There’s less than a month left to submit nominations to the 2010 Canadian Culinary Book Awards. Deadline for submissions is February 16, 2010.

Hosted by Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph, these annual awards recognize excellence and creativity in food and beverage writing and publishing. Not only do these awards promote our Canadian culinary food culture, they celebrate Canadian authors and publishers.

Are you eligible?

• Books must be written by a Canadian author who is either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
• Books must be published by a Canadian publisher or self-published in Canada.
• Books must be published during the calendar year. For the 2010 awards, the book must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2009.

Winning authors and their publishers will receive recognition through:

• our awards event in November 2010 at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto
• our press kits for the media
• our national publication of the short list and winners list
• our Cuisine Canada Website
• our permission to use the Cuisine Canada / University of Guelph Canadian Culinary Book Awards logos to promote the award-winning cookbooks.

Below is a PDF outlining the awards categories, criteria and eligibility, and submission procedures, as well as an entry form. Click it to download the PDF.
2010 call for entries Canadian Culinary Book Awards

The entry form is also available online here at the Canadian Culinary Book Awards site.

How do you enter? Just fill in the form by computer, print it out, and submit it with your books. Please note that each nominated title must be accompanied by a $50 entry fee and seven copies of the book.

For further information:
Fiona Lucas, Awards Chair
fionalucas@rogers.com
416-781-8153 (evenings only)

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