Award Winners By Year
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2009 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2009
- George Epp, Off Road, (Xlibris Corporation)
Children's Literature Award 2009
- Karen Edwards, One Cold Armpit, (Art Department Saskatoon)
Poetry Award 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's 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)
Reader's Choice Award 2009
- Marlene Millar, Dene 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
2008 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2008
- Pam Bustin, Mostly Happy, (Thistledown Press)
Children's Literature Award 2008
- Alison Lohans, This Land We Call Home, (Raupo/Pearson Education New Zealand)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's 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 Award 2008
- David Baudemont, Olga, (Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume)
2007 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2007
- Alice Kuipers, Life on the Refrigerator Door, (Harper Collins Canada)
Children's Literature Award 2007
- R.P. MacIntyre, Feeding at Nine, (Thistledown Press)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's 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 Ltd, 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)
2006 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2006
- Annette Lapointe, Stolen, (Anvil Press)
Children's Literature Award 2006
- Arthur Slade, Megiddo's Shadow, (Harper Collins Canada)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's 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
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 Award 2006
- Martine Noël-Maw, Amélia et les Papillons, (Les Éditions Hurtubise HMH)
2005 Winners (Top of Page)
Book Of The Year Award 2005
- Steven Ross Smith, fluttertongue 3: disarray, (Turnstone Press)
Fiction Award 2005
- Sandra Birdsell, Children of the Day, (Random House Canada)
Non-Fiction Award 2005
- Sharon Butala, Lilac Moon, (Harper Collins)
First Book Award 2005
- Eric Greenway, The Darkness Beneath All Things, (Hagios Press)
Children's Literature Award 2005
- Beth Goobie, Fixed, (Orca Book Publishers)
Poetry Award 2005
- Allan Safarik, When Light Falls from the Sun, (Hagios Press)
Regina Book Award 2005
- Maggie Siggins, Bitter Embrace, (McClelland & Stewart)
Saskatoon Book Award 2005
- Don Kerr, The Garden of Art: Vic Cicansky, Sculptor, (University of Calgary Press)
Scholarly Writing Award 2005
- Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, (Canadian Plains Research Center)
Reader's Choice Award 2005
- Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, (Canadian Plains Research Center)
Publishing Award 2005
- Canadian Plains Research Center, Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan,
First Peoples Publishing Award 2005
- Allen Sapp Gallery, Through the Eyes of the Cree and Beyond, Dean Bauche (curator)
Publishing In Education Award 2005
- Canadian Plains Research Center, Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan,
2004 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2004
- Bonnie Dunlop, The Beauty Box, (Thistledown Press)
Children's Literature Award 2004
- Beth Goobie, Flux, (Orca Books)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's Choice Award 2004
- Byrna Barclay, Girl at the Window, (Coteau Books)
Publishing Award 2004
- Canadian Plains Research Centre, 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 Award 2004
- David Baudemont, Les Beaux Jours, (Editions des Plaines)
2003 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2003
- Michael Hetherton, Grasslands, (Coteau Books)
Children's Literature Award 2003
- Judith Silverthorne, Dinosaur Hideout, (Coteau Books)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's 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 L. 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
2002 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2002
- Sheri Benning, Earth After Rain, (Thistledown Press)
Children's Literature Award 2002
- Candace Savage, Wizards, (Greystone Books)
Poetry Award 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)
Reader's 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
- Coteau Books, Herstory 2003:The Canadian Women´s Calendar, Saskatoon Womens Calendar Collective
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 Award 2002
- Laurier Gareau, (editor) 50 ans de radio, (Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume)
2001 Winners (Top of Page)
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 2001
- Katherine Lawrence, Ring Finger, Left Hand, (Coteau Books)
Children's Literature Award 2001
- Arthur Slade, Dust, (HarperCollins)
Poetry Award 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. Phillips & G.G. Khachatourians, The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture, (CABI Publishing)
Reader's 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
2000 Winners (Top of Page)
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 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)
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 (Editors)
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 (Editors)
1999 Winners (Top of Page)
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 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. Conference/UCPH, From Our Mothers' Arms, Connie Deiter
Publishing In Education Award 1999
- Canadian Plains Research Center, Messages from the Real World, Ted Godwin
1998 Winners (Top of Page)
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 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 Holmström, 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 (eds)
1997 Winners (Top of Page)
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, (Hagios Press)
First Book Award 1997
- Joanne Gerber, In the Misleading Absence of Light, (Coteau Books)
Children's Literature Award 1997
- Sandra Birdsell, The Town that Floated Away, (HarperCollins)
Poetry Award 1997
- Anne Szumigalski, On Glassy Wings: Poems New and Selected, (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
1996 Winners (Top of Page)
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 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
1995 Winners (Top of Page)
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 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, Waiting For The Light, Brock V. Silversides
1994 Winners (Top of Page)
Book Of The Year Award 1994
- Bonnie Burnard, Casino and Other Stories, (HarperCollins)
Non-Fiction Award 1994
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of Morning, (HarperCollins)
First Book Award 1994
- Terry Jordan, It's A Hard Cow, (Thistledown Press)
Regina Book Award 1994
- Maggie Siggins, Riel: A Life of Revolution, (HarperCollins)
Publishing Award 1994
- Fifth House Publishers, The Urban Prairie, Dan Ring, Guy Vanderhaeghe & George Melnyk
Spirit Of Saskatchewan Award 1994
- Sharon Butala, The Perfection of Morning, (HarperCollins)
1993 Winners (Top of Page)
Book Of The Year Award 1993
- Dianne Warren, Bad Luck Dog,
Regina Book Award 1993
- Dianne Warren, Bad Luck Dog,
Publishing Award 1993
- Sun Angel, Chris Fisher
Spirit Of Saskatchewan Award 1993
- Dianne Warren, Bad Luck Dog,