Subject Guides: Writing, Editing, and Publishing Indigenous Stories: Awards and Funding

Writing Competitions for Indigenous Authors

The Aboriginal History Best Article Prize
The Aboriginal History Group, a committee affiliated with the Canadian Historical Association, offers a prize for the best article in Aboriginal history.
Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award
Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction contest.
Burt Award for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Young Adult Literature
Indigenous Voices Awards
The Indigenous Voices Awards aim to support Indigenous literary production in its diversity and complexity, understanding Indigenous literatures to include but not be limited to novels, creative non-fiction, short stories, poetry, orality, graphic novels, comics, slam, drama, music lyrics, screenwriting, and other forms.

Scholarships

There are many Canadian writing awards listed in A Guide to Writing Prizes for Canadians. Listed below are some specific awards.

Kemosa Scholarship

Eligibility: This scholarship is for FNMI women, who live in Alberta. Check the website for submission requirements.

https://writersguild.ca/2nd-annual-kemosa-scholarship-now-open-for-submissions/

Indigenous Arts & Stories Scholarship

Eligibility: Must be FNMI identifying and between the ages of 6-29. Consult the website for competition guidelines.

http://www.our-story.ca/guidelines/

Gillis Purcell Memorial Journalism Scholarship for Indigenous Peoples

To be awarded to an Indigenous Peoples (status or non-status Indian, Metis or Inuit) enrolled at a Canadian university or college. The student must already be attending the post-secondary institution and must be either enrolled in a journalism program or actively involved with a news organization associated with the institution (e.g. student paper or broadcast station). The scholarship is open to French and English-speaking Indigenous Canadians.