Children's Book Publishers

Aurora Awards
Formerly called the Casper Award, this prize is awarded by Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association to the best titles in the genre in both English and French. Sort of a Canadian version of the Hugo award.

City of Toronto Book Awards
A $20,000 prize to the book that best illuminates life in the Canadian city.

Governor General's Literary Awards
The Governor General's Literary Awards (GGs) are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of the seven categories of Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama, Children's Literature (text), Children's Literature (illustration) and Translation (from French to English and English to French).

Mr. Christie's Book Award
Mr. Christie makes good cookies, and he makes Canadian children's authors smile with awards totalling $45,000.

National Business Book Award
Canadian award promoting excellence in business writing.

The Donner Prize
A (CDN) $25,000 award for best book on Canadian public policy

The Giller Prize
The Giller Prize awards $25,000 (Canadian) annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.

The Man Booker Prize
Awarded to the best full-length novel written in English by a citizen of the UK, the Commonwealth, Eire, Pakistan or South Africa.

The Roloff Beny Award
A $50,000 award for a photographer and publisher to share for the best book by a Canadian photographer published in that year.

The Sunburst Award
A prized and juried award recognizing excellence in Canadian literature of the fantastic.

The Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium
An award for outstanding books, in both English and French, by an Ontario, Canada author.

Young Reader's Choice Award
Chosen by the children of Alberta, Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, from books published 3 years previously, and nominated by librarians, teachers and students.