[1] The awards are administered in partnership with the Literary Arts Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
[3] The awards are open to residents of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
For the administration of these awards, WANL defines residents as individuals who meet one of two conditions.
The first condition is that they have lived in the province for 12 months immediately prior to the release of publication of their written piece.
An award can also be won posthumously if one of the residency conditions were met.