2012 Winners*

Book of the Year Award in memory of Mary Sutherland 2012

• Darren R. Prefontaine, Gabriel Dumont: Li Chef Michif in Images and in Words, (Gabriel Dumont Institute)

Fiction Award 2012

• Harold Johnson, The Cast Stone, (Thistledown Press)

Non-Fiction Award 2012

• Curtis R. McManus, Happyland: A History of the "Dirty Thirties" in Saskatchewan, 1914-1937, (University of Calgary Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2012

• Anne McDonald, To The Edge Of The Sea, (Thistledown Press)

Children's Literature Award 2012

• Adele Dueck, Racing Home, (Coteau Books)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2012

• Thelma Poirier, Rock Creek Blues, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 2012

• Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson, Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers, (University of Manitoba Press)

Saskatoon Book Award 2012

• Jeff Park, The Cellophane Sky: Jazz Poems, (Hagios Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2012

• Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson, Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers, (University of Manitoba Press)

First Peoples' Writing Award 2012

• Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson, Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian Newspapers, (University of Manitoba Press)

Publishing Award 2012

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Gabriel Dumont: Li Chef Michif in Images and in Words, Darren R. Prefontaine

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2012

• CPRC Press / University of Regina, First in Canada: An Aboriginal Book of Days, Jonathan Anuik

Publishing In Education Award 2012

• Coteau Books, Ice Storm: Disaster Strikes #6, Penny Draper

*no Awards Ceremony in 2011

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2010 Winners

Book of the Year Award in memory of Mary Sutherland 2010

• David Carpenter, A Hunter`s Confession, (Greystone Books)

Fiction Award 2010

• Sandra Birdsell, Waiting for Joe, (Random House Canada)

Non-Fiction Award 2010

• Alexandra Popoff, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography, (Free Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2010

• Amy Jo Ehman, Prairie Feast: A Writer`s Journey Home for Dinner, (Coteau Books)

Young Adult Literature Award 2010

• Arthur Slade, The Dark Deeps: The Hunchback Assignments II, (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2010

• Dave Margoshes, Dimensions of an Orchard, (Black Moss Press)

Regina Book Award 2010

• Dianne Warren, Cool Water, (Harper Collins Publishers Ltd)

Saskatoon Book Award 2010

• Alexandra Popoff, Sophia Tolstoy: A Biography, (Free Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2010

• Margaret Kovach, Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts, (University of Toronto Press)

First Peoples' Writing Award 2010

• Jo-Ann Episkenew, Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing, (University of Manitoba Press)

Publishing Award 2010

• Hagios Press, Fallout, Sandra Ridley

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2010

• Purich Publishing Ltd., Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition, James (Sa`ke`j) Youngblood Henderson

Publishing In Education Award 2010

• Purich Publishing Ltd., The Duty to Consult: New Relationships With Aboriginal Peoples, Dwight G. Newman

Prix du livre français 2010

• Martine Noël-Maw, Dans le pli des collines, 2e Éd, (Éditions de la nouvelle plume)

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2009 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2009

• Margaret Hryniuk, Frank Korvemaker, (Photographs by Larry Easton) Legacy of Stone: Saskatchewan's Stone Buildings, (Coteau Books)

Fiction Award 2009

• Connie Gault, Euphoria: A Novel, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2009

• Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2009

• George Epp, Off Road, (Xlibris Corporation)

Children's Literature Award 2009

• Karen Edwards, One Cold Armpit, (Art Department Saskatoon)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2009

• Gerald Hill, 14 Tractors, (NeWest Press)

Regina Book Award 2009

• Trevor Herriot, Grass, Sky, Song: Promise and Peril in the World of Grassland Birds, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Saskatoon Book Award 2009

• David Carpenter, Niceman Cometh, (The Porcupine's Quill)

Scholarly Writing Award 2009

• Jo-Ann Episkenew, Taking Back Our Spirits: Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing, (University of Manitoba Press)

First Peoples' Writing Award 2009

• Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton, (Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Michif translation by Norman Fleury) Dancing in My Bones, (Gabriel Dumont Institute)

Readers' Choice Award 2009

• Marlene Millar, Dené Honü - Stories from the People, (Birch Narrows Dené Nation)

Publishing Award 2009

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Dancing in My Bones, Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton (Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Michif translation by Norman Fleury)

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2009

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Dancing in My Bones, Wilfred Burton and Anne Patton (Illustrated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Michif translation by Norman Fleury)

