Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
From Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, established in 2014, honours excellence in teen/young adult fiction. Awarded annually with a cash prize of $5,000, eligible titles must be an original work in English, aimed at readers aged 13-18 and written by a Canadian.
- Amount
- Up to $5,000
- Who can apply
- Not found
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $40
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “You are required to complete an online title submission form for each title being submitted.”
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What is offered
Money to you
- Awarded annually with a cash prize of $5,000, eligible titles must be an original work in English, aimed at readers aged 13-18 and written by a Canadian.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
Books must be published between January 1 and December 31, 2025. Both author and illustrator (in the case of graphic novels) must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (minimum two-year residency). No posthumous submissions. Books may be published in Canada or abroad.
What to send
You are required to complete an online title submission form for each title being submitted. Upon receipt of your online submission form(s), you will be sent a link where you can upload the PDF of your submission(s). The Mathers Award requires five (5) physical copies of each title. Please send these to: CCBC Book Awards 2026 c/o Tinlids Inc. 130 Martin Ross Avenue Toronto, ON M3J 2L4 Tinlids' hours of operation for warehouse deliveries are Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm. not confirmed - check the funder's page
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Source: https://bookcentre.ca/pages/awards/amy-mathers-teen-book-award (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 18, 2026.
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