Eligibility

Publishers do not have to be members of the BPAA to apply but must meet eligibility guidelines as follows. A publisher will:

• have its chief office of business located in Alberta;
• be at least 80% beneficially owned by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, or be fully owned and controlled by Canadian institutions or associations that are 80% controlled by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants;
• have effective managerial and editorial control by people domiciled in Alberta, and financial control in the hands of people living in Canada; and
• publish original Canadian books as a primary and not an occasional activity.

Books will be judged on:

• artistic merit,
• innovation of form,
• quality of production values,
• appropriateness to the intended market.

  Books submitted will be eligible for each of the three book design awards. The jury will recognize a book in each category from all of the books submitted, according to the criteria.

  Submissions

  Submissions shall consist of the completed entry form, four copies of each title, and a cheque or money order for an administration fee of $25 per title, per design award category.

  Submission Deadline

  The deadline for submissions is Monday, February 27, 2012.

  For more information, please contact the Book Publishers Association of Alberta at (780) 424-5060, or by email.

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  Previous Winners

  2011	Alberta Book Design Award University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Rudy Wiebe: Collected Stories, 1955-2010, by Rudy Wiebe, Book design by Alan Brownoff Alberta Book Cover/Jacket Design Award University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), The Measure of Paris, by Steven Scobie, Cover design by Alan Brownoff Alberta Book Illustration Award RMB (Rocky Mountain Books) (Calgary), The Will of the Land by Peter A. Dettling, Illustrations by Peter A. Dettling
  2010	Alberta Book Design Award RMB (Rocky Mountain Books) (Calgary), The Incomparable Honeybee, by Reese Halter, Book design by Chyla Cardinal Alberta Book Cover/Jacket Design Award Freehand Books (imprint of Broadview Press)(Calgary), Buying Cigarettes for the Dog, by Stuart Ross, Cover design by Fidel Pena, Underline Studio Alberta Book Illustration Award Maggie & Pierrot: A Children's Book Publisher (Edmonton), Theo in the Spotlight by Patti McIntosh, Illustration by Tara Langlois
  2009	Alberta Book Design Award NeWest Press (Edmonton), Cleavage, by Theanna Bischoff, Book design by Natalie Olsen Alberta Book Cover Design Award NeWest Press (Edmonton), Listening to Trees, by A.K. Hellum, Cover design by Natalie Olsen Alberta Book Illustration Award Maggie & Pierrot: A Children's Book Publisher (Edmonton), Ollie's Field Journal: a 9/10ths Happy Story from Africa by Patti McIntosh, Illustrations by Tara Langlois & Dustin Delfs
  2008	Alberta Book Design Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Culturing Wilderness in Jasper National Park: Studies in Two Centuries of Human History in the Athabasca River Watershed, edited by I.S. MacLaren, Book design by Alan Brownoff Alberta Book Cover Design Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Great Canadian Film Directors, edited by George Melnyk, Cover design by Alan Brownoff Alberta Book Illustration Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Lady Bugs of Alberta: Finding the Spots and Connecting the Dots by John Acorn, Illustrations by John Acorn
  2007	Alberta Book Design Award University of Calgary Press (Calgary) and The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Alberta Formed Alberta Transformed, edited by Michael Payne, Donald Wetherell and Catherine Cavanaugh, Book design by Mieka West Alberta Book Cover Design Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton), Continuations by Douglas Barbour and Sheila E. Murphy, Cover design by Marvin Harder Alberta Book Illustration Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton) with The Hebrew University Magnes Press (Jerusalem), Reading Writers Reading by Danielle Schaub, Photographs by Danielle Schaub
  2006	Alberta Book Design Award The University of Alberta Press (Edmonton): Portraits of the Bison: An Illustrated Guide to Bison Society, by Wes Olson, photographs by Johane Janelle, book design by Alan Brownoff Alberta Book Cover Design Award University of Calgary Press (Calgary): Writing the Terrain: Travelling Through Alberta with the Poets, edited by Robert M. Stamp, cover design by Mieka West Alberta Book Illustration Award CanMedia (Edmonton): The Albertans:From Settlement to Super Province 1905-2005, by Paul Stanway, design by Dean Pickup