How to Submit a Book - Main Page

The Saskatchewan Book Awards offers 14 annual or semi-annual awards to celebrate, promote and reward Saskatchewan authors and publishers worthy of recognition.

Award winners are determined through a jury process of the highest integrity, by high-calibre jurors who are recognized as leaders with significant expertise in each award.

Please click on one of the following links to view individual sections, or scroll down to view all sections:

• Key Requirements
• Official Criteria - 2011 Call for Entries and Deadlines
• List of 2011 Awards
• Fees
• 2011 Awards Announcement & Presentation
• Entry Form and Author/Publisher Declaration
• Submitting Your Entries
• For More Information

Key Requirements

• In order to submit a book for consideration for an award, you must be the author or publisher of the book.
• Authors and publishers nominated for an award must meet the Saskatchewan residency or registration requirements outlined in the official criteria, and submit a declaration of residency or registration.
• Titles must have been published on or after September 16, 2010 and arrive at the SBA Office in later than November 1, 2011.

How to Submit a Book - Official Criteria

The 2011 Call for Entries will be issued in September.

The deadline for submissions for titles published between September 16, 2010 and October 31, 2011 is Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Exceptions exist in the Young Adult/Children's Literature, and First Peoples' Writing and Publishing awards, please refer to the official criteria for those awards.

All official criteria for each award must be met for each submission in that award.

List of 2011 Awards

The complete list of official criteria for all awards can be accessed by clicking here (PDF)

You can also access the criteria for each award individually by clicking on the award below:

Book of the Year in memory of Mary Sutherland (Established: 1993)

First Book Award in memory of Brenda MacDonald Riches (Established: 1993)

Fiction Award (Established: 1995)

Non-Fiction Award (Established: 1994)

Regina Book Award (Established: 1993)

Saskatoon Book Award (Established: 1998)

Poetry Award in memory of Anne Szumigalski (Established: 1995)

Young Adult Literature/Children's Literature Award (Established: 1995)

Award For Publishing (Established: 1993)

First Peoples’ Publishing Award (Established: 1997)

First Peoples’ Writing Award (Established: 2009)

Publishing in Education Award (Established: 1996)

Scholarly Writing Award (Established: 1999)

Please note: SBA’s jurors only select a winner in each award if there is a high-calibre work which merits the award each year.

To access the 2011 entry form and declaration of residency/registration, please click here.

For more information on how to submit a book, please click here.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Executive Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
Ph: (306) 569-1585
Fax: (306) 205-8385
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Fees

All entries must be accompanied by a cheque or money order for $30 per title, per award. (e.g. if you are nominating one title in two awards, you must submit a fee of $55)

2011 Awards Announcement & Presentation

The 2011 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be announced and presented at the 2012 Awards Gala, which will take place on April 28, 2012 in Regina. For more information on the 2012 Awards Gala, please visit our Events page.

Entry Form and Author/Publisher Declaration

Please click here to access the 2011 entry form and residency/registration declaration.

Submitting Your Entries

Submission Checklist

Have you included:

• a completed entry form for each submission?
  To access an entry form, please click here.
  
• the author or publisher residency/registration declaration?
  To access a declaration of residency/registration form, please click here.
  
• the author’s telephone number, fax, email and address?
• a cheque or money order for $30 per title, per award?
  (e.g. if you are nominating one title in two awards, you must submit a fee of $55)
• if applying for only one award – please submit five copies of the book
• if applying for more than one award - four copies of each book submitted per award
  (Please note if books will follow by separate shipment.)

Please submit your book entries by the deadline to:

Saskatchewan Book Awards
100 - 2400 College Avenue
Regina, SK
S4P 1c8

If you have any questions, please contact:

Executive Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
Ph: (306) 569-1585
Fax: (306) 205-8385
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