Nominations

Announcing the third year of The Prairie Grindstone Prize — a $50,000 literary award that acknowledges a hardworking, engaged prairie writer. This annual prize, funded by an anonymous donor committee, alternates between the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This year, the prize will be awarded to an Alberta writer. The Prairie Grindstone Prize recognizes prairie writers of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a cash prize of $50,000 that will enable the writer to focus on their work for a year or more.

We are very excited to be hosting our annual 48hr Mobile Device Filmmaking Challenge. This year the event takes place from 6pm Friday May 23 to 6pm Sunday May 25.

This event is open to all Alberta Residents. You must pre-register to have 3 secret elements emailed to you at the start of the challenge - will be emailed at 6pm on Friday May 23. The three elements must be included in your film. All films must be recorded on a mobile device. Editing can be done on a computer.

Edmonton Poetry Festival Celebrates 20 Years with Month-long Festival and Local Focus.

The ATB Powering Possibility Through the Arts Award recognizes and supports small to mid-sized
organizations that are committed to enriching Calgary through arts programming that powers
possibility for the local creative community.

 The Rozsa Foundation Emerging Arts Manager Award  honours an emerging arts manager in the early stages of their career whose dedication and innovation in their field have elevated the work of the artists or arts organizations they work with. 

Who is a Distinguished Artist

Individuals or organizations may nominate an artist, artist collective, or arts builder and supporter for a Distinguished Artist Award. (Self-nominations, posthumous nominations, and nominations from family members, however, will not be considered.)

Nominations for the 2025 Distinguished Artist Award will be accepted between November 15, 2024 and March 31, 2025. 

To prepare for the nomination: