This award recognizes excellence in literature for children and young adults. Only books that publishers consider exceptional in their category should be submitted.

Submissions must fall under one of the following categories: board book, illustrated book, tale, nursery rhyme, picture book, nonfiction book, novel, poetry, essay, theatre, graphic novel, and hybrid forms (illustrated novel, poetic essay, etc.).

Inclusion criteria

To be submitted, a book must:

Be for readers ages 17 and under

Be written by a Montréal-based creator or published by a Montréal-based publisher

Be written in French or English

Have been published for the first time and made available on the Québec market during the reference year (between January 1st and December 31 of the previous year)

Be published by a professional publisher whose services are not paid for in whole or in part by the author

In the case of a series of books, volume 1 can always be submitted. Subsequent volumes can only be submitted if they are not sequels. These volumes must be able to be read independently and in random order

Include an ISBN number

Be submitted by the deadline

Exclusions

The following types of works are excluded:

Books created, in whole or in part, through generative artificial intelligence systems (texts and/or illustrations)

Works whose author, or whose author’s immediate family, is a member of the jury or of the team administering the award

Reissued books

Reprints

Translations

Anthologies

Catalogues

Inventories

Manuals

Self-publications and vanity publishing

Ghostwritten books

Series whose volumes constitute sequels (except volume 1)

Titles for which one of the creators won the Prix du livre jeunesse des Bibliothèques de Montréal the previous year

Works of no literary value

Publications in formats other than print

The city reserves the right to decide on any eligibility issues and its decision is final.

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