Saskatchewan Book Awards is looking for jury members for the 27th Saskatchewan Book Awards. Eligible jury members include authors (of at least 2 published books), publishing professionals, professors, and librarians. Jury members must reside outside of Saskatchewan.
Jury members will read the books submitted in their category, select a shortlist and winning title, and provide comments for the shortlisted titles. Each jury member must have professional experience in the category under consideration and maintain confidentiality throughout the evaluation process. The majority of the work will take place between November 2019 and January 2020, with conference calls to determine the shortlist and winner occurring in January 2020.
If interested, please contact the SBA office at
The categories include: Book of the Year, Fiction, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Scholarly, Children’s Literature, First Book, Regina, Saskatoon, Publishing, Publishing in Education, Indigenous Peoples’ Writing, and Indigenous Peoples’ Publishing. Please see our website (www.bookawards.sk.ca) for more information.