Victoria Book Prize Finalists
September 25th, 2025
The Victoria Book Prize Society has announced the 2025 finalists for three $5,000 awards celebrating excellence in local writing. This year introduces the inaugural DC Reid Poetry Book Prize, sponsored by poet and author DC Reid, who has published 18 books and 11 poetry collections.
Finalists for the DC Reid Poetry Book Prize are:
• Water Quality (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by Cynthia Woodman Kerkham
• Midway (House of Anansi) by Kayla Czaga
• Signal Infinities (McClelland & Stewart) by Melanie Siebert
The City of Victoria Book Prize finalists (fiction & nonfiction):
• Little Fortified Stories (Caitlin Press) by Barbara Black
• More Richly in Earth: A Poet’s Search for Mary MacLeod (McGill-Queen’s University Press) by Marilyn Bowering
• Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction (Goose Lane) by Sarah Cox
The City of Victoria Children’s Book Prize finalists:
• Birds on the Brain (Groundwood Books) by Uma Krishnaswami
• What Makes a Bird (Owl Kids) by Megan Pomper
• Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases (Orca Book Publishers) by Rowena Rae
Winners will be announced November 18, 2025, at Government House by Lieutenant Governor Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia. For event details, visit victoriabookprizes.ca.
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