Black text announcing the Jeff Wandzilak Memorial Award and a yellow circular logo are centered over a light yellow and purple gradient background with a diamond grid pattern.

Cheque made out to Writers' Guild of Alberta
Address to send cheque: 

Writers' Guild of Alberta
Main Floor, Percy Page Centre
11759 Groat Road NW
Edmonton, AB   T5M 3K6

The Writers’ Guild of Alberta is grateful to our writing community for building a rich literary ecosystem that has championed imagination and ingenuity. But we would be wrong to leave out the equally important foundation of this community: our readers. Alberta readers are at the heart of our work as they dedicate their time to exploring, immersing themselves, celebrating, and sharing books, and without them our writing community would be a smaller, lonelier place. In that spirit, the friends and family of avid book lover and ever-curious reader Jeff Wandzilak (1969 – 2026) are coming together to honour an Alberta writer with the Jeff Wandzilak Memorial Award for Best First Book, in memory of Jeff’s passion for stories. The 2028 prize for the Jeff Wandzilak Memorial Award for Best First Book is $2000.00, and will be open to all Albertan writers with a first new book of fiction or nonfiction published in 2027. Eligible writers may still enter additional Alberta Literary Awards as well. The WGA is grateful for Jeff’s lifelong support of the literary arts, and are hoping to keep his legacy alive for years to come by additionally seeking further donations to the Award for the years ahead.

The Writers' Guild Of Alberta

Jeff Wandzilak Memorial Award for Best First Book

Donation amount:

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