Saskatchewan Book Awards celebrates, promotes and rewards Saskatchewan authors and publishers worthy of recognition through 14 awards, granted on an annual or bi-ennial basis.
The Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) were established in 1993 by founding partners, the Saskatchewan Library Association, the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and SaskBooks (formerly the Saskatchewan Publishers Group). For more than three decades, the SBA has been recognizing and celebrating excellence in Saskatchewan writing and publishing through its annual award program.
Saskatchewan Book Awards is the only provincially-focused book award program and a principal ambassador for Saskatchewan's literary community, which includes more than 300 writers and 75 book publishers. Its solid reputation for celebrating artistic excellence in style is recognized nationally.
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2009
Aboriginal Peoples' Writing and Publishing awards added
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2002
Prix du livre français (offered every second year) added
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1999
Scholarly Writing Award added
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1998
Saskatoon Book Award added
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1996
Publishing in Education Award added
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1995
Fiction, Poetry and Children’s (alternates with Young Adult) awards added
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1994
Organization incorporated as the Saskatchewan Book Awards Inc.
Non-Fiction Award added -
1993
The Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, SaskBooks (at that time called the Saskatchewan Publishers Group) and the Saskatchewan Library Association establish a provincial writing and publishing awards program. Four awards (Book of the Year Awards, City of Regina Award, Saskatchewan Award, Publisher's Prize) were presented at a gala dinner with Peter Gzowski of CBC Radio as guest speaker.