Editing Governor General's Awards (section)

==Governor General's Literary Awards==
[[File:Btweedsmuir2.jpg|thumb|Governor General [[John Buchan|the Lord Tweedsmuir]], who created the Governor General's Literary Award]]

Inaugurated in 1937 for 1936 publications in two categories, the Governor General's Literary Awards have become one of Canada's most prestigious prizes. Since 1987, there are fourteen awards:<ref name=ogwc-GG/> nonfiction ([[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction|French]]), fiction ([[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction|French]]), poetry ([[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry|French]]), drama ([[Governor General's Award for English-language drama|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama|French]]), young people's literature{{Snd}}text ([[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature|French]]), young people's literature{{Snd}}illustration ([[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration|English]] and [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration|French]]), and translation (English-to-French and French-to-English). The program was created by [[John Buchan|the Lord Tweedsmuir]], author of ''[[The Thirty-Nine Steps]]''. Initially there were only awards for fiction and non-fiction books, and until 1959 the program honoured only English-language works (although the awards were occasionally won by English translations of works originally published in French).<ref name=ogwc-GG/> The [[Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour|Stephen Leacock Award]] for humour literature, while administered separately from the Governor General's Awards and presented to the winners at a separate ceremony, made its initial announcements of award winners as part of the Governor General's Awards announcements in this era.<ref name=lowers>"Prof. Lower's History Gets Vice-Regal Award". ''[[Winnipeg Tribune]]'', April 19, 1947.</ref><ref>"Win Governor General's Awards in Annual Literary Contest".<!-- Yes, that's really the correct headline. --> ''[[Ottawa Journal]]'', June 11, 1949.</ref><ref>"Governor General's Awards Announced for Two Authors". ''[[Ottawa Journal]]'', May 23, 1953.</ref>

In 1957, the awards were put under the administration of the [[Canada Council]] for the Arts and a cash prize began to be granted to the winner. By 1980, the council began to announce the finalists for the awards a month before they were presented, in order to attract more media attention, and, in 2007, the cash prize was increased to $25,000.

Prior to [[Adrienne Clarkson]]'s time as governor general, the collection of Governor General's Literary Award-winning books at [[Rideau Hall]] was lacking more than 25 per cent of the full collection.<ref name=Barrett>{{cite journal| last=Barrett| first=Maurie| title=The Great Hunt for Governor General's Literary Award Winners| journal=Amphora| issue=144| publisher=[[Alcuin Society]]| location=Vancouver| date=October 2006| url=http://www.alcuinsociety.com/amphora/144/RideauHall.html| access-date=23 February 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725031905/http://www.alcuinsociety.com/amphora/144/RideauHall.html| archive-date=25 July 2008}}</ref> Clarkson made an effort to obtain from fairs and second hand shops the missing copies for the governor general's study and, when she left the viceregal office in 2005, the complete collection of winning books to date had been amassed.<ref name=Barrett/> It reached 552 books by late 2006<ref name=Barrett/> and was moved to Rideau Hall's library.<ref>{{cite AV media| people=Christie-Luff, Catherine; Clark, Catherine| title=Rideau Hall – Inside Canada's House| medium=Digital video| publisher=CPAC| location=Ottawa| date=2014| url=http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/documentaries/episodes/35927082/| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232712/http://www.cpac.ca/en/programs/documentaries/episodes/35927082/| archive-date=2016-03-03}}</ref> Today it forms the only complete collection of Governor General's Literary Award winners in existence.<ref name=Barrett/>

===Categories===
{{Div col}}
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language children's literature]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language drama]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language drama]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language fiction]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language fiction]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English-language poetry]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French-language poetry]]
* [[Governor General's Award for English to French translation]]
* [[Governor General's Award for French to English translation]]
{{Div col end}}