The shortlisted nominees for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 3, 2018,[1] and the winners were announced on October 30.[2]
Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Sarah Henstra, The Red Word[2] |
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Non-fiction | Darrel J. McLeod, Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age[2] |
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Poetry | Cecily Nicholson, Wayside Sang[2] |
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Drama | Jordan Tannahill, Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom[2] |
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Children's literature | Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster[2] |
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Children's illustration | Jillian Tamaki, They Say Blue[2] |
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French to English translation | Phyllis Aronoff and Howard Scott, Descent Into Night (Edem Awumey, Explication de la nuit)[2] |
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Category | Winner | Nominated |
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Fiction | Karoline Georges, De synthèse[3] |
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Non-fiction | Frédérick Lavoie, Avant l’après : voyages à Cuba avec George Orwell[3] |
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Poetry | Michaël Trahan, La raison des fleurs[3] |
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Drama | Anne-Marie Olivier, Venir au monde[3] |
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Children's literature | Mario Brassard, Ferdinand F., 81 ans, chenille[3] |
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Children's illustration | Marianne Dubuc, Le chemin de la montagne[3] |
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English to French translation | Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, Le monde selon Barney (Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version)[3] |
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