The Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning (established in December 2004),[1] handed out annually since 2005 during the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, are literary awards given to Canadiancartoonists. Honouring excellence in comics (including webcomics) and graphic novels published in English (including translated works),[2] the awards are named in honour of Canadian cartoonist Doug Wright.[3] Winners are selected by a jury of Canadians who have made significant contributions to national culture, based on shortlisted selections provided by a nominating committee of five experts in the comics field.[4]
The Wright Awards are handed out in four categories:
The Doug Wright Award for Best Book
The Nipper: The Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent (formerly known as "The Spotlight Award")
The Pigskin Peters: The Doug Wright Award for Best Small- or Micro-press Book (first awarded in 2008; it was formerly awarded for "experimental, non-traditional or avant-garde comics," though these books are still considered "especially welcome in this category"[5]);[6]
The Egghead: The Doug Wright Award for Best Kids’ Book (first awarded in 2020; for young readers ages 0-12)[7]
The Wright Awards are modeled after traditional book prizes, with the intention of drawing attention to the comics medium from a broad range of demographics inside and outside of its traditional fanbase. The Wrights have garnered acclaim as well as earning the support of a diverse range of participating artists and jurors including Scott Thompson, Don McKellar, Bruce McDonald, Jerry Ciccoritti, Bob Rae, Andrew Coyne, Sara Quin, Greg Morrison, Chester Brown, Lorenz Peter, and Nora Young.[9]
Awards
The Best Book and The Nipper (Spotlight) awards are large wood-and-glass trophies which are engraved with images from Wright's comic strip (the one difference being the images that are etched on the glass). The award were designed by the cartoonist Seth, who admitted to some embarrassment at being the inaugural winner of the trophy he designed.[10] The Pigskin Peters Award, named in honour of a character from Jimmy Frise's Birdseye Center, is a custom, tailored derby hat with its own unique plaque that doubles as a hat post. It was also designed by Seth.
Each recipient of a Doug Wright Award also receives a custom-bound copy of their winning work.
WINNER - Vincy Lim When I was a kid I was taught how to die. Now that I'm an adult I'm learning how to live. (I love you.) and When She Set Fire to My Friends’ Houses (Self-published)
Endsickness No. 1 by Sofia Alarcon (Self-published)
Fruit/Soil by Kim Edgar (Moniker Press)
The Northern Gaze Akeeshoo Chislett, Chris Caldwell, Cole Pauls, Andrew Sharp, Juliann Fraser, Esther Bordet, Alison McCreesh, Keith Verbonac, Princess J; edited by Kim Edgar (Hecate Press)
Sleemor Gank: Burg Land No. 1 by Alexander Laird (Self-published)
This Place: 150 Years RetoldKateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott A. Ford, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick, Jen Storm, Donovan Yaciuk, Alicia Elliott (HighWater Press)
WINNER- Ethan Rilly for Pope Hats #2 (Adhouse Books)
Emily Carroll for "The Seven Windows" (from The Anthology Project vol. 2), "Margot's Room" and "The Prince & the Sea" (and other comics at emcarroll.com/comic)
Betty Liang for Wet T-shirt #1, "It's Only a Secret if You Don't Tell Anyone" (in š! #9), "Anna Freud's Recurring Dream" (and other comics at bettyliang.tumblr.com)
Winners of the 2010 Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 8, 2010 in the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in the Toronto Reference Library, during a ceremony hosted by actor Peter Outerbridge.
Winners of the 2009 Doug Wright Awards were announced on May 9, 2009 at the Art Gallery of Ontario during a ceremony hosted by actor and director Don McKellar.[15]
2008 saw the introduction of a new category dedicated to works that fall outside the bounds of traditional storytelling. Named after a character in the classic Canadian comic strip Birdseye Center, the Pigskin Peters Award recognizes experimental and avant-garde comics.
↑ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". cbc.ca. CBC News. 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-05. Named after one of Canada's most prolific cartoonists, the awards were established to honour excellence in artistic or alternative comics.
↑ Howard, Dave (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Brad Mackay, Doug Wright Awards Co-Founder". davehoward.ca. Dave Howard. Retrieved May 4, 2020. We have a nominating committee, which we're in the process of putting together now. We have usually five people – an odd number – made up of people from across the spectrum. So we have Jeet Heer, Chester Brown, Jerry Ciccoritti, we have Sean Rogers who writes a comics blog for The Walrus, and then Bryan Munn, a retailer and critic from Guelph. So we have those guys on it for this year on the nominating committee.(...) And then from that point we choose our prize jury from a wider cross section of society and we throw them in "The Thunderdome" as we like to call it. We have another dinner with those people and they pick the winners. We tend to have two or three comics-based people on that jury and then the rest are kind of balanced off.
↑ Wong, Jessica (2008-08-09). "Rising cartoonists, Lynn Johnston feted at comic book awards". cbc.ca. CBC News. Retrieved 2018-10-21. A new prize designed to recognize non-traditional or more experimental works, entitled the Pigskin Peters Award, went to Vancouver illustrator Julie Morstad for her first comic work Milk Teeth.
↑ Munn, B.K. (2019-12-09). "Wright Awards Announces New Kids' Book Category". sequentialpulp.ca. Sequential: Canadian Comix News and Culture. Retrieved 2020-05-05. The award will be called "The Egghead", named for Doug Wright's preferred name for his Nipper character.
↑ "Canadian cartoonists honoured in Toronto". cbc.ca. CBC News. 2005-05-30. Retrieved 2020-05-05. Organizers also inducted Wright and four other cartoonists into a hall of fame entitled Giants of the North.
↑ Howard, Dave (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Brad Mackay, Doug Wright Awards Co-Founder". davehoward.ca. Dave Howard. Retrieved May 4, 2020. We try and reach out to the wider culture as much as possible in everything we do. This also extends to our ceremony, which we insist is "jeans-free" – at least for the organizers and presenters. So it's a costume-free zone. As a result, we've had some nice things said about us.
1980 - Arthur's Valentine 1981 - The True Francine (later republished and retitled in 1996 as "Arthur and the True Francine") 1982 - Arthur Goes to Camp 1982 - Arthur's Halloween 1983 - Arthur's April Fool 1983 - Arthur's Thanksgiving 1984 - Arthur's Christmas 1985 - Arthur's Tooth 1987 - Arthur's Baby 1989 - Arthur's Birthday 1990 - Arthur's Pet Business 1991 - Arthur Meets the President 1992 - Arthur Babysits 1993 - Arthur's Family Vacation 1993 - Arthur's New Puppy 1994 - Arthur's Chicken Pox 1994 - Arthur's First Sleepover 1995 - Arthur's TV Trouble 1996 - Arthur Writes a Story 1997 - Arthur's Computer Disaster 1998 - Arthur Lost and Found 1999 - Arthur's Underwear 2000 - Arthur's Teacher Moves In 2011 - Arthur Turns Green
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