2025 Alcuin Award Books Recognized Elsewhere

Some of this year’s Alcuin Society’s Awards For Excellence in Book Design in Canada winners also received significant recognition elsewhere. The Alcuin Society’s Awards is the only book design competition in Canada. These other recognitions are based on criteria other than design criteria. We extend our congratulations to those responsible for producing these books. We have listed here only the books and awards that we are aware of as a result of a casual review. It may be that some books or awards have been missed.

Children’s Illustrated Books

The Little Ghost Quilt's Winter Surprise — Alice Kitts Memorial Award for Excellence in Picture Book Writing 2026 - Shortlisted.

Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue! — One of the Globe and Mail's 10 Best Children's Books of 2025

Words with Wings and Magic Things — A School Library Journal Best Book of 2025; American Library Association Notable Children’s Book of 2026.

Comics

Cannon — Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction - Nomination; New York Public Library - Best New Comics for Adults; GLAAD Media Awards - Nomination for Outstanding Graphic Novel; Carol Shields Prize for Fiction - Nomination; Stella Prize - Nomination; Los Angeles Times Book Prizes - Nomination for Best Graphic Novel/Comic.

Holy Lacrimony — Society of Illustrators’ Museum of Comics and Cartoon Arts Festival 2025 (SI MoCCA) Fest - Award of Excellence.

Poetry

Les visages De Rembrandt — Ontario’s Trillium Book awards - Finalist.

Prose Nonfiction

Story of Your Mother — Toronto Book Award - Longlisted.

Reference

Sea of Islands:  Exploring Objects, Stories, and Memories from Oceania — 2026 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia.