Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 New Brunswick Book Awards
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Mrs. Dunster’s Award for Fiction
Beth Powning, The Sister’s Tale (Knopf Canada), Markhamville
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Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Children’s Writing
Riel Nason, Disaster at the Highland Games (Chocolate River Publishing), Quispamsis; illustrated by Nathasha Pilotte
The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Triny Finlay, Myself a Paperclip (Goose Lane Editions), Fredericton
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Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Nonfiction Award
Martha Vowles, Senior Management: Parenting My Parents (Nevermore Press), Grand-Bay Westfield
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Do you have a book published in 2022? Entries are now open! Publisher can access the 2022 Entry Form here.
Quick Facts
CATEGORIES
> Picture Books
> Fiction
> Poetry
> Nonfiction
ELIGIBILITY
Books published between January 1 and December 31 of the given prize year.
For more details about eligibility, please see "Eligibility" tab above.
Contact
Our next award submission period is (for best books published in 2022) is now open! Check our Eligibility Page first, then send two copies of eligible books along with the 2022 Entry form to:
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> New Brunswick Book Awards
​ c/o The Fiddlehead
​ Campus House
11 Garland Court UNB
PO Box 4400
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5A3
> For all queries, please click here
to email.
The NB Book Awards Committee
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Rhonda Bulmer, WFNB
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Ian LeTourneau, The Fiddlehead
About
THE NEW BRUNSWICK BOOK AWARDS
are co-administered and co-sponsored by The Fiddlehead: Atlantic Canada's International Journal and the Writers' Federation of New Brunsiwck. For prize sponsorships or other partnerships, please contact us!
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