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The awards honour both published and unpublished work by indigenous writers.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]
Recipients
| Year | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Alternative Format | Mich Cota | Musical Selections |
| Mika Lafond | Nipê Wânîn | ||
| English Poetry | Billy-Ray Belcourt | This Wound Is a World | |
| English Prose | Aviaq Johnston | Those Who Run in the Sky | |
| French Prose | J. D. Kurtness | De Vengeance | |
| Unpublished English Poetry | Smokii Sumac | #haikuaday and other poems | |
| Unpublished French Poetry | Marie-Andrée Gill | Uashteu | |
| Unpublished Prose | Elaine McArthur | Queen Bee | |
| 2019[4] | Alternative Format | Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan | Surviving the City |
| English Poetry | Smokii Sumac | You are Enough: Love Poems for the End of the World | |
| English Prose | Tanya Tagaq | Split Tooth | |
| French Prose | Joséphine Bacon | Uiesh, Quelque Part,Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, Nipimanitu – L’esprit de l’eau | |
| Unpublished Poetry | Elaine McArthur | Brush of a Bustle | |
| Unpublished Prose | Francine Cunningham | Teenage Asylums | |
| 2020[5] | Alternative Format | Elaine McArthur | Elizabeth Dances Pow-wow |
| English Poetry | Michelle Sylliboy | Kiskajeyi—I am Ready | |
| Arielle Twist | Disintegrate / Dissociate | ||
| English Prose | Jesse Thistle | From the Ashes | |
| French Poetry | Maya Cousineau-Mollen | Bréviaire du matricule 082 | |
| Marie-Andrée Gill | Chauffer le dehors | ||
| French Prose | Naomi Fontaine | Shuni — Ce que tu dois savoir, Julie | |
| Indigenous Language | Rene Meshake | Injichaag: My Soul in Story | |
| Cole Pauls | Dakwäkãda Warriors | ||
| Unpublished Poetry in English | Keely Shirt | "Two Little Foxes," "Buttertown Beach," and "I Will Never Be Happier" | |
| Unpublished Prose in English | Cody Caetano | "Half-Bads in White Regalia" | |
| 2021[6] | English Fiction | Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler | Ghost Lake |
| English Non-fiction | Bevann Fox | Genocidal Love | |
| English Poetry | jaye simpson | it was never going to be okay | |
| French Poetry | Shayne Michael | Fif et sauvage | |
| French Prose | Émilie Monnet | Okinum | |
| Published graphic novels, comics, and illustrated books | Brianna Jonnie with Nahanni Shingoose, Neal Shannacappo (illus.) | If I Go Missing | |
| Published work in an Indigenous language | Zacharias Kunuk with Megan Kyak-Monteith (illus.) | The Shaman's Apprentice: Inuktitut | |
| Unpublished poetry in English | Samantha Martin-Bird | the indian (adultery) act & other poems | |
| Unpublished prose in English | Amanda Peters | Waiting for the Long Night Moon |
References
- "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.
- "Tanya Tagaq and seven other writers take home prizes at Indigenous Voices Awards". CityNews, June 5, 2019.
- "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards". Open Book, June 22, 2020.
- Vicky Qiao, "Nathan Adler, Bevann Fox and jaye simpson among winners for 2021 Indigenous Voices Awards". CBC Books, June 22, 2021.
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