Publishing In Education Award 2009

• Purich Publishing, Negotiating the Numbered Treaties: An Intellectual and Political Biography of Alexander Morris, Robert J. Talbot

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2008 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2008

• Gary Hyland, Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected, (Coteau Books)

Fiction Award 2008

• Pam Bustin, Mostly Happy, (Thistledown Press)

Non-Fiction Award 2008

• Donna Caruso, Journey Without A Map, Growing Up Italian: A Memoir, (Thistledown Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2008

• Pam Bustin, Mostly Happy, (Thistledown Press)

Young Adult Literature Award 2008

• Alison Lohans, This Land We Call Home, (Raupo/Pearson Education New Zealand)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2008

• Gary Hyland, Love of Mirrors: Poems New and Selected, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 2008

• David McLennan, Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park, (Canadian Plains Research Center)

Saskatoon Book Award 2008

• Louise Bernice Halfe, The Crooked Good, (Coteau Books)

Scholarly Writing Award 2008

• James Youngblood Henderson, Treaty Rights in the Constitution of Canada, (Thomson Carswell)

Readers' Choice Award 2008

• Janita Van de Velde, Postcards Never Written, (Van de Velde Publications)

Publishing Award 2008

• Coteau Books, Passchendaele: Canada's Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders, Norman Leach

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2008

• Coteau Books, The Crooked Good, Louise Bernice Halfe

Publishing In Education Award 2008

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Our Towns: Saskatchewan Communities from Abbey to Zenon Park, David McLennan

Prix du livre français 2008

• David Baudemont, Olga, (Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume)

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2007 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2007

• Dave Margoshes, Bix's Trumpet and other stories, (NeWest Press)

Fiction Award 2007

• Bernice Friesen, The Book of Beasts, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2007

• Mary-Ann Kirkby, I Am Hutterite, (Polka Dot Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2007

• Alice Kuipers, Life on the Refrigerator Door, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Children's Literature Award 2007

• R.P. MacIntyre, Feeding at Nine, (Thistledown Press)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2007

• Sheri Benning, Thin Moon Psalm, (Brick Books)

Regina Book Award 2007

• Dave Margoshes, Bix's Trumpet and other stories, (NeWest Press)

Saskatoon Book Award 2007

• Sheri Benning, Thin Moon Psalm, (Brick Books)

Scholarly Writing Award 2007

• Garrett Wilson, Frontier Farewell: The 1870s and the End of the Old West, (Canadian Plains Research Center)

Readers' Choice Award 2007

• Amanda Deitz, Longer than Life, Volume 2, (Amanda Deitz)

Publishing Award 2007

• Nature Saskatchewan, The Great Sand Hills: A Prairie Oasis, Rebecca L. Grambo (Photographs by Branimir Gjetvaj)

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2007

• Purich Publishing, Two Families: Treaties and Government, Harold Johnson

Publishing In Education Award 2007

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Saskatchewan: Geographic Perspectives, Bernard D. Thraves, Marilyn L. Lewry, Janis E. Dale, Hansgeorg Schlichtmann (Editors)

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2006 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2006

• Michael Trussler, Encounters, (NeWest Press)

Fiction Award 2006

• Martha Blum, The Apothecary, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2006

• Marie Elyse St. George, Once in A Blue Moon: An Artist's Life, (Coteau Books)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2006

• Annette Lapointe, Stolen, (Anvil Press)

Children's Literature Award 2006

• Arthur Slade, Megiddo's Shadow, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2006

• Daniel Scott Tysdal, Predicting the Next Big Advertising Breakthrough Using a Potentially Dangerous Method, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 2006

• Michael Trussler, Encounters, (NeWest Press)

Saskatoon Book Award 2006

• Annette Lapointe, Stolen, (Anvil Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2006

• Jim Warren and Kathleen Carlisle, On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan, (Coteau Books)

Readers' Choice Award 2006

• Gail Bowen, The Endless Knot, (McClelland & Stewart)

Publishing Award 2006

• Coteau Books, Reading The River, Myrna Kostash (with Duane Burton)

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2006

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, The Métis Alphabet Book, Joseph Jean Fauchon (Illustrator - Sheldon Mauvieux)

Publishing In Education Award 2006

• Coteau Books, On the Side of the People: A History of Labour in Saskatchewan, Jim Warren and Kathleen Carlisle

Prix du livre français 2006

• Martine Noël-Maw, Amélia et les Papillons, (Les Éditions Hurtubise HMH)

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2005 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2005

li>Steven Ross Smith,

, (Turnstone Press)

