The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize 2015 – Submissions now closed

NOW CLOSED FOR SUBMISSIONS!

The City of Calgary established this prize, in honour of renowned Calgary writer W.O. Mitchell, to recognize literary achievement by Calgary authors. The $5,000 prize is awarded each year for an outstanding book published in the preceding year. If the winning book has more than one author, the prize money is divided equally among them.

The prize is administered through a partnership between The City of Calgary and the Writers’ Guild of Alberta. A three-person jury from the Canadian literary community judges all entries and selects the winner for confirmation by The Calgary Awards Committee. The jury is made up of a Calgarian, an Albertan from outside Calgary, and a Canadian from outside Alberta.