Saskatchewan Book Awards celebrates, promotes and rewards Saskatchewan authors and publishers worthy of recognition through 14 awards, granted on an annual or semi-annual basis.
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.