Manitoba Books Awards/Les Prix du livre du Manitoba is the premiere annual book awards for Manitoba, Canada originating in 1988. An award gala is usually held in April in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrating the best of Manitoba writing and publishing from the previous year. The awards went on hiatus from 2023 with a return in 2026.
Depending on the year, there were several awards conferred, as some of the awards were only bestowed biannually. The awards were co-produced by the Association of Manitoba Book Publishers and the Manitoba Writers' Guild. Awards include the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the Carol Shields Award for best Winnipeg book, the Mary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher, the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award and others. Past winners include Miriam Toews, David Bergen, Joan Thomas, W.P. Kinsella, Carol Shields and others.
Winners +Manitoba Book Awards winnersYearAwardAuthorTitleRef.2007Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise NielsenAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Time out of MindBest Illustrated Book of the YearEarly Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955Carol Shields Winnipeg Book AwardWinnipeg Modern: Architecture 1945 to 1975Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise NielsenJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault Manguiers têtusManuela Dias Award for Book Design Going Downtown: A History of Portage AvenueMargaret Laurence Award for Fiction Beautiful Girl ThumbMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise NielsenMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Lost Treasures: True Stories of DiscoveryMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger Raise a Little StinkMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award A Great Restlessness: the Life and Politics of Dorise Nielsen2008Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Canada's Wheat King: The Life and Times of Seager WheelerAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Wolf TreeBest Illustrated Book of the Year (design) and Ernest Mayer (photography)Take Comfort: the Career of Charles ComfortCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award A Glowing Dream: A MemoirEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Wolf TreeJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Manuela Dias Award for Book Design (design) and Ernest Mayer (photography)Take Comfort: the Career of Charles ComfortMargaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Penance Drummer and Other StoriesMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher The North End: Photographs by John PaskievichMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older Sandbag ShuffleMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Be Wolf2009Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Lord Selkirk: A LifeAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry this is a small northern townBest Illustrated Book of the Year and Frank ReimerThe Harry Winrob Collection of Inuit SculptureCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Carol J. HarveySaint-Boniface 1908-2008 : reflets d'une villeEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book The Prairie BridesmaidJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award le Prix littéraire Rue-Deschambault L'endroit et l'enversManuela Dias Award for Book Design and Susan ChafePauline Boutal, Destin d'artisteMargaret Laurence Award for Fiction The RetreatMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Pauline Boutal, Destin d'artisteMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older My Mother is a French Fry and Further Proof of my Fuzzed-Up LifeMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger and Matrine McLellanGoose GirlMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award The Retreat2010Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction An American by Degrees: The Extraordinary Lives of French Ambassador Jules JusserandAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Mama DadaBest Illustrated Book of the Year All Our Changes: Images from the Sixties GenerationCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award Gerald FriesenPrairie Metropolis: New Essays on Winnipeg Social HistoryEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookTalkJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Manuela Dias Award for Book Design Dead on Arrival: Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba Journal 2009Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction an unexpected break in the weatherMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher and Barbara HuckWild West: Nature Living on the EdgeMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older PuppetMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger Timmerman Was HereMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba2011Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction When the Other Is Me: Native Resistance Discourse, 1850-1990Aqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry HumpBest Illustrated Book of the Year and John Toone with James RewuckiThe Imagination ManifestoCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award The Matter With MorrisEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book High Speed CrowJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Le Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault LointainesManuela Dias Award for Book DesignA Dogs Breakfast: A Chef's Guide to Healthy Home Cooking for Your Favorite PoochMargaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Matter With MorrisMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher I Still Don't Even Know YouMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older OrtegaMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award This Hidden Thing2012Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction King: William Lyon MacKenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of DestinyAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Poème Pierre