2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
The award was created to bring literary recognition to Canadian talent and kick-start the careers of debut authors. A $10,000 CAD cash prize will be awarded to a book in each of three categories: Nonfiction, Literary Fiction, and a rotating Genre Fiction category, which is Romance this year. In addition, each winning author receives promotional marketing and ongoing communications support throughout 2022. Missing from the list is Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy, by Rachel RIcketts; Cure Bound by M.L. Philpitt, published by M.L. Philpitt; Sarah Meets Mace, by Ryan James Patrick; The Way Maker, by Arlie Sheelin, published by Pursuing Dreams; For the Record, by Nicole Lam; and Dad Jokes and Pine Cones, by C.J. Banks
Don't Call It a Cult
The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
Measuring Up
A Memoir of Fathers and Sons
Yearbook
Unreconciled
Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
My Mother's Daughter
A Memoir of Struggle and Triumph
The Quiet is Loud
Satellite Love
A Novel
Ghost Forest
A Novel
Spindrift
A Canadian Book of the Sea
The Push
Personal Attention Roleplay
New Girl in Little Cove
A Novel