Prize Details

Win a 22-book collection featuring Indigenous and Canadian authors appearing on stage at this year’s The Word On The Street Festival (Sept. 27–28, 2025, Toronto).

This prize includes literary fiction, short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, essays, YA, and more.

Books included:

  1. The Problem with Having a Body — Jessica Popeski (Gordon Hill Press)

  2. Something’s Up with Arlo — Matteo L. Cerilli (HarperCollins)

  3. Alphabet Soup — A. Gregory Frankson (Dundurn Press)

  4. 52 Ways to Reconcile — David A. Robertson (McClelland & Stewart)

  5. Story Is a State of Mind — Sarah Selecky (Assembly Press)

  6. Myth — Terese Mason Pierre (House of Anansi Press)

  7. This Report is Strictly Confidential — Elizabeth Ruth (Dagger Editions)

  8. Restaurant Kid — Rachel Phan (Douglas & McIntyre)

  9. Drop Dead — Lily Chu (Sourcebooks Casablanca)

  10. The Fun Times Brigade — Lindsay Zier-Vogel (Book*hug Press)

  11. Unconditional — Dr. Samra Zafar with Kim Pittaway (HarperCollins)

  12. Only Because It’s You — Rebecca Fisseha (Doubleday Canada)

  13. Spirit Service — Sarena Nanua & Sasha Nanua (Simon & Schuster BYR)

  14. The River Has Roots — Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom)

  15. The Story and Science of Hope — Andrea Curtis, Illus. Ana Suárez (Groundwood Books)

  16. My Street Remembers — Karen Krossing, Illus. Cathie Jamieson (Groundwood Books)

  17. Our Ancestors’ Kitchen — Willie Poll, Illus. Shaikara David (Annick Press)

  18. Again, Only More Like You — Catalina Margulis (Rising Action)

  19. The Silent Film Star Murders — Melodie Campbell (Cormorant Books)

  20. R.I.P. Scoot — Sara Flemington (Nightwood Editions)

  21. No Huddles for Heloise — Deborah Kerbel, Illus. Udayana Lugo (Orca Book Publishers)

  22. A Recipe for Rhyme and Rescue — Wanda Taylor (HarperCollins)

No purchase necessary. Mathematical skill testing question required. Open to residents of Ontario who have attained the age of eighteen (18) at the start of the Contest Period. To enter click here to read the contest rules and information regarding alternate mode of entry. Contest opens at 9:00 a.m. ET on September 15, 2025 and closes at 9:00 a.m. ET on September 28, 2025. Limit of one entry per person. Odds of winning depend on total number of eligible entries received. One (1) prize available to be won, consisting of a Word On The Street Festival book bundle (ARV of prize is $523.00 CAD). To enter and for complete contest rules visit here.