Ottawa Book Awards

Celebrating Ottawa’s finest writers

The Ottawa Book Awards and Prix du livre d’Ottawa recognize the top English and French books published in the previous year. Both awards have separate categories for fiction and non-fiction. All shortlisted finalists receive $1,000 and each winner receives a prize of $7,500.

For more information, please visit the new Ottawa Book Awards and Prix du livre d’Ottawa website at ottawabookawards.ca.
 

2012 Awards 

 The City of Ottawa is pleased to announce the 2012 Ottawa Book Awards Winners.

2013 Guidelines

The 2013 guidelines and submission forms are now available.