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Book Awards

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.

Nova Scotia Book Awards

Additional Nova Scotia Book Awards categories are listed on the Dartmouth Books Awards website.

Evelyn Richardson
Non-Fiction Award
Maxine Tynes
Nova Scotia Poetry Award

Atlantic Book Awards

Additional Atlantic Book Awards categories are listed on the Atlantic Books Awards Society website.

Ann Connor Brimer Award
for Atlantic Canadian
Children's Literature
J.M. Abraham
Atlantic Poetry Award
Thomas Raddall
Atlantic Fiction Award
Submission Guidelines
for all awards

Partners

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia thanks the Dartmouth Book Awards and the Atlantic Book Awards Society for their partnership in delivering these book awards.

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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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