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The Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction is open to print books and ebooks of creative nonfiction published in the previous calendar year (e.g. books published during the 2020 calendar year are eligible for the 2021 award). To qualify, the writer must be Canadian, and an entry:
Previous winners are not eligible, and the judges reserve the right to grant or withhold the award in any year. The decision of the judges is final.
We are now accepting submissions for both 2020 and 2021. The deadline for submission is May 1, 2022.
For print books, please send six (6) copies of the published book along with a completed copy of the entry form to:
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
Office of the Dean, Faculty of Arts
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo ON N2L 3C5
For ebooks, please email an electronic file in ePub, Kindle or PDF format to staebleraward@wlu.ca, along with a completed copy of the entry form.
Note: If the entry is available in both print and ebook format, please provide six (6) print copies only.
Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Entry Form
After you have submitted the entry form, you are required to complete the following instructions:
If you have any questions, contact staebleraward@wlu.ca.
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