Fiction
- English: Kate Pullinger, The Mistress of Nothing (McArthur & Company)
- French: Julie Mazzieri, Le discours sur la tombe de l'idiot (Éditions José Corti)
Poetry
- English: David Zieroth, The Fly in Autumn (Harbour Publishing)
- French: Hélène Monette, Thérèse pour joie et orchestre (Les Éditions du Boréal)
Drama
- English: Kevin Loring, Where the Blood Mixes (Talonbooks)
- French: Suzanne Lebeau, Le bruit des os qui craquent (Leméac Éditeur)
Non-fiction
- English: M.G. Vassanji, A Place Within: Rediscovering India (Doubleday Canada)
- French: Nicole V. Champeau, Pointe Maligne: l'infiniment oubliée (Les Éditions du Vermillon)
Children's Literature - Text
- English: Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass: The Famine Years (Red Deer Press)
- French: Hervé Bouchard, Harvey (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)
Children's Literature - Illustration
- English: Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree , text by Janet Russell (Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press)
- French: Janice Nadeau, Harvey , text by Hervé Bouchard (Les Éditions de la Pastèque)
Translation
- French to English: Susan Ouriou, Pieces of Me (Kids Can Press)
- English to French: Paule Noyart, Le miel d'Harar (Leméac Éditeur/Actes Sud)