Trillium Book Award
no fixed amount
Grant
Description:
Book publishers are invited to submit titles for consideration for the annual Trillium Book Award. There are prizes both for the winning recepients and their publishers. Furthermore, the publishers of all finalists receive a grant for promotion of their books prior to the announcement of the winners.
The Trillium Book Award was established by the Ontario Government in 1987 to “recognize excellence, support marketing and to foster increased public awareness of the quality and diversity of Ontario writers and writing.
Comments on Funding:
The prize for the Trillium Book Award, awarded in both English and French, is $20,000 for the winning recipients and $2,500 to their publisher. The Trillium Book Award for Poetry, which is awarded annually in English language and in French language every two years, provides a $10,000 prize to the winning poets and $2,000 to their publisher. The Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French language only is awarded in alternate years to the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in French language, and provides a prize of $10,000 to the winning author and $2,000 to the publisher.
Applications are closed. Stay tuned for future intake announcements.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be book publishers with the following eligibility requirements:
1. Books must be written by an Ontario writer who has lived in Ontario for at
least three out of the past five years. In the case of a co-authored title, both
authors must meet this rule and would split the prize money if selected as
the winner. Ghostwritten books are not eligible for submission.
2. Only book publishers may submit titles for consideration. Self-published
titles are not eligible for submission.
3. Submitted titles must have an ISBN and must have a minimum of 48 bound
pages, except in the case of children’s books which must have a minimum
of 24 pages.
3. Books published only in e-book format are eligible for submission. If an eBook is published simultaneously as a traditionally printed book during the
eligibility year, the printed book is eligible and should be submitted. For
books published only as e-Books, the electronic form is eligible, but the
publisher must provide two copies, printed and bound.
4. Collections and/or selections may be submitted provided that there is a
substantive amount of material that has not previously been published in
book format.
5. Anthologies, new editions, re-issues, re-issues, reprints and translations are
not eligible for submission.
6. When determining submissions, publishers should be cognizant that the
key criterion for the awards is “literary excellence”.
Application Steps:
Applicants must complete online application form.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. one (1) eBook of each title in EPUB or PDF format uploaded to
Ontario Creates’ online submission form;
2. two (2) paper copies of each title (if submitting a book published
only in e-book format, the publisher must provide 2 copies, printed and
bound). Ontario Creates will not return books and may donate them to an
organization or initiative of its choosing;
3. a completed submission form;
4. titles published between January and
October 2024, and no later than November 8, 2024 and;
5. titles published in November and December 2024, be submitted upon
publication; submissions will be accepted up to January 31, 2025.
Other Things to Note:
About the author
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