Trillium Book Award
Be Part of Ontario’s 25th Trillium Book Award Celebration!
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of The Trillium Book Award – the Province’s award honouring literary excellence by Ontario authors.. OMDC is proud to run this prestigious award and there are some special events being planned to celebrate this landmark occasion.
In conjunction with Open Book, OMDC is hosting a series of Trillium Winner Author Readings by some of the previous English language winners at The Gladstone Hotel:
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
We will also host a Prix Trillium Author Reading in Ottawa by the previous French language winners of the Award. This reading is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at the Ottawa Arts Court.
These readings are open to the public and will begin at 7:00 pm.
Open Book is marking the 25th anniversary of the Award with a fabulous online contest. Readers are invited to participate in the celebration by voting online for their personal favourite Trillium Award-winning book.
Vote and you’ll have a chance to win one of three Kobo eReaders! The contest begins February 1, 2012 and runs until March 28, 2012 inclusive.
To enter the contest, simply go to either www.openbooktoronto.com or www.openbookontario.com for the contest page. The contest is open to Open Book enewsletter subscribers – and entrants who are not already registered for the Open Book enewsletter will be signed up. All participants will automatically be entered in a contest to win one of three Kobo eReaders Touch edition courtesy of Kobo Inc. – www.kobo.com.
Plan to attend one, two, three or all of the Readings where you’ll hear some of Ontario’s finest literary talent read from their works. And be sure to enter the contest!
The announcement of the shortlist for the 25th Trillium Book Award (for titles published in 2011) will be announced on May 9, 2012.
On the evening of June 19, 2012 there will be a group reading by the nominated authors for the 25th Trillium Book Award. This reading will be open to the public and will take place at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto.
The winners will be announced the following day on June 20, 2012.
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The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize excellence, support marketing and foster increased public awareness of the quality and diversity of Ontario writers and writing.
This prestigious Award is the province’s leading award for literature. The quality of Ontario authors and writing speaks for itself with the international acclaim achieved by past Trillium winners including Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Timothy Findley and Anne Michaels.
In 1994, the prize was expanded to include the Prix Trillium, a separate award for Ontario’s francophone writers and their publishers.
The award given to the author of each winning book is $20,000 and their publishers receive $2,500 for the marketing and promotion of the titles.
In 2003, there was a further enhancement to the traditional Trillium Book Award with the creation of the new Trillium Book Award for Poetry for new and emerging poets. A first, second or third work by a poet is eligible and each award recipient receives $10,000 and $2,000 is given to the winning publishers.
In 2006 the awards in the French language were enhanced such that the Trillium Book Award for Poetry in French language is awarded every two years, with eligible titles over the two years considered for the Award. The Trillium Book Award for Children’s Literature in French language is offered in the alternate years that the Poetry French language award is not given out. Similar to the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, the award recipient receives $10,000 and $2,000 is given to the winning publisher.
The Trillium Award is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, children’s books and poetry. Anthologies and translations are not eligible. A jury of writers and figures from the literary community judges all submissions and selects the winning titles.
25th Trillium Book Award Guidelines and Call for Submissions
25th Trillium Book Award Submission Form
25th Trillium Book Award for Poetry Form
Inquiries regarding the Trillium Book Award should be directed to
Janet Hawkins.
Phone: 416-642-6698
