FINALISTS FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS VOICES AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED 6 MAY 2024!

FINALISTS FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS VOICES AWARDS TO BE ANNOUNCED 6 MAY 2024!

The IVAs are a literary contest that aims to honour the sovereignty of Indigenous creative voices, and support and nurture the work of Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. The IVAs are increasingly significant to the literary landscape; over the course of its seven-year history, the IVAs have elevated and championed the work of over 110 Indigenous writers, introducing audiences around the world to compelling new literary voices.

FROM 2018 - 2023 the IVAs have awarded $182,000 to emerging Indigenous writers of all ages, working in a variety of genres and languages. Past IVAs recipients include Maya Cousineau Mollen, Brian Thomas Isaac, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Tanya Tagaq, Émilie Monnet, and jaye simpson. 

Previous IVAs finalists in unpublished categories who went on to publish their work include Francine Cunningham, Marie-Andrée Gill, Elaine McArthur, Smokii Sumac, Francine Merasty, Amanda Peters, and Cody Caetano. Over 50 works from IVAs writers can also be found in Carving Space: The Indigenous Voices Awards Anthology published by McClelland & Stewart (2023), co-edited by Jordan Abel, Carleigh Baker, and Madeleine Reddon.

The Indigenous Voices Awards is grateful for the generous support from Pamela Dillon & Family Gift Fund, Penguin Random House Canada, the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), and Scholastic Canada. In addition, the IVAs co-chairs gratefully acknowledge support from Douglas & McIntyre for its donation of a portion of its sales of Richard Wagamese’s What Comes From Spirit and royalties from the recently republished Days of Augusta, by Mary Augusta Tappage Evans. The IVAs co-chairs also thank the countless supporters who have donated to the IVAs crowd-sourced fund over the years. Further donations are always welcome and deeply appreciated: please visit IndigenousVoicesAwards.org for more information.  

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The IVAs logo is designed by Lou-ann Neel (Kwakwaka’wakw).