2023
The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)
Winner
Ducks
Kate Beaton
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Nominees
Time Zone J
Julie Doucet
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Shelterbelts
Jonathan Dyck
(Conundrum Press)
The Flamingo
Guojing
(Random House Studio)
Kwändür
Cole Pauls
(Conundrum Press)
You Know, Sex
Cory Silverberg and Fiona
(Triangle Square)
The Nipper (Emerging Talent)
Winner
Jonathan Dyck
Shelterbelts
(Conundrum Press)
Nominees
Emily Carrington
Our Little Secret
(Drawn & Quarterly)
Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet
We Were Younger Once
(Conundrum Press)
Lynette Richards
Call Me Bill
(Conundrum Press/Emanata Imprint)
Adam de Souza
Blind Alley No. 1 (Self-Published)
ISH (Silver Sprocket)
The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)
Winner
Where Have You Been?
Ivana Filipovich (trans: Ivana Filipovich/Andrea Hankinson)
(Self-published)
Nominees
The Life I Want
Patrick Allaby
(Self-published)
Assorted Baggage
Matthew Daley
(Black Eye Books)
Butterfly House
Troy Little and Brenda Hickey
(Pegamoose Press)
Thousand Oaks: Machine Mail Part 3
Blaise Moritz
(Urban Farm Print and Sound)
The Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)
Winner
Otis & Peanut
Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier
(Owlkids Books)
Nominees
Winner
You Know, Sex
Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
(Triangle Square)
Nominees
Scout is Not a Band Kid
Jade Armstrong
(Random House Graphic)
Paws: Mindy Makes Some Space
Michele Assarasakorn and Nathan Fairbairn
(Razorbill)
Super Family! (Simon and Chester Book 3)
Cale Atkinson
(Tundra Books)
The Flamingo
Guojing
(Random House Studio)
The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
Henriette Valium
(19th Doug Wright Awards poster by Jay Stephens)