National Juries and Awards
Working Group
(NJAWG)
We are a group of organizations that administer literary and book awards across Canada,
ranging from national awards to genre-specific or subject-specific, provincial, and city awards.
Our Story
The National Juries and Awards Working Group began in 2021 to respond to an interest in developing fairer, more inclusive and equitable jurying, and we still do a variety of informational activities focused on that. We also do various kinds of professional development, resource sharing, and mutual support.
We typically meet on Zoom four or five times a year, and once in a while we meet in person. Our members also call on each other in between meetings for advice and support, and to disseminate calls for submissions or for jurors. If you are a member of a literary, book, or allied awards-giving organization and would like to join us, please send us a note.
On this site you’ll also find a listing of our members and the awards they administer, as well as our past and upcoming events.
NJAWG’s coordinators are:
Linda Hudson, Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia
Elise Moser
Lori Schubert, Quebec Writers’ Federation
Upcoming NJAWG Events
Wednesday, September 10, 12:00 pm ET
Online Meeting: Where do we go from here? NJAWG’s governance structure, membership, and mandate
Mercredi, 10 septembre, 12 h 00 HE
Réunion en ligne : Où allons-nous à partir d’ici? La structure de gouvernance, composition et mandat du GTNJP
Thursday, September 18
Online Meeting: AI and Publishing with Crystal Chan
Jeudi, 18 septembre
Réunion en ligne : IA et l’édition avec Crystal Chan
Contact Us
Have questions? Interested in joining? Contact us using the form below, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.