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In April 2006, the Alcuin Society gathered a panel of judges in Vancouver to consider the work of Canadian designers from the 2005 calendar year.
The fundamental principle of the judging process is that each book must be considered as a total entity. The judges examine every aspect of each book, including the dust jacket, binding, endpapers, half-title page, copyright page, title page, page layout, typography, integration of illustrations, chapter openings, running heads, reproduction of illustrations, clarity of printing, choice of paper, footnotes, and bibliographical references.
The Alcuin Society is grateful to the judges for volunteering their time and considerable talent. This year's judges, Robert Bringhurst, Sue Colberg, and Glenn Goluska, from British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec respectively, met in Vancouver on April 1st, 2006, at Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre. They selected thirty-five winning titles. This year, the judges elected not to award some prizes. Their purpose, as is ours, is to encourage the very best in Canadian design, and they feel that giving awards only where they see exceptional merit is the best way to achieve this goal.