1. Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction (second time awarded)
Willem De Kooning’s Paintbrush by Kerry Lee Powell, published by HarperCollins Canada
2. Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children’s Literature
Into the Wasteland, by Lesley Choyce, published by Red Deer Press
3. Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association’s Best Atlantic-Published Book Award, Sponsored by Friesens Corporation
Goose Lane Editions for Lucy Jarvis: even stones have life by Roslyn Rosenfeld.
4. Atlantic Book Award for Scholarly Writing, Sponsored by Marquis Book Printing
Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control by Alex Marland, published by University of British Columbia Press
5. The Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction), Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Dartmouth
Viola Desmond’s Canada: A History of Black and Racial Segregation in the Promised Land by Graham Reynolds with Wanda Robson, published by Fernwood Publishing
6. Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing
Sable Island in Black and White, by Jill Martin Bouteillier, published by Nimbus Publishing
7. Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award (Fiction), presented by BoyneClarke LLP
Advocate, by Darren Greer, published by Cormorant Books
8. Lillian Shepherd Award for Excellence in Illustration
Suzanne Del Rizzo for Sky Pig, written by Jan L. Coates, published by Pajama Press
9. Margaret and John Savage First Book Award, Sponsored by Collins Barrow LLP, Weed Man Maritimes and the family of John and Margaret Savage
Notes from a Feminist Killjoy: Essays on Everyday Life by Erin Wunker, published by Bookthug
10. Atlantic Book Awards’ Pioneer Award – Errol Sharpe