Quebec Writers' Federation Awards

The Janet Savage Blachford Prize, established in 2008, is presented annually for children's and young adult books.

[1] The carte blanche Prize, established in 2008, is awarded annual "in recognition of an outstanding submission to QWF's online literary journal, carte blanche, by a Quebec writer, artist, or translator.

Winners receive a cash prize and a unique trophy—'The Lori'—created by Montreal artist Glen LeMesurier.

"[19] The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation, also known as Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole and established in 1998, is awarded annually to books written by an English-language Quebec writer or an English-language Quebec translator of a book by a French author.

"[53] The Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize, established in 2022 as the QWF Spoken Word Prize and renamed in 2023 in honor of Ian Ferrier, "is open to Quebec-based spoken word artists, storytelling artists, and literary performance artists working primarily in English in any form of performative writing.