Fiction Award 2005

• Sandra Birdsell, Children of the Day, (Random House Canada)

Non-Fiction Award 2005

• Sharon Butala, Lilac Moon, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2005

• Eric Greenway, The Darkness Beneath All Things, (Hagios Press)

Children's Literature Award 2005

• Beth Goobie, Fixed, (Orca Book Publishers)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2005

• Allan Safarik, When Light Falls from the Sun, (Hagios Press)

Regina Book Award 2005

• Maggie Siggins, Bitter Embrace: White Society's Assault on the Woodland Cree, (McClelland & Stewart)

Saskatoon Book Award 2005

• Don Kerr, The Garden of Art: Vic Cicansky, Sculptor, (University of Calgary Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2005

• The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, (Canadian Plains Research Center)

Readers' Choice Award 2005

• The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, (Canadian Plains Research Center)

Publishing Award 2005

• Canadian Plains Research Center, The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2005

• Allen Sapp Gallery, Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond, The Art of Allen Sapp: The Story of a People, Dean Bauche (curator)

Publishing In Education Award 2005

• Canadian Plains Research Center, The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

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2004 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2004

• Candace Savage, Prairie, A Natural History, (Greystone Books)

Fiction Award 2004

• Larry Gasper, Princes in Waiting, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2004

• Candace Savage, Prairie, A Natural History, (Greystone Books)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2004

• Bonnie Dunlop, The Beauty Box, (Thistledown Press)

Children's Literature Award 2004

• Beth Goobie, Flux, (Orca Book Publishers)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2004

• Gerald Hill, Getting to Know You, (Spotted Cow Press)

Regina Book Award 2004

• Byrna Barclay, The Room with Five Walls, (NeWest Press)

Saskatoon Book Award 2004

• Robert Calder, Beware the British Serpent, (McGill-Queen's University Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2004

• Robert Calder, Beware the British Serpent, (McGill-Queen's University Press)

Readers' Choice Award 2004

• Byrna Barclay, Girl at the Window, (Coteau Books)

Publishing Award 2004

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Water and Wetland Plants of the Prairie Provinces, Heinjo Lahring

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2004

• Coteau Books, The Gift of the Hawk, Randy Lundy

Publishing In Education Award 2004

• Rivard & Littlejohn, The History of the Métis of Willow Bunch, Ron Rivard & Catherine Littlejohn

Prix du livre français 2004

• David Baudemont, Les Beaux Jours, (Editions des Plaines)

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2003 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2003

• Donald Ward, Nobody Goes to Earth Any More, (Coteau Books)

Fiction Award 2003

• J. Jill Robinson, Residual Desire, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2003

• Bill Waiser, All Hell Can't Stop Us, (Fifth House Publishing)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2003

• Michael Hetherton, Grasslands, (Coteau Books)

Children's Literature Award 2003

• Judith Silverthorne, Dinosaur Hideout, (Coteau Books)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2003

• Elizabeth Brewster, Jacob's Dream, (Oberon Press)

Regina Book Award 2003

• Bruce Rice, The Illustrated Statue of Liberty, (Coteau Books)

Saskatoon Book Award 2003

• J. Jill Robinson, Residual Desire, (Coteau Books)

Scholarly Writing Award 2003

• Ross Green & Kearney Healy, Tough on Kids, (Purich Publishing)

Readers' Choice Award 2003

• Lois Simmie, What I'm Trying to Say is Goodbye, (Coteau Books)

Publishing Award 2003

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Building for the Future, Gordon Barnhart

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2003

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Expressing Our Heritage, Cheryl Troupe

Publishing In Education Award 2003

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Expressing Our Heritage, Cheryl Troupe

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2002 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2002

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Last Crossing, (McClelland & Stewart)

Fiction Award 2002

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Last Crossing, (McClelland & Stewart)

Non-Fiction Award 2002

• Frances Greenslade, A Pilgrim in Ireland, (Penguin Books)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2002

• Sheri Benning, Earth After Rain, (Thistledown Press)

Children's Literature Award 2002

• Candace Savage, Wizards, (Greystone Books)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2002

• Sheri Benning, Earth After Rain, (Thistledown Press)

Regina Book Award 2002

• Edward Willett, Spirit Singer, (Earthling Press)

Saskatoon Book Award 2002

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Last Crossing, (McClelland & Stewart)

Scholarly Writing Award 2002

• Greg Marchildon, Sid Robinson, Canoeing the Churchill, (Canadian Plains Research Center)

