Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction
From Canadian Children's Book Centre
The Sharon Fitzhenry Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction honours excellence in Canadian children’s non-fiction books for Grades 4-12 (Ages 8-18). Established in 2024, with the first prize awarded in 2025, the award is named in memory of the late Sharon Fitzhenry, former President & CEO of Fitzhenry & Whiteside.
- Amount
- Up to $10,000
- Who can apply
- Not found
- Where you must live
- Not found
- Art forms
- Writing
- Application fee
- $40 not confirmed - check the funder's page
- Kind
- Prize or award
- How to get it
- Open application “online title submission form, PDF submission, 5 physical copies”
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What is offered
Money to you
- Supported by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, this annual award celebrates the books Sharon championed throughout her career and comes with a cash prize of $10,000.
In the funder's words, from their page, read September 27, 2026.
Eligibility
Books must be published between January 1 and December 31, 2025. Both the author and illustrator (if applicable) must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada (minimum two-year residency). No posthumous submissions. Books must be published in Canada. Books must be first Canadian editions. New editions or re-issues of previously published titles are not eligible for submission.
What to send
online title submission form, PDF submission, 5 physical copies not confirmed - check the funder's page
Not yet checked against the funder's page.
Complete: all key details were found.
Source: https://bookcentre.ca/pages/awards/sharon-fitzhenry-award-for-canadian-childrens-non-fiction (opens in a new tab). Our research read it on November 1, 2026.
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