Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented since 2015 by online e-book and audiobook retailer and eReader manufacturer Rakuten Kobo.[1]

Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books.[1] Three prizes are awarded each year, for literary fiction, non-fiction, and genre fiction. Each year, a different genre is honoured in the genre fiction category, rotating between mystery, romance and speculative fiction.

Winners
YearAuthorTitleGenreReference
2015Claire BattershillCircusLiterary fiction[2]
Sam WiebeLast of the Independents: Vancouver NoirMystery
Robyn DoolittleCrazy Town: The Rob Ford StoryNonfiction
2016Irina KovalyovaSpecimenLiterary fiction[3]
Nicola R. WhiteFury’s KissRomance
Wab KinewThe Reason You WalkNonfiction
2017Lynne KutsukakeThe Translation of LoveLiterary fiction[4]
Dee WillsonA Keeper's TruthSpeculative fiction
Teva HarrisonIn-Between DaysNonfiction
2018Omar El AkkadAmerican WarLiterary fiction[5]
Sheena KamalThe Lost OnesMystery
Maria QamarTrust No AuntyNonfiction
2019Nora DecterHow Far We Go and How FastFiction[6]
Julie Evelyn JoyceSteeped in LoveRomance
Kate HarrisLands of Lost BordersNonfiction
2020Zalika Reid-BentaFrying PlantainFiction[7]
J. R. McConveyDifferent BeastsSpeculative fiction
Jesse ThistleFrom the AshesNonfiction
2021Michelle GoodFive Little IndiansFiction[8]
Emily HepditchThe Woman in the AtticMystery
Eternity MartisThey Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life and Growing UpNonfiction
2022Pik-Shuen FungGhost ForestFiction[9]
Damhnait MonaghanNew Girl in Little CoveRomance
Jesse WenteUnreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous ResistanceNonfiction
2023Erica McKeenTearFiction[10]
K.S. CovertThe Petting ZoosSpeculative Fiction
Harrison MooneyInvisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-DiscoveryNonfiction

References
  1. Ryan Porter (May 2, 2019). "Tanya Tagaq, Kate Harris, and Uzma Jalaluddin among shortlisted authors for Kobo Emerging Writer Prize". Quill and Quire.
  2. Conan Tobias (July 8, 2015). "Battershill, Wiebe, Doolittle win inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill and Quire.
  3. Becky Robertson, "Awards: Kinew, Kovalyova, White win Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 22, 2016.
  4. Becky Robertson, "Teva Harrison, Lynne Kutsukake, Dee Wilson awarded Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 28, 2017.
  5. Samraweet Yohannes (June 19, 2018). "Omar El Akkad, author of American War, among winners of $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC News.
  6. "26 Canadian books that won awards in the first half of 2019". CBC News. July 8, 2019.
  7. Sue Carter, "Jesse Thistle, Zalika Reid-Benta, J.R. McConvey win Kobo’s Emerging Writer Prizes". Quill & Quire, June 25, 2020.
  8. Deborah Dundas, "Michelle Good wins Kobo Emerging Writer fiction prize — making it three wins for the three noms she got on that big day in May". Toronto Star, June 22, 2021.
  9. Cassandra Drudi, "Jesse Wente, Pik-Shuen Fung, Damhnait Monaghan named winners of 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer prizes". Quill & Quire, June 23, 2022.
  10. Bridget Raymundo, "Erica McKeen, Harrison Mooney and K.S. Covert win $10K Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes". CBC Books, June 28, 2023.
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