Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence

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The Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence is administered by the BC Book Prizes and recognizes a writer who has contributed significantly to the development of literary excellence in British Columbia, as well as having written a substantial body of literary work throughout his or her career. [1]

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The recipient receives a cash award of $5,000 and a commemorative certificate. [1]

History

The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence was first conceived in the spring of 2002. Led by the late Carol Shields, a group of respected BC writers met with the current Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo to initiate a special provincial literary arts award. Inspired by Shields, this meeting resulted in the establishment of the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.

Winners

Award winners
YearWinnerRef.
2004 P. K. Page
2005 Robert Bringhurst
2006 Jack Hodgins
2007 Patrick Lane
2008 Gary Geddes
2009 Terry Glavin
2010 Stan Persky
2011 George Bowering [2]
2012 Brian Brett [3]
2013 Lorna Crozier [4]
Sarah Ellis [4]
2014 Kit Pearson [5]
2015 Betty Keller [6]
2016 Alan Twigg [7]
2017 Douglas Coupland [8]
2020 Julie Flett
Joy Kogawa
2021 Joseph A. Dandurand
2022 Audrey Thomas
2023 Robin Stevenson [9]
2024 Keith Maillard [10]

References

  1. 1 2 Archived 2011-06-24 at the Wayback Machine , Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence.
  2. ↑ Brian Lynch (April 14, 2011). "George Bowering wins the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Straight. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ Lederman, Marsha (April 25, 2012). "Brian Brett wins BC award for literary excellence". Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Perkins, Martha (April 11, 2013). "Sarah Ellis and Lorna Crozier to receive Lieutenant Governor Award". WE Vancouver. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ Chamberlain, Adrian (April 23, 2014). "Victoria author Kit Pearson wins Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Times Colonist . Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ DeGrass, Jan (April 2, 2015). "Lifetime of literary excellence for Coast author". Coast Reporter. Archived from the original on July 8, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ Sherlock, Tracy (March 22, 2016). "BC BookWorld founder Alan Twigg honoured for promoting province's literature". The Vancouver Sun . Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Vancouver's Douglas Coupland lands Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence". Vancouver Sun . 2017-04-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-10. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  9. ↑ Gee, Dana (25 September 2023). "And the winners of the B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes are ..." Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Cassandra Drudi, "Darrel J. McLeod, John Vaillant among BC and Yukon Book Prize winners". Quill & Quire , September 30, 2024.

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