Evelyn RichardsonNon-Fiction Award
From Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia
Evelyn RichardsonNon-Fiction Award Submission Guidelines for all WFNS Book Awards 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 not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $45 not confirmed - check the funder's page
- 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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What is offered
Money to you
- Additional finalists each receive $250.
Showing your work
- Nonfiction considered for this award includes narrative nonfiction, collected essays, biography, memoir, and long-form academic publication that offers a complex and reflective narrative about original research.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
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. not confirmed - check the funder's page
What to send
Not found
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Complete: all key details were found.
Source: https://writers.ns.ca/programs/book-awards/evelyn-richardson-award/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on November 1, 2026.
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