2025
The Doug Wright Award (Best Book)
Winner
I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
Maurice Vellekoop
(Random House Canada)
Nominees
Age 16
Rosena Fung
(Annick Press)
Bog Myrtle
Sid Sharp
(Annick Press)
The Field
Dave Lapp
(Conundrum Press)
The Jellyfish
Boum (trans: Robin Lang and Helge Dascher)
(Pow Pow Press)
The Wendy Award
Walter Scott
(Drawn & Quarterly)
The Nipper (Emerging Talent)
Winner
Boum
The Jellyfish (trans: Robin Lang and Helge Dascher)
(Pow Pow Press)
Nominees
James Collier
Ballpark
(Wig Shop & More or Less Books)
Rosena Fung
Age 16
(Annick Press)
Frances V. Reilly
The Harrowing Tales of La Corriveau
(Dirty Water Comics)
Sid Sharp
Bog Myrtle
(Annick Press)
The Pigskin Peters (Best Small- or Micro-Press Book)
Winner
Customer Service
Patrick Allaby
(Self-published)
Nominees
Be Yourself! Oh, Not Like That . . .
Emilia Strilchuk
(Self-published)
The Cosmic Con
Ron Kasman
(At Bay Press)
The Same Water
Richard Fairgray
(Richard Sux)
The Slenderest of Leashes 1
Xiaoxiao Li
(Self-published)
The Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)
Winner
Howler Reef
Mike Deas and Nancy Deas
(Orca Book Publishers)
Nominees
Lost at Windy River: A True Story of Survival
Trina Rathgeber, Alina Pete, Jillian Dolan
(Orca Book Publishers)
Nominees
Alterations
Ray Xu
(Union Square Kids)
The New Girl
Cassandra Calin
(Graphix/Scholastic)
The Racc Pack
Stephanie Cooke, Whitney Gardner
(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
The Shit Witch
Lis Xu
(Self-published)
The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame
Richard Comely
Lou Skuce
(21st Doug Wright Awards poster by Maurice Vellekoop)