Jim Deva Prize for Writing that Provokes

The Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes is a Canadian literary award, presented annually as part of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes. Named in memory of Jim Deva, a founder of the Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium bookstore in Vancouver, following a donation from his partner Bruce Smyth,[1] the prize honours literature in any genre that "challenges or provokes the ideas and forces that shape what writing, art, and/or society can become".

The award's creation was announced in 2019,[1] and it was presented for the first time in 2020.[2]

Winners and nominees

Prize winners and finalists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2020 Ivan Coyote Rebent Sinner Winner [2]
Francine Cunningham on/me Shortlist [3]
Chantal Gibson How She Read
Hazel Jane Plante Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian)
Yasuko Thanh Mistakes to Run With
2021 Joel Bakan The New Corporation: How 'Good' Corporations Are Bad for Democracy Winner [4]
Billy-Ray Belcourt A History of My Brief Body Shortlist [5]
Amber Dawn My Art Is Killing Me
Michelle Good Five Little Indians
Benjamin Perrin Overdose: Heartbreak and Hope in Canada's Opioid Crisis
2022 Harsha Walia Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism Winner [6]
Nicola I. Campbell Spíləx̣m: A Weaving of Recovery, Resilience and Resurgence Shortlist [7]
Danielle Geller Dog Flowers
Darrel J. McLeod Peyakow
Catherine Nolin, Grahame Russell Testimonio: Canadian Mining in the Aftermath of Genocides in Guatemala
2023 Michael J. Hathaway What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make Winner [8]
Otoniya J. Okot Bitek A Is for Acholi Shortlist [9]
Tsering Yangzom Lama We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
Harrison Mooney Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
Y-Dang Troeung Refugee Lifeworlds: The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia
2024 Helen Knott Becoming a Matriarch Winner [10]
Angela Sterritt Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls Shortlist [11]
Y-Dang Troeung Landbridge: Life in Fragments
Lindsay Wong Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas JAJ: A Haida Manga
2025 Sarah Leavitt Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love Winner [12]
Carleigh Baker Last Woman Shortlist [13]
Billy-Ray Belcourt Coexistence
Christopher Cheung Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism
Loghan Paylor The Cure for Drowning
2026 Ruby Smith Díaz Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim “Joe” Fortes Shortlist [14]
L. E. Fox This Book Is a Knife: Radical Working-Class Strategies in the Age of Climate Change
Kawika Guillermo Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games
Tracey Lindberg, George Littlechild The Cree Word for Love: Sâkihitowin
Jen Sookfong Lee The Hunger We Pass Down

References

  1. ^ a b Sue Carter, "B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes announces purse increases and a new award for 'Writing That Provokes'". Quill & Quire, October 24, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Steven Price, Ivan Coyote and Chantal Gibson among winners of the 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prizes". CBC Books, September 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Jane Van Koeverden, "Alix Ohlin, Steven Price, Ivan Coyote, Yasuko Thanh among BC and Yukon Book Prize nominees". CBC Books, March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Gail Johnson, "BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2021 winners". Stir, September 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "Michelle Good, Billy-Ray Belcourt among 2021 BC and Yukon Book Prize finalists". CBC Books, April 8, 2021.
  6. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced". Quill & Quire, September 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "British Columbia authors Alix Ohlin & Ruth Ozeki among 2022 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes finalists". CBC Books, April 13, 2022.
  8. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Billy-Ray Belcourt and Cole Pauls among 2023 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2023.
  9. ^ Gail Johnson, "BC and Yukon Book Prizes announce 2023 shortlists". Stir, April 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "Darrel J. McLeod, John Vaillant and Helen Knott among 2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners". CBC Books, October 4, 2024.
  11. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "2024 BC and Yukon Book Prizes shortlists announced". Quill & Quire, April 11, 2024.
  12. ^ "Sarah Leavitt, Minelle Mahtani and Li Charmaine Anne among 2025 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners". CBC Books, September 23, 2025.
  13. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists announced for 2025 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire, April 10, 2025.
  14. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists announced for 2026 B.C. and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill & Quire, April 14, 2026.
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