Readers' Choice Award 2002

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Last Crossing, (McClelland & Stewart)

Publishing Award 2002

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Their Names Live On, Doug Chisholm and Gerry Hill

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2002

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, The Bulrush Helps the Pond, Ken Carriere

Publishing In Education Award 2002

• Gabriel Dumont Institute, Métis Legacy, L. Barkwell, L. Dorion, D. Prefontaine

Prix du livre français 2002

• Laurier Gareau, (Editor) 50 ans de radio, (Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume)

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2001 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2001

• Sandra Birdsell, The Russländer, (McClelland & Stewart)

Fiction Award 2001

• Sandra Birdsell, The Russländer, (McClelland & Stewart)

Non-Fiction Award 2001

• Warren Goulding, Just Another Indian, (Fifth House)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2001

• Katherine Lawrence, Ring Finger, Left Hand, (Coteau Books)

Children's Literature Award 2001

• Arthur Slade, Dust, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Poetry Award honouring Anne Szumigalski 2001

• Ken Howe, Household Hints for the End of Time, (Brick Books)

Regina Book Award 2001

• Sandra Birdsell, The Russländer, (McClelland & Stewart)

Saskatoon Book Award 2001

• Glen Sorestad, Leaving Holds Me Here, (Thistledown Press)

Scholarly Writing Award 2001

• P.W.B. Peter Phillips and George Khachatourians, The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture, (CABI Publishing)

Readers' Choice Award 2001

• Deanna Christensen, Ahtahkakoop, (Ahtahkakoop Publishing)

Publishing Award 2001

• Native Law Centre, Emerging Justice?, Kent McNeil

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2001

• Ahtahkakoop Publishing, Ahtahkakoop, Deanna Christensen

Publishing In Education Award 2001

• Native Law Centre, Emerging Justice?, Kent McNeil

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2000 Winners

Book of the Year Award 2000

• Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land, (Stoddart Publishing)
• Patricia Monture-Angus, Journeying Forward, (Fernwood Publishing)

Fiction Award 2000

• Leona Theis, Sightlines, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 2000

• Tom Molloy, The World Is Our Witness, (Fifth House)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 2000

• Tom Molloy, The World Is Our Witness, (Fifth House)

Children's Literature Award 2000

• Beth Goobie, Before Wings, (Orca Book Publishers)

Poetry Award 2000

• Elizabeth Philips, A Blue with Blood in It, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 2000

• Trevor Herriot, River in a Dry Land, (Stoddart Publishing)
• Maggie Siggins, In Her Own Time, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Saskatoon Book Award 2000

• Leona Theis, Sightlines, (Coteau Books)

Scholarly Writing Award 2000

• Henderson, Benson & Findlay, Aboriginal Tenure in the Constitution of Canada, (Carswell)

Publishing Award 2000

• University of Saskatchewan, Atlas of Saskatchewan, Dr. Ka-iu Fung (Editor)

First Peoples' Publishing Award 2000

• Purich Publishing, Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage, Battiste & Henderson

Publishing In Education Award 2000

• University of Saskatchewan, Atlas of Saskatchewan, Dr. Ka-iu Fung (Editor)

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1999 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1999

• Tim Lilburn, To the River, (McClelland & Stewart)

Fiction Award 1999

• Brenda Baker, The Maleness of God, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 1999

• Tim Lilburn, Living in the World as if It Were Home, (Cormorant Books)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1999

• Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, (Coteau Books)

Children's Literature Award 1999

• David Richards, The Lady at Batoche, (Thistledown Press)

Poetry Award 1999

• Hilary Clark, More Light, (Brick Books)

Regina Book Award 1999

• Paul Wilson, The Long Landscape, (Coteau Books)

Saskatoon Book Award 1999

• Martha Blum, The Walnut Tree, (Coteau Books)

Scholarly Writing Award 1999

• William A. Stahl, God and the Chip, (Wilfrid Laurier University Press)

Publishing Award 1999

• MacKenzie Art Gallery, The Man Who Waits and Sleeps While I Dream, Joey Morgan, Jeanne Randolph

First Peoples' Publishing Award 1999

• United Church Sask. /UCPH, From Our Mothers' Arms, Connie Deiter

Publishing In Education Award 1999

• Canadian Plains Research Center, Messages from the Real World, Ted Godwin

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1998 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1998

• Susan Andrews Grace, Ferry Woman's History of the World, (Coteau Books)