PrièreBest Illustrated Book of the Year David's Trip to Paraguay: The Land of Amazing ColoursCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award RavenscraigEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book A Large HarmoniumJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Manuela Dias Award for Book Design Poème Pierre PrièreMargaret Laurence Award for FictionThe Girl in the WallMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Butterfly WinterMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - OlderTori by DesignMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Younger S is for Scientists: A Discovery AlphabetMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Not Being on a BoatMichael Van Rooy Award for Genre Fiction The Thirteen2013Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit ArtAqua Books Lansdowne Prize for PoetryThe Politics of KnivesBest Illustrated Book of the Year Imagining Winnipeg: History through the Photographs of L.B. FooteCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award The Age of HopeEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book SonarJohn Hirsch Most Promising Writer Award Le Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault La Révolution TranquilleLifetime Achievement Award Manuela Dias Award for Book Design and Brandon BergemWarehouse Journal Vol. 21Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction The Age of HopeMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Thunder RoadMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - Older The Green-Eyed Queen of Suicide CityMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award The House on Sugarbush Road2021Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-FictionBlack Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood MoneyBook Design (editor)Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial PracticeCarol Shields Winnipeg Book AwardBlack Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood MoneyChris Johnson Award for Best Play by a Manitoba Playwright DragonflyEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book Once RemovedGraphic Novel et al.This Place: 150 Years RetoldIllustration I Will See You AgainLe Prix Littéraire rue-Deschambault Boussole FrancheManitowapow Award and Lenard MonkmanMargaret Laurence Award for FictionThe Lightning of Possible StormsMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba Publisher Making Believe: Questions about Mennonites and ArtMcNally Robinson Book for Young People Award - OlderHarvey Comes HomeMcNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Here the Dark2022Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-FictionHelen Olsen AggerDadibaajim: Returning Home through NarrativeCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award SereamMont-Blanc-Winnipeg ExpressEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookRowan McCandlessPersephone's Children: A Life in FragmentsCo-winner, Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookJillian HortonWe Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and HealingJohn Hirsch Emerging Manitoba Writer AwardChimwemwe UndiManuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: Book DesignChelsea Colburn & Teresa LyonsWarehouse Journal, Volume ThirtyManuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: IllustrationCategory held over until 2023Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: Children's IllustrationBrenlee Coates, illustrations by Roberta LandrethYou Came From My Heart Lansdowne Prize for Poetry Joel Robert FergusonThe Lost CafeteriaMargaret Laurence Award for FictionPatricia RoberstonHour of the CrabCo-winner, Margaret Laurence Award for FictionBob ArmstrongProdigiesMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba PublisherEd. by Andrew Woolford, authors Survivors of the Assiniboia Indian Residential SchoolDid you See Us?: Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential SchoolMichael Van Rooy Award for Genre FictionCatherine MacdonaldSo Many Windings: A Reverened Charles Lauchlan MysteryMcNally Robinson Book of the Year AwardDavid BergenOut of MindMcNally Robinson Book for Young People (Younger Category)Tasha Spillett-SumnerI Sang You Down from the StarsLe Prix littéraire Rue-DeschambaultAmber O'ReillyBoussole Franche2023Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-FictionMeeka WalshMalleable Forms: Selected EssaysCarol Shields Winnipeg Book Award David A. RobertsonThe Theory of CrowsEileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookLinda Trinh, illustrations by Clayton NguyenThe Secret of the Jade BangleCo-winner, Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First BookJonathan DyckShelterbeltsManitowapow AwardCO-WINNERS: William Dumas, David A. Robertson, Joshua WhiteheadManuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: Book DesignAlieha Pascua, Dave Castillo, & Joanna BabadillaWarehouse Journal, Volume 31Manuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: IllustrationJackie Traverse, foreword by Gramma Shingoose, illustration by Jackie Traverse, cover and interior design by Melody MorrissetteResilience: Honouring the Children of Residential SchoolsManuela Dias Book Design and Illustration Awards: Graphic NovelDavid A. Robertson, illustrations by Scott B. Henderson, colouring by Donovan Yaciuk, lettering by Andrew Thomas, cover and interior design by Jennifer LumVersion ControlLansdowne Prize for Poetry Sarah EnsThe World Is Mostly SkyMargaret Laurence Award for FictionMéira CookThe Full CatastropheMary Scorer Award for Best Book by a Manitoba PublisherElizabeth Yeoman, cover design by David DrummondExactly What I Said: Translating Words and WorldsMcNally Robinson Book for Young People (Younger Category)Primrose Madayag KnazanLessions in FusionCo-Winner, McNally Robinson Book for Young People (Younger Category)David A. RobertsonThe Stone Child: The Misewa Saga, Book ThreeMcNally Robinson Book of the Year AwardJonathan DyckShelterbetlsLe Prix littéraire Rue-DeschambaultLise Gaboury DialloPetites déviations2024Awards placed on hiatus, November 2023
References
External links Manitoba Book Awards, official website