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

YearAuthorTitleGenreReference
2015Claire BattershillCircusLiterary fiction[2]
Sam WiebeLast of the Independents: Vancouver NoirMystery
Robyn DoolittleCrazy Town: The Rob Ford StoryNonfiction
2016Irina KovalyovaSpecimenLiterary fiction[3]
Nicola R. WhiteFury’s KissRomance
Wab KinewThe Reason You WalkNonfiction
2017Lynne KutsukakeThe Translation of LoveLiterary fiction[4]
Dee WillsonA Keeper's TruthSpeculative fiction
Teva HarrisonIn-Between DaysNonfiction
2018Omar El AkkadAmerican WarLiterary fiction[5]
Sheena KamalThe Lost OnesMystery
Maria QamarTrust No AuntyNonfiction
2019Nora DecterHow Far We Go and How FastFiction[6]
Julie Evelyn JoyceSteeped in LoveRomance
Kate HarrisLands of Lost BordersNonfiction
2020Zalika Reid-BentaFrying PlantainFiction[7]
J. R. McConveyDifferent BeastsSpeculative fiction
Jesse ThistleFrom the AshesNonfiction
2021Michelle GoodFive Little IndiansFiction[8]
Emily HepditchThe Woman in the AtticMystery
Eternity MartisThey Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life and Growing UpNonfiction
2022Pik-Shuen FungGhost ForestFiction[9]
Damhnait MonaghanNew Girl in Little CoveRomance
Jesse WenteUnreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous ResistanceNonfiction
2023Erica McKeenTearFiction[10]
K.S. CovertThe Petting ZoosSpeculative Fiction
Harrison MooneyInvisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-DiscoveryNonfiction

References

  1. 1 2 Ryan Porter (May 2, 2019). "Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize". Quill and Quire.
  2. ↑ Conan Tobias (July 8, 2015). "Battershill, Wiebe, Doolittle win inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill and Quire.
  3. ↑ Becky Robertson, "Awards: Kinew, Kovalyova, White win Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 22, 2016.
  4. ↑ Becky Robertson, "Teva Harrison, Lynne Kutsukake, Dee Wilson awarded Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Samraweet Yohannes (June 19, 2018). "Omar El Akkad, author of American War, among winners of $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC News.
  6. ↑ "26 Canadian books that won awards in the first half of 2019". CBC News. July 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Sue Carter, "Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Jesse Wente, Pik-Shuen Fung, Damhnait Monaghan named winners of 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer prizes". Quill & Quire, June 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ Bridget Raymundo, "Erica McKeen, Harrison Mooney and K.S. Covert win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC Books, June 28, 2023.
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