Giller Prize
From Giller Prize (Scotiabank ended sponsorship Feb 2025)
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$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
- Where you must live
- Not stated
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Kind
- Prize or award
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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.
What to send
Publisher submits the book, not the author.
Checked against the funder's page, September 26, 2026.
Funder's page last updated December 17, 2025.
Source: https://gillerprize.ca/submission-guidelines/ (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 26, 2026.
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