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Employment Opportunity: Assistant Event Co-ordinator
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Saskatchewan Book Awards, REGINA
Term Position: April 1st – June 30, 2024
DEADLINE TO APPLY; March 17, 2024 (11:59 PM)
The SBA is seeking an Assistant Event Coordinator to support the operations of the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Reporting to the Executive Director, the prospective candidate will assist in the seamless execution of the upcoming SBA’s 2024 Annual Gala and Award Ceremony to be held on May 3, 2024 in Regina.
This is a short-term contract position that provides $20 per hour for up to 20 hours per week (negotiable) for a term beginning April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024, with a possibility for extension of the contract.
For more information on position duties, eligibility criteria and how to apply, click here.
Shortlisted Books for the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Awards
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Saskatchewan Book Awards congratulates all the authors and publishers whose books were shortlisted as finalists for 13 Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2024! For a list of shortlisted titles, please click here.
Please mark your calendars for Friday May 3rd, 2024 when prizes for 13 book awards will be announced at the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala and Award Ceremony at the Doubletree Inn in Regina. More information on our website will be forthcoming soon.
Thank you to all the authors and publishers who submitted to the 2024 Saskatchewan book Awards!
2024 SBA Shortlist Announcement - March 1st, 2024
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The Saskatchewan Book Awards in partnership with the Regina Public Library (RPL) is pleased to present the Saskatchewan Book Awards 2024 Shortlist Announcement.
The 2024 Shortlist Announcement will take place in person on Friday, March 1st, 2024 at 12:00 pm on the second-floor mezzanine at the RPL Central Branch (2311 - 12th Avenue) and online.
The event will feature finalists for ten writing awards and three publishing awards for books published between November 1, 2022 and October 31st, 2023.
RPL’s Storyteller in Residence, Dickie Yuzicapi, member of Okanese First Nation, will be the Master of Ceremonies for the event.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event. Light refreshments will be reserved.
To view this event online, go to the livestream link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_xXEcvZ7KM
https://www.reginalibrary.ca/attend/programs/10123603
Winners of the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be announced at SBA's 31st Gala and Award Ceremony on Friday, May 3, 2024 at the DoubleTree Inn in Regina. More information on how you can purchase tickets to attend this event will be forthcoming on March 1st.
Entries – 2024 Call for Entries/Submissions
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Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) looks forward to receiving your submissions for the 2024 award season. Submissions for the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Awards will be accepted starting Friday, September 1, 2023. The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 3, 2023. Eligible books accepted for adjudication will be considered for 13 book prizes awarded in May 2024.
Please note the Saskatchewan Book Awards will consider accepting late submissions after November 3, 2023 up to November 17, 2023, providing the Executive Director of the Saskatchewan Book Awards is contacted in advance of the closing deadline for submissions (November 3, 2023) and approval is given by SBA to submit a late submission. Pending SBA approval for late submissions, a penalty fee of $40 in addition to $60 entry fee, or $100 per entry will apply for late submissions. No submissions after November 17, 2023 will be considered for adjudication in the 2024 award season.
Keep in mind that the criteria change from year to year so be sure to check the eligibility requirements for each award entered. For all of the awards, except the Children's Literature Award, books published on or after November 1, 2022 and no later than October 31, 2023 are eligible. Please note that the eligibility date for the Children's Literature Award is calculated from a publication date of on or after November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023 as this award is offered in every two years. The Young Adult Literature Award and Le Prix du livre français will not be offered again until 2025.
For a complete description of the criteria for each award category and how to make your submission online, go to: SBA's 2024 Call for Submissions and Entry Guidelines
The online Entry Form for 2024 Submissions is now available at: 2024 Entry Form
For those who prefer to submit their entry form by mail rather than online,the 2024 SBA Entry Form, included in Appendix A on page 29 of the document, can be printed and mailed to the SBA office along with your payment and book copies.
For further information, contact :
Donna Woloshyn
Acting Executive Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
314 – 1102 8th Avenue
Regina, SK S4R 1C9
Office Tel: 306-569-1585
Email:
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