Alberta Literary Awards

The Alberta Literary Awards[1] (ALA), administered by the Writers Guild of Alberta, have been awarded annually since 1982 to recognize outstanding writing by Alberta authors. The awards honour fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and children's literature.[2][3][4][5] At the first public ALA Gala in 1994, the inaugural Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award was given to W. O. Mitchell.[6]

  1. ^ "WGA Alberta Literary Awards". WGA website. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Bradley Somer, Andrew Nikoforuk among Alberta Literary Award winners". Calgary Herald website. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Six Edmonton writers win Alberta Literary Awards". Edmonton Journal website. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Winners of the 2015 Alberta Literary Awards announced". Quill and Quire website. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. ^ "2018 Alberta Literary Awards Winners". Alberta Magazine Publishers Association website. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  6. ^ "The Writer's Life: For 20 years the Writers Guild of Alberta has encouraged and enabled writers to pursue the Writers Life". Alberta Views website. Retrieved 23 January 2019.