Since 2015 online retailer Rakuten has awarded Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes for three different genres.
Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books.[1]
Prizes are awarded to an author for literary fiction, for non-fiction, and for genre fiction. Each year a different genre is honoured.[2]
^"Second Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced". Kobo. 2016-06-21. Retrieved 2019-06-11. The Kobo Emerging Writer prize is eligible to Canadian citizens or legal residents of Canada who published debut books during the 2015 calendar year in the categories of Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction (Romance this year; a different genre is highlighted each year), or Non-Fiction.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Inaugural Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced". Kobo. 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2019-06-11. Kobo, a Rakuten company and leading innovator in the digital reading space, today announced the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize winners, all of whom have been awarded a $10,000 CAD cash prize as well as promotional, marketing, and communications support to help kick-start their budding careers.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Third Annual Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winners Announced". Kobo. 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2019-06-11. Last night Rakuten Kobo announced this year's Emerging Writer Prize recipients. A winner in each of the Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Non-Fiction categories received a $10,000 CAD cash prize as well as promotional, marketing, and communications support to help kick off their burgeoning careers.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)