Banff Mountain Book Competition long list announced
- Sunday 8th September 2019
Sept 8th; 2019
The long list for the 2019 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival has been announced.
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival celebrates mountain literature and film and brings together filmmakers, writers, publishers, editors, photographers, athletes, adventurers, and - of course - readers. Featuring film screenings, guest speakers, readings, seminars and book signings, the Festival offers a wide spectrum of experiences for the mountain film and book-loving audience.
As a key program of Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, the Book Competition is an internationally recognized literary competition that celebrates mountain literature in all its forms. Over $20,000 in cash is awarded annually with 8 awards selected by an international jury of writers, adventurers and editors.
Climbing Literature
$2000 - Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Books
All titles that are shortlisted in the categories above that have a theme of climbing are eligible for this award.
Grand Prize - The Phyllis and Don Munday Award
$4000 – Sponsored by the Alpine Club of Canada
The short list of category award winners eligible for the Grand Prize will be announced in mid-October. The Grand Prize will be announced Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival and category awards will be presented to winning authors.
2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition - Category Finalists
Mountain Literature
$2000 - Sponsored by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Hangdog Days
Jeff Smoot, Mountaineers Books (USA, 2019)
Inner Ranges
Geoff Powter, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2018)
No Easy Way
Mick Fowler, Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2018)
Paul Preuss: Lord of the Abyss
David Smart, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2019)
Rising
Sharon Wood, Douglas & McIntyre (Canada, 2019)
Waymaking
Helen Mort, Claire Carter, Heather Dawe, Camilla Barnard, Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2018)
Mountain Fiction & Poetry
$2000 - Sponsored by the Town of Banff
Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard
Jenna Butler, University of Alberta Press (Canada, 2018)
Rock as Gloss
Mark Goodwin, Longbarrow Press (UK, 2019)
The Equilibrium Line
David Wilson, The Poetry Business (UK, 2019)
Mountain Environment and Natural History
$2000 – Sponsored by Rocky Mountain Soap Company
Caribou Rainforest
David Moskowitz, Mountaineers Books (USA, 2018)
Down From the Mountain
Bryce Andrews, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA, 2019)
Kings of the Yukon
Adam Weymouth, Penguin Random House - Knopf Canada (Canada, 2018)
Adventure Travel
$2000 - Sponsored by Fjällräven
Horizon
Barry Lopez, Random House Canada (Canada, 2019)
Lines on a Map
Frank Wolf, Rocky Mountain Books (Canada, 2018)
Rough Magic
Lara Prior-Palmer, Catapult (USA, 2019)
The Animal One Thousand Miles Long
Leath Tonino, Trinity University Press (USA, 2018)
The Sun is a Compass
Caroline Van Hemert, Little, Brown Spark (USA, 2019)
Mountain Image
$2000 – Sponsored by Lake O'Hara Lodge
Alpenglow: The Finest Climbs on the 4000M Peaks of the Alps
Ben Tibbetts (UK, 2019)
Scenic Playground: The Story Behind New Zealand's Mountain Tourism
Peter Alsop, Te Papa Press (NZ, 2018)
The Grand Canyon: Beyond River and Rim
Pete McBride, Rizzoli International Publications (USA, 2018)
The Rough-Stuff Fellowship Archive: Adventure with the World's Oldest off-Road Cycling Club
Mark Hudson, Isola Press (UK, 2019)
Guidebooks
$2000 – Sponsored by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides
Aoraki - Tai Poutini
Robert Frost, New Zealand Alpine Club (NZ, 2018)
Lake District Bouldering
Greg Chapman, Vertebrate Publishing (UK, 2019)
Safer Ski Touring in Norway
Espen Nordahl and Erlend Sande, Fri Flyt (Norway, 2018)
Training for the Uphill Athlete
Steve House, Scott Johnston and Kilian Jornet, Patagonia Books (USA, 2019)
Mountaineering Article
$2000 – Sponsored by the University of Alberta and the Alpine Club of Canada
Finding Protection in Bears Ears
Josh Ewing, The Climbing Zine (USA, August 2018)
The Last Days of Mark-André Leclerc
Matt Skenazy, Outside Magazine (USA, June 2018)
Thirteen Feet Under
Jayme Moye, Alpinist Magazine (USA, June 2019)
Magic Line
Lonnie Kauk, Alpinist Magazine (USA, May 2019)
The short list of category award winners eligible for the Grand Prize is announced in October every year. In 2019, the Grand Prize will be announced on Thursday, October 31 at the Festival and category awards will be presented to winning authors.
Click here for more details about the competition and to see who is on the Book Competition Jury for 2019.