The George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature is a literary award given to a British Columbian author "who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness in a new book published in the preceding calendar year." The prize was created in 2004 by Allan Twigg of BC Book World along with John Lent of Okanagan College and Ken Smedley, then working for the George Ryga Centre Society. In 2014

Alan Twigg Alan Twigg, CM is a Canadian writer, publisher, and biographer. He published BC Bookworld for many years, a trade newspaper for the British Columbia book publishing industry, and ABCBookWorld, an online encyclopedia of British Columbia authors. H ...

took over responsibility for the award after the sale of Ryga House. Originally the prize included a sculpture/plaque by sculptor, Reg Kienast, entitled The Censor's Golden Rope. Now it includes a cash award of $2,500.

Nominees and winners

References

{{Reflist Canadian non-fiction literary awards Awards established in 2004 2004 establishments in British Columbia