| Martha Attema | When the War is Over | Orca Books |
| Mary Borsky | Benny Bensky and the Giant Pumpkin | Tundra Books |
| Warren Cariou | Lake of the Prairies: A Story of Belonging | Doubleday Canada |
| Norma Charles | Fuzzy Wuzzy | The Books Collective |
| Marlene Cookshaw | Shameless | Brick Books |
| Gloe Cormie | Sea Salt, Red Oven Mitts and the Blues | Augustine Hand Books |
| Joan Crate | Foreign Homes | Brick Books |
| Robert Currie | Teaching Mr. Cutler | Coteau Books |
| Paulette Dubé | Talon | NeWest Press |
| Betty Fitzpatrick Dorion | Whose Side are You On? | Coteau Books |
| Rebecca Frederickson | A Secret Envy of the Unsaved | Coteau Books |
| Heidi Greco | Rattlesnake Plantain | Anvil Press |
| Trevor Herriot | Qu’Appelle: Tales of Two Valleys | Mendel Art Gallery |
| Ken Howe | Cruise Control: A Theogony | Nightwood Editions |
| Aislinn Hunter | Into the Early Hours | Raincoast Books |
| Fiona Lam | Intimate Distances | Nightwood Editions |
| Julie Lawson | Dear Canada: A Ribbon of Shining Steel
The Klondike Cat Disaster at the Bridge |
Scholastic Publishing
Kids Can Press Penguin |
| Lisa Moore | Open | Astoria |
| A.S Penne | Old Stones | Horsdal & Schubart |
| Alan Pickard | Evidence for a Spinning Earth | Omakau House |
| Lloyd Ratzlaff | The Crow Who Tampered with Time | Thistledown Press |
| Ruth Roach Pierson | Where No Window Was | Buschek Books |
| Rod Schumacher | Habits and Love | Insomniac Press |
| David Sealy | Runaway Barbies | Playwrights’ Guild |
| Richard Van Camp | Angel Wing Splash Pattern | Kegedonce Press |