1988 Governor General's Awards
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 and a medal from the Governor General of Canada."New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1989. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts."Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 1989.
English
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
align="center"| Fiction
| {{blue ribbon}} David Adams Richards, Nights Below Station Street |
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align="center"| Non-fiction
| {{blue ribbon}} Anne Collins, In the Sleep Room |
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align="center"| Poetry
| {{blue ribbon}} Erín Moure, Furious |
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align="center"| Drama
| {{blue ribbon}} George F. Walker, Nothing Sacred |
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align="center"| Children's literature
| {{blue ribbon}} Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic |
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align="center"| Children's illustration
| {{blue ribbon}} Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater |
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align="center"| French to English translation
| {{blue ribbon}} Philip Stratford, Second Chance |
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French
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
align="center"| Fiction
| {{blue ribbon}} Jacques Folch-Ribas, Le Silence ou le Parfait Bonheur |
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align="center"| Non-fiction
| {{blue ribbon}} Patricia Smart, Écrire dans la maison du père |
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align="center"| Poetry
| {{blue ribbon}} Marcel Labine, Papiers d'épidémie |
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align="center"| Drama
| {{blue ribbon}} Jean-Marc Dalpé, Le Chien |
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align="center"| Children's literature
| {{blue ribbon}} Michèle Marineau, Cassiopée ou l'Été polonais |
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align="center"| Children's illustration
| {{blue ribbon}} Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots |
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align="center"| English to French translation
| {{blue ribbon}} Didier Holtzwarth, Nucléus |
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