Submissions for The City of Calgary 2027 W.O. Mitchell Book Prize now open

The City of Calgary is now accepting submissions from local authors for the 2027 W.O. Mitchell Book Prize, recognizing literary works published in 2026. This prize is awarded in honour of acclaimed Calgary writer and broadcaster W.O. Mitchell (1914–1998), whose best-loved novel Who Has Seen the Wind (1947) portrayed Prairie life through the eyes of a child and sold almost a million copies in Canada.Established in 1996, the W.O. Mitchell Book Prize is coordinated through a partnership between T

City of Calgary Newsroom · Sep 15, 2026