Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing

The Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing is a Canadian literary award administered by the Atlantic Book Awards & Festival for the best work of scholarly writing published in the previous year by a writer from the Atlantic provinces. The award was established in 2013, sponsored by Marquis Imprimeur, and is worth CA$1,000.[1][2] The award was last presented in 2023.

Winners and nominees

Year Writer Title Result Ref.
2013 Susan Dodd The Ocean Ranger Winner [1]
Shannon Ryan A History of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic to 1818 Finalist [3]
Trudy Sable and Bernie Francis The Language of This Land, Mi'kma'ki
2014 Ruth Holmes Whitehead Black Loyalists Winner [4]
Jonathan Fowler and Earle Lockerby Jeremiah Bancroft at Fort Beauséjour and Grand-Pré Finalist [5]
David Bell Loyalist Rebellion in New Brunswick
2015 Richard Starr The Tumultuous and Troubled History of a Great Canadian Idea Winner [6][7]
Katherine Dewar Those Splendid Girls Finalist [8]
Adrian Tanner Bringing Home Animals
2016 Geoffrey McCormack and Thom Workman The Servant State Winner [9]
Brian Cuthbertson Stubborn Resistance Finalist [10]
Michael Newton Seanchaidh na Coille / Memory Keeper of the Forest
2017 Alex Marland Brand Command Winner [11]
Greg Marquis The Vigilant Eye Finalist [12]
Erin Wunker Notes from a Feminist Killjoy
2018 Joan Baxter The Mill Winner [13]
Rachel Bryant The Homing Place Finalist [14]
Karolyn Smardz Frost Steal Away Home
2019 Ingrid R. G. Waldron There's Something in the Water Winner [15]
Lars Osberg The Age of Increasing Inequality Finalist [16]
Suzanne Stewart The Tides of Time
2020 L. Jane McMillan Truth and Conviction Winner [17]
Rie Croll Shaped by Silence Finalist [18]
Linden MacIntyre The Wake
2021 Andrea Procter A Long Journey Winner [19]
Alan MacEachern The Miramichi Fire Finalist [20]
Margaret Conrad At the Ocean's Edge
2022 Ardath Whynacht Insurgent Love Winner [21]
George Elliott Clarke Where Beauty Survived Finalist [22]
Matthew W. Betts and M. Gabriel Hrynick The Archaeology of the Atlantic Northeast
2023 Carol Lynne D'Arcangelis The Solidarity Encounter Winner [23]
Mark David Turner Inuit TakugatsaliuKatiget / On Inuit Cinema Finalist [24]
Elizabeth Yeoman Exactly What I Said

References

  1. 1 2 "Susan Dodd Wins Atlantic Book Award". Fernwood Publishing. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "The Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Carter, Sue (21 March 2013). "Atlantic Book Awards reveal shortlists". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Baldassi, Julie (22 May 2014). "Atlantic Book Award winners announced". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "2014 Atlantic Book Awards shortlists". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Lemke, Monika (19 May 2015). "2015 Atlantic Book Awards winners revealed". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 15 October 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Johns, Stephanie (15 May 2015). "Atlantic Book Awards winners announced!". The Coast. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Award season begins: Atlantic Book Awards short list". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Robertson, Becky (28 April 2016). "Sarah Mian, Sharon E. McKay among 2016 Atlantic Book Award winners". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Atlantic Book Awards releases shortlist for nominees". CBC News. 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Johns, Stephanie (19 May 2017). "2017 Atlantic Book Awards winners". The Coast. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  12. ↑ Short, Katie (7 April 2017). "Shortlist announced for the 2017 Atlantic Book Awards". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. Archived from the original on 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Thorne, Tara (11 May 2018). "Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners". The Coast. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Atlantic Book Awards 2018". Consumed by Ink. 11 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Cooke, Stephen (7 June 2019). "Work from around the region celebrated at 2019 Atlantic Book Awards". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Atlantic Book Awards 2019". Consumed by Ink. 7 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  17. ↑ Walt, Peggy (30 June 2020). "2020 Atlantic Book Awards Winners Announced". Atlantic Books Today. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  18. ↑ "Atlantic Book Awards 2020 winners!". Consumed by Ink. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 25 August 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  19. ↑ Zhu, Eva (17 May 2021). "Tyler LeBlanc, Alison Taylor among 2021 Atlantic Book Award winners". CBC Books. Archived from the original on 2 December 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "Atlantic Book Shortlist 2021". Consumed by Ink. 16 April 2021. Archived from the original on 24 August 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  21. ↑ Drudi, Cassandra (9 June 2022). "2022 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 11 February 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  22. ↑ Drudi, Cassandra (25 April 2022). "Atlantic Book Awards reveal 2022 shortlists". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 4 January 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "2023 Atlantic Book Awards winners announced". Quill & Quire. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  24. ↑ "Finalists announced for 2023 Atlantic Book Awards". Quill & Quire. 12 April 2023. Archived from the original on 9 September 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.