Giller Prize
From Giller Prize (Scotiabank ended sponsorship Feb 2025)
$100,000 prize for the best Canadian novel, graphic novel or short story collection; finalists get $10,000.
- Amount
- $10,000 to $100,000
- Who can apply
- Individual artists not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated on the funder's page
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “Each entry must be accompanied by the signed submission form, a current author biography with the author’s social media handles (if applicable), a jpeg of the author (with photo credit), and the book cover sent by e-mail that can be reprod…”
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Eligibility
Canadian citizen or permanent resident; first-edition fiction in English published Oct 1 2025 to Sep 30 2026; no self-published books. not confirmed - check the funder's page
What to send
Each entry must be accompanied by the signed submission form, a current author biography with the author’s social media handles (if applicable), a jpeg of the author (with photo credit), and the book cover sent by e-mail that can be reproduced for use in print and online at gillerprize.ca.
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Key details not found yet: deadline.
Funder's page last updated December 17, 2025.
Source: https://gillerprize.ca/submission-guidelines/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on October 13, 2026.
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