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  • 2025 Amazon First Novel Award banner
    2025 Amazon First Novel Award banner
    June 05, 2025

    The Winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award Has Been Revealed!

    The winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award is Valérie Bah, author of Subterrane (Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press), as revealed in yet another majestic CanLit event that took place at the spectacular ...

  • Amazon First Novel Award 2024 Shortlist Announced
    Amazon First Novel Award 2024 Shortlist Announced
    May 10, 2024

    Amazon First Novel Award 2024 Shortlist Announced

    Yesterday, Amazon Canada and The Walrus announced the shortlist for the forty-sixth annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award, which rewards the debut novel judged to be the finest of the year based on ...

  • Amazon.ca and The Walrus Announce the Amazon First Novel Award Shortlist
    Amazon.ca and The Walrus Announce the Amazon First Novel Award Shortlist
    May 04, 2021

    Amazon.ca and The Walrus Announce the Amazon First Novel Award Shortlist

    It's clear that we're firmly in Spring literary prize season, and there's plenty to celebrate. With the announcement of the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlists, the CBC Short Story Contest winner, and the ...

  • Amazon Announces First Novel Award Shortlist
    Amazon Announces First Novel Award Shortlist
    April 26, 2019

    Amazon Announces First Novel Award Shortlist

    The Amazon First Novel Award returns this year with an even bigger prize purse: the winner will receive $60,000 and each of the six finalists will receive $6,000 in prize money.The winner will be ...

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