Frontenac House Awards and Nominations
Pierrette Requier Nominated for the Edmonton Book Prize // Mar 2010
Pierrette Requier has been nominated for the Edmonton Book Prize for her work details from the edge of the village.
Shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize // Apr 2009
Congratulations to Karen Hofmann who has been shortlisted for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in the BC Book Awards for her book Water Strider.
With unflinching elegance, Hofmann surprises the reader with her seemingly fearless confrontations with mortality…charging each poem with a type of dark and enigmatic sophistication. ~ J. Mae Barizo, Matrix
The winner will be announced at the Lieutenant Governor’s B.C. Book Prizes Gala on April 25.
Finalist: CBC Literary Award for Poetry // Feb 2009
Frontenac poet Kevin Irie was a finalist in the prestigious CBC Literary awards for his poem “Viewing Tom Thomson (A Minority Report)”. Kevin has published two books with Frontenac House, Dinner at Madonna’s and Angle Blood: The Tess Poems. He was shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award ( Colour of Eden ), and the Relit Awards ( Angel Blood ). He won first prize in Rice Paper’s 2000 literary competition for his poem “Tashme”.
Shortlisted: Gerald Lampert Award // Apr 2008
Frontenac is delighted that Dymphny Dronyk’s Contrary Infatuations has been shortlisted for the 2008 Gerald Lampert Award.
Shortlisted: Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry // Apr 2008
Frontenac is delighted that Dymphny Dronyk’s Contrary Infatuations has been shortlisted for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry.
Shortlisted: Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction // Apr 2008
Frontenac is delighted that Ron Wood’s And God Created Manyberries has been shortlisted for the Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction.
Shortlisted: Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal // Mar 2008
Frontenac House is delighted to announce that Ron Wood author of And God Created Manyberries is one of the five finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal and the T.D. Financial Group $10,000 prize.
Winner: Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction // Oct 2007
Frontenac poet Leslie Greentree recently captured the Howard O’Hagan Award for Short Fiction for her first short story collection, A Minor Planet for You and Other Stories (University of Alberta Press). Presented at the Writers Guild of Alberta Gala in Grande Prairie the Alberta Literary Awards recognize and celebrate the highest standards of literary excellence from Alberta authors. Leslie’s second book of poetry with Frontenac, go-go dancing for Elvis, was s hortlisted for the prestigious Griffin Prize.
Lieutenant Governor’s Award // Oct 2007
We are delighted to announce that Frontenac author Trudy Cowan was honoured in September by the Alberta Museums Association with their Lieutenant Governor’s Award “for exceptional contribution to Alberta’s museum community and achievements at a provincial, national and international level.” The award was presented by His Honour Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, patron of the Association, and the Honourable Hector Goudreau, Minister of Tourism, Recreation, Parks & Culture.
Winner: Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry // Oct 2007
Puti/White by Patria Rivera shares the Global Filipino Literary Award for Poetry with Trill & Mordent by Luisa Igloria.
The Global Filipino Literary Awards are given by OUR OWN VOICE, a literary arts journal for Filipinos in the diaspora. The 2007 Awards honour the best in fiction, poetry and non-fiction published in 2005 and in 2006 by Filipino authors from around the world.
