2003 Governor General's Awards
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}
The 2003 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit: Finalists in 14 categories (70 books) were announced October 20, the four children's literature winners announced and presented November 10, other winners announced and presented November 12. Each winner received a cheque for $15,000."Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". Cape Breton Post, November 13, 2003.
The separate announcement and presentation of children's literature awards – four, recognizing text and illustration in English- and French-language books – was a novelty in 2003 (continued for at least a few years). The event at Rideau Hall, the Governor General's residence in Ottawa, was scheduled to begin at 10:00 on a Monday morning. "Children from across the National Capital Region will be invited to attend the event, which will also include readings and workshops related to children's literature."
English
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Douglas Glover, Elle |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Margaret MacMillan, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Tim Lilburn, Kill-site |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Vern Thiessen, Einstein's Gift |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} Glen Huser, Stitches |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart |
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| align="center"| French to English translation
|{{blue ribbon}} Jane Brierley, Memoirs of a Less Travelled Road: A Historian's Life |
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French
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!width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |
| align="center"| Fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Élise Turcotte, {{lang|fr|La maison étrangère}} |
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| align="center"| Non-fiction
|{{blue ribbon}} Thierry Hentsch, {{lang|fr|Raconter et mourir : aux sources narratives de l'imaginaire occidental}} |
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| align="center"| Poetry
|{{blue ribbon}} Pierre Nepveu, {{lang|fr|Lignes aériennes}} |
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| align="center"| Drama
|{{blue ribbon}} Jean-Rock Gaudreault, {{lang|fr|Deux pas vers les étoiles}} |
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| align="center"| Children's literature
|{{blue ribbon}} Danielle Simard, J'ai vendu ma soeur |
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| align="center"| Children's illustration
|{{blue ribbon}} Virginie Egger, Recette d'éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu |
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| align="center"| English to French translation
|{{blue ribbon}} Agnès Guitard, Un amour de Salomé |
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References
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20130529170331/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2003/qg127245397155625000.htm "The Canada Council for the Arts announces finalists for the 2003 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. News Releases – 2003. Canada Council (canadacouncil.ca). October 20, 2003. Archived 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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