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Saskatchewan Book Awards Congratulates 2025 Finalists!
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Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 2025 Shortlist Announcement, held over noon-hour at the Regina Public Library, on Friday, March 21, 2025, drew an eclectic group to its lead event of the 2025 book award season. Amber Christensen, Executive Director, Regina Public Library welcomed authors, publishers and patrons of the literary community who gathered in anticipation of the announcement.
This year, thirty-nine books, representing the best of Saskatchewan’s writing and publishing community were shortlisted in fourteen book award categories. Prizes for each award are $2,000, except for Book of the Year, which offers a $3,000 prize, and will be presented by award sponsors at the annual awards ceremony in May.
The Book Awards are not just about prizes. Saskatchewan Book Awards provide a space for Saskatchewan authors, and most especially for new and upcoming authors, as well as their publishers, to be honoured and promoted.
For a list of finalists, click here.
COMING SOON! 32nd Saskatchewan Book Awards Gala & Award Ceremony - May 9, 2025
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The Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) 2025 Gala & Award Ceremony is back in Saskatoon for the second time ever and we are excited to be hosting this event as part of the finale to the Saskatchewan Library Association's conference which rotates between Saskatoon and Regina annually.
Join us on Friday, May 9 at 7:30 pm at TCU Place in SASKATOON for the 32nd Annual SBA Gala & Award Ceremony to honour all of the finalists for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards and to celebrate with the winners of 14 book awards.
Tickets are $80/person and can be purchased here: Purchase Tickets
For more Information, contact:
Donna Woloshyn
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
314 – 1102 8th Avenue
Regina, SK S4R 1C9
Office Tel: 306-569-1585
Cell 306 530-0640
Email:
Attention Saskatchewan Authors and Publishers!
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2025
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2025 Call for Submissions is now open as of
Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Last Date for Submissions: Friday, November 1, 2024
The SBA looks forward to receiving your submissions for the 2025 award season. In 2025, the following awards will be offered, pending sponsorship:
- Book of the Year.
- City of Regina
- City of Saskatoon
- Fiction
- First Book
- Indigenous Peoples' Writing
- Jennifer Welsh Scholarly Writing
- Le prix du livre français
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry
- Young Adult Literature
- Indigenous Peoples' Publishing
- Publishing
- Publishing in Education
Authors and publishers may now go online to enter their submissions for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards. If you cannot complete the online entry form for each submission, you can submit a complete and accurate paper copy of the Entry Form and Author Residency Declaration in your submission. The complete submission guidelines can be found at: https://www.bookawards.sk.ca/images/2025/2025-Call-for-Submissions-Criteria-Guidelines.pdf
Be sure to check the eligibility requirements for each award entered. Except for two awards presented biennially (i.e., Le prix du livre français and the Young Adult Literature Award), books submitted for adjudication this year must meet SBA's eligibility criteria and have been published between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024.
For the two awards presented biennially in 2025, the publication date for books considered for Le Prix du livre français and the Young Adult Literature Award falls between November 1, 2022, and October 31, 2024. The Children’s Literature Award (awarded biennially), last awarded in May 2024, will not be offered again until 2026.
Fees for submitting books to be considered for the 2025 Awards are $60 per title per award category. Entry fees are non-refundable.
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# of Book Award Entries |
One Award |
Two Awards |
Three Awards |
Four Awards |
Five Awards |
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# of Books to submit |
4 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
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Fees ($60 per award entry) |
$60 |
$120 |
$180 |
$240 |
$300 |
The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm. Late or incomplete submissions after November 1, 2024, will not be accepted without prior notice/approval of the SBA’s Executive Director and must be accompanied by a late submission fee of $100.00 per entry.
Questions? Contact:
Saskatchewan Book Awards
Email:
Office tel.: 306-569-1585
Cell: 306 530-0640
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2024 Award Recipients Announced
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Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 31st th Anniversary Gala, held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre (Regina) on Friday, May 3, 2024 drew an intimate crowd of 175 guests. The event, hosted by MC, James Hope Howard, celebrated/acknowledged winners in 13 award categories. In attendance were Their Honours, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Honourable Russ Mirasty, and Donna Mirasty, award sponsor representatives and members and supporters of Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary community.
Join us at the Saskatchewan Book Awards 2024 Gala & Award Ceremony!
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Are you ready for us because we're getting ready for you!
The Saskatchewan Book Awards 2024 Gala & Award Ceremony is back in Regina this year and we are excited to be hosting this event as part of the finale to the Saskatchewan Library Association's conference which rotates between Regina and Saskatoon annually.
Join us on Friday, May 3 at 7:30 pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Regina to celebrate all of the finalists for the 2024 Saskatchewan Book Awards and to see who the winners of 13 book awards will be.
Introducing SBA's 2024 Master of Ceremonies
James Hope Howard President, Saskatchewan Library Asociation
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba and now hailing from Air Ronge, Saskatchewan, James Hope Howard is the current President of the Saskatchewan Library Association and the Director of the Pahkisimon Nuyeʔáh Library System of Northern Saskatchewan. He has previously served as the master of ceremonies (and 2017 co-chair) for the Saskatchewan Libraries Conference, and as the Chair of the Saskatchewan Multitype Library Board. Prior to his move to Saskatchewan, James was a current affairs radio host with Winnipeg's 101.5 UMFM, and was a weekly opinion columnist in Winnipeg's Uptown Magazine.
Who's going to be there?
Their Honours, Russ Mirasty, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, and Donna Mirasty, sponsors, presenters, authors, publishers, family, friends, and you, if you choose to come, will be there to recognize and celebrate Saskatchewan's top authors and books from 2023.
The event starts at 7:30 pm with the entrance of Their Honours, but doors to the Saskatchewan Book Awards 2024 Gala & Award Ceremony will be open at 7:00 pm.
Ticket Purchase and Admission:
Admission is $80 per person and tickets are available through Canada Helps. No physical tickets will be issued. However, guests with tickets are required to register at the SBA desk at the entrance of the Ballroom on the main floor of the DoubleTree Hotel & Conference Centre where they will be directed to seating at assigned tables.
To purchase tickets, go to: Ticket Purchase
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR MULTIPLE TICKET PURCHASES ONLINE: If you have purchased more than one ticket, please contact the SBA office at 306 569-1585 or email:
No evening meal will be served but guests will have an opportunity to mingle, purchase books, enjoy refreshments and a delectable array of desserts during a 30 minute intermission midway through the awards program.
There will be a photo booth onsite and an area where books may be purchased. The event will end by 10:00 pm.
Parking is available in the hotel parking arcade.
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!
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