracey Jones-Grant; Jill MacLean
2022 Jury:
Tammy Armstrong; John Guiney-Yallop; Tiffany Morris
2022 Jury:
Eva Crocker; Dian Day; Evelyn C. White
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia is based in Kjipuktuk, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725.
The treaties do not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognize Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and establish the rules for an ongoing relationship between nations.
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