Fiction Award 1998

• Larry Warwaruk, The Ukrainian Wedding, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 1998

• Yvonne Johnson, Rudy Wiebe, Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman, (Knopf Canada)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1998

• Harriet Richards, The Lavender Child, (Thistledown Press)

Children's Literature Award 1998

• Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion, Bay Girl, (Coteau Books)

Poetry Award 1998

• Steven Michael Berzensky, Variations on the Birth of Jacob, (J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing)

Regina Book Award 1998

• Britt Holmstrom, The Man Next Door, (Cormorant Books)

Saskatoon Book Award 1998

• R.P. MacIntyre, The Crying Jesus, (Thistledown Press)

Publishing Award 1998

• Mendel Art Gallery, Plain Truth, Keith Bell, Dan Ring, Sheila Petty

Publishing In Education Award 1998

• Thistledown Press, In the Clear, A. Forrie, P. O'Rourke, G. Sorestad (Editors)

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1997 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1997

• Sandra Birdsell, The Two-Headed Calf, (McClelland & Stewart)

Fiction Award 1997

• Joanne Gerber, In the Misleading Absence of Light, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 1997

• Anne Szumigalski, Sermons on Stones: Words and Images, (Hagios Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1997

• Joanne Gerber, In the Misleading Absence of Light, (Coteau Books)

Children's Literature Award 1997

• Sandra Birdsell, The Town That Floated Away, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Poetry Award 1997

• Anne Szumigalski, On Glassy Wings, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 1997

• Ven Begamudré, Laterna Magika, (Oolichan Books)
• Sandra Birdsell, The Two-Headed Calf, (McClelland & Stewart)
• Joanne Gerber, In the Misleading Absence of Light, (Coteau Books)

Publishing Award 1997

• Coteau Books, Herstory 1998, Saskatoon Women's Calendar Collective
• University Extension Press, Creating the Prairie Xeriscape, Sara Williams

First Peoples' Publishing Award 1997

• Fifth House Publishers, Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, Blair Stonechild, Bill Waiser

Publishing In Education Award 1997

• University Extension Press, Creating the Prairie Xeriscape, Sara Williams

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1996 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1996

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy, (McClelland & Stewart)

Fiction Award 1996

• Guy Vanderhaeghe, The Englishman's Boy, (McClelland & Stewart)

Non-Fiction Award 1996

• David Carpenter, Courting Saskatchewan, (Greystone Books)
• J.R. Miller, Shingwauk's Vision, (University of Toronto Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1996

• Dave Little, Catching the Wind in a Net: The Religious Vision of Robertson Davies, (ECW Press)

Children's Literature Award 1996

• Judith Silverthorne, The Secret of Sentinel Rock, (Coteau Books)

Poetry Award 1996

• Tonja Gunvaldsen Klaassen, Clay Birds, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 1996

• Connie Gault, Inspection of a Small Village, (Coteau Books)

Publishing Award 1996

• Fifth House Publishers, Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison, Valerius Geist

Publishing In Education Award 1996

• Thistledown Press, Takes, R.P. MacIntyre

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1995 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1995

• Anne Szumigalski, Z: A Meditation on Oppression, Desire and Freedom, (Coteau Books)

Fiction Award 1995

• Byrna Barclay, Crosswinds, (Coteau Books)

Non-Fiction Award 1995

• Connie Sampson, Buried in the Silence, (NeWest Press)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1995

• Kate Sutherland, Summer Reading, (Thistledown Press)

Children's Literature Award 1995

• Lois Simmie, Mister Got to Go, (Red Deer College Press)

Poetry Award 1995

• Elizabeth Philips, Beyond My Keeping, (Coteau Books)

Regina Book Award 1995

• Dianne Warren, Club Chernobyl, (Coteau Books)

Publishing Award 1995

• Fifth House Publishers, Waiting For The Light, Brock V. Silversides

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1994 Winners

Book of the Year Award 1994

• Bonnie Burnard, Casino and Other Stories, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Non-Fiction Award 1994

• Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

First Book Award honouring Brenda MacDonald Riches 1994

• Terry Jordan, It's A Hard Cow, (Thistledown Press)

Regina Book Award 1994

• Maggie Siggins, Riel: A Life of Revolution, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Spirit Of Saskatchewan Award 1994

• Sharon Butala, The Perfection of the Morning, (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.)

Book Design Award 1994

• Dan Ring, Guy Vanderhaeghe & George Melnyk, The Urban Prairie, (Fifth House Publishers)

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