Vancouver Book Award

The City of Vancouver and the West Coast Book Prizes Society are now accepting submissions for the 2026 City of Vancouver Book Award. Authors and publishers of books published in 2025 that reflect Vancouver’s unique character, rich diversity and culture, history and residents are invited to submit entries.

The winning book can be of any genre and should demonstrate excellence in content, illustration, design, or format. It will also deepen our understanding of Vancouver, including its place on the traditional, unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and people from across the world who have imbued Vancouver’s cultural landscape with the qualities, landmarks, and stories that make our city recognizable and distinct.

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Supported by the City of Vancouver

 

Previous winners of the City of Vancouver Book Award include Henry Tsang for White Riot (2024); Chelene Knight for Junie (2023); Karen Duffek, Bill McLennan, and Jordan Wilson for Where the Power Is: Indigenous Perspectives on Northwest Coast Art (2022); Michelle Good for Five Little Indians (2021); Catherine B Clement for Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow (2020); Robert Watt and Susan Point for People Among the People: The public art of Susan Point (2019); Chelene Knight for Dear Current Occupant (2018); Carleigh Baker for Bad Endings (2017); and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Karen Duffek, and Tania Willard for Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories (2016).

Review more City of Vancouver Book Award winners and finalists from previous years