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.
|
# of Book Award Entries |
One Award |
Two Awards |
Three Awards |
Four Awards |
Five Awards |
|
# of Books to submit |
4 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
|
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