2020
The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)
Winner
Bezimena
Nina Bunjevac
(Fantagraphics Books)
Nominees
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Sonny Assu, Brandon Mitchell, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, David A. Robertson, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, Jen Storm, Richard Van Camp, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Vowel, Tara Audibert, Kyle Charles, GMB Chomichuk, Natasha Donovan, Scott A. Ford, Scott B. Henderson, Ryan Howe, Andrew Lodwick, Jen Storm, Donovan Yaciuk, and Alicia Elliott
(HighWater Press)
The Cursed Hermit
Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes
(Conundrum Press)
Agnes, Murderess
Sarah Leavitt
(Freehand Books)
Death Threat
Vivek Shraya and Ness Lee
(Arsenal Pulp Press)
Bradley of Him
Connor Willumsen
(Koyama Press)
The Nipper (Emerging Talent)
Winner
Sylvia Nickerson
Creation
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Nominees
D. Boyd
Chicken Rising
(Conundrum Press)
Jason Bradshaw
Things Go Wrong
(Paper Rocket)
Ben O’Neil
Apologetica
(Popnoir Editions)
Cole Pauls
Dakwäkãda Warriors
(Conundrum Press)
The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)
Winner
Gleem
Freddy Carrasco
(Peow Studio)
Nominees
Boumeries Vol. 9
Boum
(Self-published)
Baby in the Boneyard
Jesse Jacobs
(Hollow Press)
Curb Angels
Lisa Mendis, Christopher Ducharme, Lucas C. Pauls
(At Bay Press)
Dejects
Jay Stephens
(Black Eye Books)
The Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)
Winner
The Worst Book Ever
Elise Gravel
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Nominees
Brick Breaks Free
David Craig
(Self-published)
Lunch Quest
Chris Kuzma
(Koyama Press)
Dakwäkãda Warriors
Cole Pauls
(Conundrum Press)
Alma and the Beast
Esme Shapiro
(Tundra Books)
The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
Walter Ball
(2020 Doug Wright Awards poster by Hartley Lin)