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The Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) invites submissions for the 2026 award season. Online submissions open Tuesday, September 2, 2025, and the deadline to apply is Friday, November 7, 2025, at 5:00 PM (CST).
2026 Award Categories
Pending sponsorship, the following 13 awards will be offered:
- Book of the Year
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry
- Scholarly Writing
- First Book
- Children’s Literature *
- City of Regina Book
- City of Saskatoon Book
- Indigenous Peoples Writing
- Indigenous Peoples Publishing
- Publishing in Education
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*Note: The Children’s Literature Award has a two-year eligibility window for books published between November 1st, 2023 and October 31st, 2025.
Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for adjudication, entries must meet SBA’s general and category-specific eligibility criteria. Publishers and authors may submit multiple entries, provided each meets the requirements of the category entered.
Except for the Children’s Literature Award, all books must:
- Be published between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025
- Meet all general and category-specific eligibility criteria
- Be registered online at www.bookawards.sk.ca by November 7, 2025
- Have entry fees paid by November 7, 2025
- Be received at the SBA office by 5:00 PM on November 7, 2025, or be postmarked no later than November 7, 2025
Late or incomplete submissions will not be accepted without prior approval from the SBA Executive Director. Submissions received after November 14, 2025, may incur a late fee of $40 per entry, in addition to the standard $60 entry fee (total: $100 per late entry).
All eligible titles shortlisted as finalists for 2026 Book Awards will be announced at SBA’s annual Shortlist Announcement in March 2026.
Shortlisted authors and winners of the 2026 Book Awards will be honoured at the annual SBA Gala and Award Ceremony in Regina, Saskatchewan on May 1st, 2026. A targeted media campaign and reading events leading up to and following the Awards Ceremony will further promote shortlisted and winning titles. Prize money, pending sponsorship, and a certificate will be offered at the Award Ceremony. Prizes for each award are $2,000, except for Book of the Year, which offers a $3,000 prize.
Questions?
If you have questions about eligibility or the submission process, please contact the SBA office:
📞 306-569-1585
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For a more detailed description of the SBA 2026 Call for Entries And General Submission Guidelines, click on: 
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The 32nd annual awards were presented to 175 enthusiastic literary fans and supporters at Saskatoon’s TCU Place on Friday, May 9th. Fourteen awards were presented at the Gala event including the Le Prix du livre Français celebrating francophone writing in Saskatchewan.
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Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 2025 Shortlist Announcement, held over noon-hour at the Regina Public Library, on Friday, March 21, 2025, drew an eclectic group to its lead event of the 2025 book award season. Amber Christensen, Executive Director, Regina Public Library welcomed authors, publishers and patrons of the literary community who gathered in anticipation of the announcement.
This year, thirty-nine books, representing the best of Saskatchewan’s writing and publishing community were shortlisted in fourteen book award categories. Prizes for each award are $2,000, except for Book of the Year, which offers a $3,000 prize, and will be presented by award sponsors at the annual awards ceremony in May.
The Book Awards are not just about prizes. Saskatchewan Book Awards provide a space for Saskatchewan authors, and most especially for new and upcoming authors, as well as their publishers, to be honoured and promoted.
For a list of finalists, click here.
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The Saskatchewan Book Awards (SBA) 2025 Gala & Award Ceremony is back in Saskatoon for the second time ever and we are excited to be hosting this event as part of the finale to the Saskatchewan Library Association's conference which rotates between Saskatoon and Regina annually.
Join us on Friday, May 9 at 7:30 pm at TCU Place in SASKATOON for the 32nd Annual SBA Gala & Award Ceremony to honour all of the finalists for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards and to celebrate with the winners of 14 book awards.
Tickets are $80/person and can be purchased here: Purchase Tickets
For more Information, contact:
Donna Woloshyn
Executive Director
Saskatchewan Book Awards
314 – 1102 8th Avenue
Regina, SK S4R 1C9
Office Tel: 306-569-1585
Cell 306 530-0640
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2025
Saskatchewan Book Awards 2025 Call for Submissions is now open as of
Tuesday, September 3, 2024.
Last Date for Submissions: Friday, November 1, 2024
The SBA looks forward to receiving your submissions for the 2025 award season. In 2025, the following awards will be offered, pending sponsorship:
- Book of the Year.
- City of Regina
- City of Saskatoon
- Fiction
- First Book
- Indigenous Peoples' Writing
- Jennifer Welsh Scholarly Writing
- Le prix du livre français
- Non-Fiction
- Poetry
- Young Adult Literature
- Indigenous Peoples' Publishing
- Publishing
- Publishing in Education
Authors and publishers may now go online to enter their submissions for the 2025 Saskatchewan Book Awards. If you cannot complete the online entry form for each submission, you can submit a complete and accurate paper copy of the Entry Form and Author Residency Declaration in your submission. The complete submission guidelines can be found at: https://www.bookawards.sk.ca/images/2025/2025-Call-for-Submissions-Criteria-Guidelines.pdf
Be sure to check the eligibility requirements for each award entered. Except for two awards presented biennially (i.e., Le prix du livre français and the Young Adult Literature Award), books submitted for adjudication this year must meet SBA's eligibility criteria and have been published between November 1, 2023, and October 31, 2024.
For the two awards presented biennially in 2025, the publication date for books considered for Le Prix du livre français and the Young Adult Literature Award falls between November 1, 2022, and October 31, 2024. The Children’s Literature Award (awarded biennially), last awarded in May 2024, will not be offered again until 2026.
Fees for submitting books to be considered for the 2025 Awards are $60 per title per award category. Entry fees are non-refundable.
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# of Book Award Entries |
One Award |
Two Awards |
Three Awards |
Four Awards |
Five Awards |
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# of Books to submit |
4 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
16 |
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Fees ($60 per award entry) |
$60 |
$120 |
$180 |
$240 |
$300 |
The deadline for submissions is Friday, November 1, 2024 at 5:00 pm. Late or incomplete submissions after November 1, 2024, will not be accepted without prior notice/approval of the SBA’s Executive Director and must be accompanied by a late submission fee of $100.00 per entry.
Questions? Contact:
Saskatchewan Book Awards
Email:
Office tel.: 306-569-1585
Cell: 306 530-0640
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Saskatchewan Book Awards’ 31st th Anniversary Gala, held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre (Regina) on Friday, May 3, 2024 drew an intimate crowd of 175 guests. The event, hosted by MC, James Hope Howard, celebrated/acknowledged winners in 13 award categories. In attendance were Their Honours, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Honourable Russ Mirasty, and Donna Mirasty, award sponsor representatives and members and supporters of Saskatchewan’s vibrant literary community.