Indigenous Voices Awards
The Indigenous Voices Awards are a Canadian literary award program, created in 2017 to honour indigenous literatures in Canada.[1]
The awards grew out of a 2017 controversy, when a group of Canadian writers were criticized for campaigning on Twitter in favour of a prize supporting cultural appropriation.[2] In response, Toronto lawyer Robin Parker launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a new prize for First Nations, Métis and Inuit writers in Canada. The crowdfunding campaign was set with a goal of $10,000, but ultimately attracted over $140,000 in donations.[1]
The awards honour both published and unpublished work by indigenous writers. The first winners were announced in May 2018.[3]
Winners
2018
- English Prose: Aviaq Johnston, Those Who Run in the Sky
- English Poetry: Billy-Ray Belcourt, This Wound Is a World
- French Prose: J. D. Kurtness, De Vengeance
- Alternative Format: Mich Cota, Musical Selections and Mika Lafond, Nipê Wânîn
- Unpublished English Poetry: Smokii Sumac, #haikuaday and other poems
- Unpublished French Poetry: Marie-Andrée Gill, Uashteu
- Unpublished Prose: Elaine McArthur, Queen Bee
2019
- English Prose: Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth[4]
- English Poetry: Smokii Sumac, You are Enough: Love Poems for the End of the World[4]
- French Prose: Josephine Bacon, Uiesh, Quelque Part and Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, Nipimanitu – L’esprit de l’eau[4]
- Alternative Format: Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan, Surviving the City[4]
- Unpublished Poetry: Elaine McArthur, Brush of a Bustle[4]
- Unpublished Prose: Francine Cunningham, Teenage Asylums[4]
2020
- English Prose: Jesse Thistle, From the Ashes[5]
- English Poetry: Michelle Sylliboy, Kiskajeyi—I am Ready and Arielle Twist, Disintegrate / Dissociate[5]
- French Prose: Naomi Fontaine, Shuni — Ce que tu dois savoir, Julie[5]
- French Poetry: Maya Cousineau-Mollen, Bréviaire du matricule 082 and Marie-Andrée Gill, Chauffer le dehors[5]
- Indigenous Language: Rene Meshake, Injichaag: My Soul in Story and Cole Pauls, Dakwäkãda Warriors[5]
- Unpublished Prose in English: Cody Caetano, "Half-Bads in White Regalia"[5]
- Unpublished Poetry in English: Keely Shirt, "Two Little Foxes", "Buttertown Beach", "I Will Never Be Happier"[5]
- Alternative Format: Elaine McArthur, Elizabeth Dances Pow-wow[5]
References
- ^ a b "New literary prize for Indigenous writers to offer $25K in awards". CBC News, October 19, 2017.
- ^ "Crowdfunded Indigenous Voices Awards formally launches, with focus on emerging talent". Quill & Quire, October 30, 2017.
- ^ "Billy-Ray Belcourt, Aviaq Johnston among winners of 2018 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, May 31, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tanya Tagaq and seven other writers take home prizes at Indigenous Voices Awards". CityNews, June 5, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards". Open Book, June 22, 2020.
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