On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in fiction by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction is generously sponsored by Paragraphe Bookstore.
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in French-to-English translation by a Quebec translator.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation is generously sponsored by the Cole Foundation.
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On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in poetry by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry is generously sponsored by Byron Rempel.
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On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in non-fiction by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction is generously sponsored by the Lilly and Joshua Ronn Foundation.
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On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in a debut book by a Quebec English-language writer.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
The Concordia University First Book Prize is generously sponsored by Concordia University, which offers the only BA and MA English-language Creative Writing programs in Quebec.
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On November 10, 2025, QWF will award a prize of $3,000 to honour excellence in children's and young adult literature by a Quebec English-language writer. This year, the prize will be awarded to the author of the eligible book of fiction, non-fiction or poetry in the sub-category of longer chapter books, middle-grade, and young adult literature that the jury deems to have made the most significant contribution of the year to the body of Quebec English-language children’s literature. Picture books with text and beginner reader books published this year and next may be submitted next year for the 2026 Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Books deemed borderline by the publisher may be submitted in either year; QWF will determine the suitable category and, if required, will hold the submission for the following year and notify the publisher.
Relevant Links:
- Full Call for Submissions
- QWF Awards Overview (Including Links to Other Categories)
- Past Winners/Finalists
If you have any questions or concerns about this form, please do not hesitate to send us an email at Riley@qwf.org.
In Fall 2025, an English-language fiction writer from Quebec to Ireland for the fourth Max Margles Writing Residency.
To read the full call for entries, including the application criteria and more information on this residency, please click this link to our website.
The Quebec Writers’ Federation is delighted to partner with the Tyrone Guthrie Centre on this project. We are grateful to Mrs. Roslyn Margles for making it possible.