Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
From Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, established in 2006, honours excellence in the illustrated picture book format. To be eligible, the book must be an original work in English, aimed at children ages three to eight, written and illustrated by Canadians.
- Amount
- Up to $20,000
- Who can apply
- Not stated
- Where you must live
- Canada
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $120
- Kind
- Prize or award
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Eligibility
Updated: January 2026 The Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award honours excellence in Canadian children’s literature in the illustrated picture book format.
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 Baillie 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.
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Source: https://bookcentre.ca/pages/awards/marilyn-baillie-picture-book-award (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on September 27, 2026.
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