The Kobo Emerging Writer Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented since 2015 by online e-book and audiobook retailer and eReader manufacturer

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. Awardees receive a $10,000 prize, and are provided with support in marketing their books. Three prizes are awarded each year, for literary fiction, non-fiction, and genre fiction. Each year, a different genre is honoured in the genre fiction category, rotating between mystery, romance and speculative fiction.

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*{{official, http://www.kobo.com/emergingwriterprize Canadian fiction awards Awards established in 2015 Canadian non-fiction literary awards