Non-Fiction Book Awards

Here is a selection of links to non-fiction awards, both Canadian and beyond. Many awards have both a fiction and non-fiction component.

Arthur Ellis Award - Canadian award for works in the crime genre includes Best Non-Fiction (formerly Best True Crime)
Canadian Cookbook Awards - from Cuisine Canada in partnership with the University of Guelph.
Charles Taylor Prize - Canadian award for General Non-fiction
The Donner Prize - annual award for excellence and innovation in Canadian public policy writing
Governor General's Literary Awards - prestigious Canadian award includes Poetry and Non-fiction awards
Griffin Poetry Prize - Canadian award
National Business Book Award - Canadian award from PricewaterhouseCoopers
Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize - Canadian award
Costa Book Awards - includes a Biography and Poetry award
ICAP Cookbook Awards
James Beard Foundation Awards - Cookbook awards
Lionel Gelber Prize for World's Best Book on International Affairs
National Book Award - includes Poetry and Non-fiction
National Book Critic's Circle - for Biography, General Non-fiction
Pulitzer Prize - includes History, Biography, Poetry and General Non-fiction
Samuel Johnson Prize - from BBC