- Ottawa Book Award
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Ottawa Book Award and Prix du livre d'Ottawa is a Canadian literary award presented by the City of Ottawa to the best English and French language books written in the previous year by a living author residing in Ottawa.[1] There are 4 awards each year: English fiction and non-fiction (the Ottawa Book Awards); French fiction and non-fiction (Prix du livre d'Ottawa). As of 2011 the four prize winners receive $7,500 each and short-listed authors $1,000 each.[1] The award was founded in 1986. In its earlier years it was named the Ottawa-Carleton Book Awards.
Notes
- ^ a b 2011 Guidelines for Authors and Publishers, Ottawa Book Awards website
External links
- Ottawa Book Awards, official website.
- List of past winners.
Categories:- Awards established in 1986
- Canadian literary awards
- Fiction awards
- Non-fiction literary awards
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