# PMC Indigenous Literature Awards

The Periodical Marketers of Canada Indigenous Literature Awards, also known as the First Nation Communities Read Awards, is an annual Canadian literary award presented to Indigenous Canadian writers.
First Nation Communities Read was established in 2003 to help bring awareness to and support First Nation, Métis, and Inuit authors, publishers, and illustrators. In 2012, Periodical Markers of Canada signed on and has since provided winners with a $5,000 prize.
First Nation Communities Read receives support from the Government of Canada, the Ontario Library Service, publishers, librarians, and the general public.

## Recipients

PMC Indigenous Literature Awards winners and finalists :
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result |
| 2003-2004 | | Tomson Highway with Brian Deines (illus.) | Dragonfly Kites | Winner |
| 2004-2005 | | Andrea Spalding | Solomon’s Tree | Winner |
| 2005-2006 | | Jan Bourdeau Waboose | Sky Sisters | Winner |
| 2006-2007 | | Larry Loyie | As Long as the Rivers Flow | Winner |
| 2007-2008 | No Award Presented | No Award Presented | No Award Presented | No Award Presented |
| 2008-2009 | | Leo Yerxa | Ancient Thunder | Winner |
| 2009-2010 | | Sylvia Olsen | Which Way Should I Go? | Winner |
| 2010-2011 | | David Bouchard-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton | Long Powwow Nights | Winner |
| 2011-2012 | | Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton with Liz Amini-Holmes (illus.) | Fatty Legs | Winner |
| 2012-2013 | | Janet Wilson | Shannen and the Dream for a School | Winner |
| 2013-2014 | | Richard Wagamese | Indian Horse | Winner |
| 2013-2014 | | Drew Hayden Taylor | Motorcycles and Sweetgrass | Shortlist |
| 2013-2014 | | Dawn Dumont | Nobody Cries at BINGO | Shortlist |
| 2013-2014 | | Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton with Liz Amini-Holmes (illus.) | A Stranger at Home: A True Story | Shortlist |
| 2013-2014 | | David Alexander Robertson with Scott B. Henderson (illus.) | Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story | Shortlist |
| 2014-2015 | Children's | Julie Flett | Wildberries / Pakwa che Menisu | Winner |
| 2014-2015 | Children's | Roy Henry Vickers | Raven Brings the Light | Shortlist |
| 2014-2015 | Children's | Rene Andre Meshake | Moccasin Creek | Shortlist |
| 2014-2015 | Children's | Victor Lethbridge | Little Chief and the Gifts of the Morning Star | Shortlist |
| 2014-2015 | Children's | Leah Dorion | The Diamond Willow Walking Stick | Shortlist |
| 2015-2016 | | Darrell Dennis | Peace Pipe Dreams: The Truth about Lies about Indians | Winner |
| 2015-2016 | | Edmund Metatawabin and Alexandra Shimo | Up Ghost River | Shortlist |
| 2015-2016 | | Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Leatherdale (Eds.) | Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices | Shortlist |
| 2015-2016 | | Dawn Dumont | Rose’s Run | Shortlist |
| 2015-2016 | | Jordin Tootoo | All the Way: My Life on Ice | Shortlist |
| 2016-2017 | Children's | Jennifer Harrington with Michael Arnott (illus.) | Spirit Bear | Winner |
| 2016-2017 | Children's | Celina Kalluk | Sweetest Kulu | Shortlist |
| 2016-2017 | Children's | Danielle Daniel | Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox | Shortlist |
| 2016-2017 | Children's | Alan Syliboy | The Thundermaker | Shortlist |
| 2016-2017 | Children's | Sandy Tharp-Thee | The Apple Tree | Shortlist |
| 2017-2018 | | Carol Rose Daniels | Bearskin Diary | Winner |
| 2018-2019 | Children's | Joanne Robertson | The Water Walker | Winner |
| 2018-2019 | Children's | David Robertson | When We Were Alone | Shortlist |
| 2018-2019 | Children's | Monique Gray Smith | My Heart Fills with Happiness | Shortlist |
| 2018-2019 | Children's | Sherri Maret | The Cloud Artist | Shortlist |
| 2018-2019 | Children's | Deborah Kigjugalik Webster | Akilak's Adventure | Shortlist |
| 2018-2019 | Young Adult/Adult | Tanya Talaga | Seven Fallen Feathers | Winner |
| 2019-2020 | Children's | Cindy Blackstock | Spirit Bear: Fishing for Knowledge, Catching Dreams | Winner |
| 2019-2020 | Children's | Theresa Meuse-Dallien | The Gathering | Shortlist |
| 2019-2020 | Children's | Dallas Hunt | Awâsis and the World-Famous Bannock | Shortlist |
| 2019-2020 | Children's | Jeannette C. Armstrong | Neekna and Chemai | Shortlist |
| 2019-2020 | Children's | Roselynn Akulukjuk | Putuguq & Kublu and the Qalupalik! | Shortlist |
| 2019-2020 | Young Adult/Adult | Monique Gray Smith | Tilly and the Crazy Eights | Winner |
| 2020-2021 | Children's | Clayton Gauthier | The Bear’s Medicine | Winner |
| 2020-2021 | Children's | Rebecca Thomas and Pauline Young | I'm Finding My Talk | Shortlist |
| 2020-2021 | Children's | Ida Tremblay and Miriam Körner | When We Had Sled Dogs | Shortlist |
| 2020-2021 | Children's | Nancy Cooper, Heather Charles, Myrtle Jamieson, and Milena Vujanovic | E Meshkwadooniged Mitig /The Trading Tree | Shortlist |
| 2020-2021 | Children's | Sylvia Olsen, Odelia Smith and Sheena Lott | Neekah's Knitting Needles | Shortlist |
| 2020-2021 | Young Adult/Adult | Drew Hayden Taylor | Chasing Painted Horses | Winner |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Bridget George | It’s a Mitig! | Winner |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Serapio Ittusardjuat | How I Survived: Four Nights on the Ice | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Mary Qamaniq-Mason and Kevin Qamaniq-Mason | I Am Loved | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Suzie Napayok-Short | Kits, Cubs, and Calves: An Arctic Summer | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Robert Budd with Roy Henry Vickers (illus.) | Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Charlene Bearhead and Wilson Bearhead | Siha Tooskin Knows the Strength of His Hair | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Rebecca Thomas | Swift Fox All Along | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Children's | Monique Gray Smith with Nicole Neidhardt (illus.) | When We Are Kind | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Young Adult/Adult | Phyllis Webstad and Joan Sorley | Orange Shirt Day | Winner |
| 2021-2022 | Young Adult/Adult | David A. Robertson | Black Water | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Young Adult/Adult | Michelle Good | Five Little Indians | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Young Adult/Adult | Bevann Fox | Genocidal Love: A Life after Residential School | Shortlist |
| 2021-2022 | Young Adult/Adult | Nathan Adler | Ghost Lake | Shortlist |