The Sunburst Award Administrative Committee reserves the right to make the final determination of a work's eligibility.
For the 2020 award (for novel length books published in 2019), mail six (6) copies of the book before January 31, 2020 to the Publisher Liaison at the address below. For e-books, see instructions below. Please include a printed, completed copy of the submission form downloadable in either PDF or DOC format with your shipment.
***Packages from outside Canada must be marked “PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS,” as the Sunburst Award Society cannot pay for customs and clearance.***
Each title (e-book or book form) must be accompanied by payment of $20 CAD either by cheque or by Paypal in order to be considered. Cheques should be made payable to "The Sunburst Award"
For book form, payment can be made via the paypal button below. Please indicate which book(s) the payment is for.
For the 2020 award (for e-books published in 2019). E-books can be submitted only in epub format, without DRM or in Word Document (.DOC) format, and must have an ISBN number using our form here. Payment can be made at time of upload via credit card or via Paypal (see portal form directly above this paragraph).
The Sunburst Awards will consider short fiction (up to 7,500 words.) for their short story award. Submissions are made electronically using our submission system for short form works and must be in a Word document or epub format only. You will be asked to provide details of where the work was originally published along with the date and story length. All works must have been originally published in 2019. If published online, the work must have been published in an online magazine. Material posted on personal websites is not eligible.
You can submit short stories that qualify using our form here.
Publisher Liaison
The Sunburst Award Society
2 Farm Greenway
Toronto, Ontario
M3A 3M2
or email secretary@sunburstaward.org