2025 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 21, 2025,[1] and the winners were announced on November 6.[2]

English

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Kyle Edwards, Small Ceremonies
Non-fiction Claire Cameron, How to Survive a Bear Attack
  • Shane Neilson, What to Feel, How to Feel: Lyric Essays on Neurodivergence and Neurofatherhood
  • Vinh Nguyen, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse
  • Ruby Smith Dίaz, Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim “Joe” Fortes
  • Teresa Wong, All Our Ordinary Stories: A Multigenerational Family Odyssey
Poetry Karen Solie, Wellwater
  • Farah Ghafooor, Shadow Price
  • Lorna Goodison, Dante’s Inferno: A new translation
  • Michael Trussler, 10:10
  • Douglas Walbourne-Gough, Island
Drama Tara Beagan, Rise, Red River
Children's literature Heather Smith, Tig
Children's illustration Tonya Simpson and Delreé Dumont, This Land Is a Lullaby
French to English translation Jessica Moore, Uiesh/Somewhere (Joséphine Bacon, Uiesh/Quelque part)

French

Category Winner Nominated
Fiction Katia Belkhodja, Les déterrées
  • Alexandra Boilard-Lefebvre, Une histoire silencieuse
  • Martina Chumova, Je mets mes rêves sur la table
  • Patrice Lessard, Rapines
  • Cristina Vanciu, Femmes silencieuses
Non-fiction Ouanessa Younsi, Soigner, écrire
  • Alain Denault, Faire que! L’engagement politique à l’ère de l’inouï
  • Nathalie Plaat, Mourir de froid, c’est beau, c’est long, c’est délicieux
  • Maïka Sondarjee, Tu viens d’où? Réflexions sur le métissage et les frontières
  • Louise Warren, Recueillir
Poetry Paul Chanel Malenfant, Au passage du fleuve
  • Angelina Guo, Comparution
  • Catherine Harton, Les sutures
  • Stéphane Martelly, Mourir est beau
  • Laurence Veilleux, Aller aux corps
Drama Éric Noël, Ces regards amoureux de garçons altérés
  • Maxime Brillon, Awards
  • Rébecca Déraspe, Fanny
  • Olivier Kemeid, La vengeance et l’oubli
  • Danièle LeBlanc, Paysages
Children's literature Laurie Léveillé, Coup bas
  • Laura Doyle Péan, Cheer
  • Marc-André Dufour-Labbé, Fatigué mort
  • Catherine Fouron, Vieille branche
  • Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier, Tête boule disco
Children's illustration Stéphane Laporte and Jacques Goldstyn, Un cadeau de Noël en novembre
English to French translation Sylvie Bérard and Suzanne Grenier, Les soeurs de la Muée (Larissa Lai, The Tiger Flu)

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