# 2022 Governor General's Awards

The shortlisted nominees for the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 12, 2022, and the winners were announced on November 16.

## English

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Sheila Heti, Pure Colour | Shashi Bhat, The Most Precious Substance on Earth Lisa Bird-Wilson, Probably Ruby Brian Thomas Isaac, All the Quiet Places Sheila Murray, Finding Edward |
| Non-fiction | Eli Baxter, Aki-wayn-zih: A Person as Worthy as the Earth | Rebecca Donner, All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Rehearsals for Living Rowan McCandless, Persephoneʼs Children: A Life in Fragments Britt Wray, Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis |
| Poetry | Annick MacAskill, Shadow Blight | D. M. Bradford, Dream of No One But Myself Anne Carson, H of H Playbook Aaron Kreuter, Shifting Baseline Syndrome Avery Lake, Horrible Dance |
| Drama | Dorothy Dittrich, The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key | Daniel Arnold, Darrell Dennis and Medina Hahn, Inheritance: a pick-the-path experience Robert Chafe, Everybody Just C@lm the F#ck Down Marjorie Chan, Lady Sunrise Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho), Iphigenia and the Furies (On Taurian Land) & Antigone: 方 |
| Children's literature | Jen Ferguson, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet | Deborah Ellis, Step Joanne Levy, Sorry for Your Loss Edeet Ravel, A Boy Is Not a Ghost Kate Story, Urchin |
| Children's illustration | Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree | Matthew Forsythe, Mina Doris George, Don K. Philpot and Alyssa Koski, kā-āciwīkicik / The Move Kyo Maclear and Gracey Zhang, The Big Bath House Julie Morstad, Time Is a Flower |
| French to English translation | Judith Weisz Woodsworth, History of the Jews in Quebec (Pierre Anctil, Histoire des juifs du Québec) | Aleshia Jensen, Remnants (Céline Huyghebaert, Le drap blanc) Aleshia Jensen and Bronwyn Haslam, This Is How I Disappear (Mirion Malle, Cʼest comme ça que je disparais) Susan Ouriou, White Resin (Audrée Wilhelmy, Blanc Résine) Ben Vrignon, They Called Us Savages: A Hereditary Chiefʼs Quest for Truth and Harmony (Dominique Rankin and Marie-Josée Tardif, On nous appelait les Sauvages : souvenirs et espoirs dʼun chef héréditaire Algonquin) |

## French

| Category | Winner | Nominated |
| Fiction | Alain Farah, Mille secrets mille dangers | Maryse Andraos, Sans refuge Charlotte Biron, Jardin radio Dominique Fortier, Les ombres blanches Larry Tremblay, Tableau final de l'amour |
| Non-fiction | Sylveline Bourion, La Voie romaine | Jean-François Beauchemin, La source et le roseau Clément de Gaulejac, Tu vois ce que je veux dire? Illustrations, métaphores et autres images qui parlent Marie-Pier Lafontaine, Armer la rage : Pour une littérature de combat Marie-Hélène Voyer, Lʼhabitude des ruines : Le sacre de lʼoubli et de la laideur au Québec |
| Poetry | Maya Cousineau Mollen, Enfants du lichen | Anna Babi, Vivarium Carole David, Le programme double de la femme tuée Frédéric Dumont, Chambre minimum Élise Turcotte, À mon retour |
| Drama | David Paquet, Le poids des fourmis | Caroline Bélisle, Les remugles, ou La danse nuptiale est une langue morte Nadia Girard Eddahia, Disgrâce Liliane Gougeon Moisan, L'Art de vivre Marie-Claude Verdier, Seeker |
| Children's literature | Julie Champagne, Cancer ascendant Autruche | Daphné B., La Pluie des autres Reynald Cantin, Les Bulles Carolanne Foucher, Dessiner dans les marges et autres activités de fantôme Marie-Hélène Jarry, Les carnets de novembre |
| Children's illustration | Nadine Robert and Qin Leng, Trèfle | Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault, Truffe Pierrette Dubé and Enzo, Un rhume de cheval Orbie, La fin des poux? Paul Tom and Mélanie Baillairgé, Seuls |
| English to French translation | Mélissa Verreault, Partie de chasse au petit gibier entre lâches au club de tir du coin (Megan Gail Coles, Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club) | Sylvie Bérard and Suzanne Grenier, Le fruit de la puanteur (Larissa Lai, Salt Fish Girl) Éric Fontaine, Le malenchantement de sainte Lucy (Zsuzsi Gartner, The Beguiling) Benoit Laflamme, Dans la lugubre forêt nos corps seront suspendus (Ava Farmehri, Through the Sad Wood Our Corpses Will Hang) Catherine Leroux, Les coups de dés (Sean Michaels, The Wagers) |