Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented since 2015 by online e-book and audiobook retailer and eReader manufacturer Rakuten Kobo.[1]
Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books.[1] Three prizes are awarded each year, for literary fiction, non-fiction, and genre fiction. Each year, a different genre is honoured in the genre fiction category, rotating between mystery, romance and speculative fiction.
Winners[edit]
| Year | Author | Title | Genre | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Claire Battershill | Circus | Literary fiction | [2] |
| Sam Wiebe | Last of the Independents: Vancouver Noir | Mystery | ||
| Robyn Doolittle | Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story | Nonfiction | ||
| 2016 | Irina Kovalyova | Specimen | Literary fiction | [3] |
| Nicola R. White | Fury’s Kiss | Romance | ||
| Wab Kinew | The Reason You Walk | Nonfiction | ||
| 2017 | Lynne Kutsukake | The Translation of Love | Literary fiction | [4] |
| Dee Willson | A Keeper's Truth | Speculative fiction | ||
| Teva Harrison | In-Between Days | Nonfiction | ||
| 2018 | Omar El Akkad | American War | Literary fiction | [5] |
| Sheena Kamal | The Lost Ones | Mystery | ||
| Maria Qamar | Trust No Aunty | Nonfiction | ||
| 2019 | Nora Decter | How Far We Go and How Fast | Fiction | [6] |
| Julie Evelyn Joyce | Steeped in Love | Romance | ||
| Kate Harris | Lands of Lost Borders | Nonfiction | ||
| 2020 | Zalika Reid-Benta | Frying Plantain | Fiction | [7] |
| J. R. McConvey | Different Beasts | Speculative fiction | ||
| Jesse Thistle | From the Ashes | Nonfiction | ||
| 2021 | Michelle Good | Five Little Indians | Fiction | [8] |
| Emily Hepditch | The Woman in the Attic | Mystery | ||
| Eternity Martis | They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life and Growing Up | Nonfiction | ||
| 2022 | Pik-Shuen Fung | Ghost Forest | Fiction | [9] |
| Damhnait Monaghan | New Girl in Little Cove | Romance | ||
| Jesse Wente | Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance | Nonfiction | ||
| 2023 | Erica McKeen | Tear | Fiction | [10] |
| K.S. Covert | The Petting Zoos | Speculative Fiction | ||
| Harrison Mooney | Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery | Nonfiction |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ryan Porter (May 2, 2019). "Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize". Quill and Quire.
- ^ Conan Tobias (July 8, 2015). "Battershill, Wiebe, Doolittle win inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill and Quire.
- ^ Becky Robertson, "Awards: Kinew, Kovalyova, White win Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 22, 2016.
- ^ Becky Robertson, "Teva Harrison, Lynne Kutsukake, Dee Wilson awarded Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 28, 2017.
- ^ Samraweet Yohannes (June 19, 2018). "Omar El Akkad, author of American War, among winners of $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC News.
- ^ "26 Canadian books that won awards in the first half of 2019". CBC News. July 8, 2019.
- ^ Sue Carter, "Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 25, 2020.
- ^ Deborah Dundas, "Michelle Good wins Kobo Emerging Writer fiction prize — making it three wins for the three noms she got on that big day in May". Toronto Star, June 22, 2021.
- ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Jesse Wente, Pik-Shuen Fung, Damhnait Monaghan named winners of 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer prizes". Quill & Quire, June 23, 2022.
- ^ Bridget Raymundo, "Erica McKeen, Harrison Mooney and K.S. Covert win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC Books, June 28, 2023.