Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award One prize ($2,000) is awarded each year for a book of nonfiction that was written by a full-time resident of Nova Scotia and published or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to the submission deadline.
- Amount
- Up to $2,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists
- Where you must live
- Nova Scotia
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $45
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “awarded for a book of nonfiction (narrative nonfiction, collected essays, biography, memoir, or long-form academic publication that offers a complex and reflective narrative about original research) written or co-written by a Nova Scotian…”
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Eligibility
awarded for a book of nonfiction (narrative nonfiction, collected essays, biography, memoir, or long-form academic publication that offers a complex and reflective narrative about original research) written or co-written by a Nova Scotian author that was published and/or distributed for the first time in Canada in the year prior to and including the submission deadline. For the 2027 award, the eligibility year runs from November 2, 2025, to November 1, 2026.
What to send
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Source: https://writers.ns.ca/programs/book-awards/evelyn-richardson-award/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 17, 2026.
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