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Award Winners

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Showcases Canadian debut authors, with the chance to win $10,000 CAD per category, plus marketing support for the three winning books

2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award

17 books

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2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Shortlist

2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Award

Winner

Invisible Boy

A Memoir of Self-Discovery

by (author) Harrison Mooney

Winner

Tear

by (author) Erica McKeen

Winner

The Petting Zoos

by (author) K.S. Covert

14 books

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Rakuten Kobo 2023 Emerging Writer Prize

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2022

12 books

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2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2021

16 books

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2021 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlists

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2020

13 books

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2020 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Shortlist

Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize 2019

14 books

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2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prizes