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Banff book fest competition now open

New for the Mountain Book Festival Competition in 2022, the former Mountain Environment and Natural History Award will now be the Environmental Literature Award, which broadens this category to include works on climate change and environmental literature.
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The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. GREG COLGAN RMO PHOTO

BANFF – The 2022 Banff mountain book competition is now open.

As a key program of the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, the book competition is an internationally recognized literary competition that celebrates mountain literature in all its forms.

New for 2022, the former Mountain Environment and Natural History Award will now be the Environmental Literature Award, which broadens this category to include works on climate change and environmental literature.

Categories for the 2022 competition – which closes on June 30 – include Adventure Travel, Mountain Fiction & Poetry, Mountain Literature, Environmental Literature, Guidebook, Mountain Image, Climbing Literature and Mountain Article.

More than $20,000 in cash is awarded each year with eight awards selected by an international jury of writers, adventurers and editors.  The shortlist of category award winners eligible for the grand prize is announced in October every year. The grand prize is announced at the festival in November.

The Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival celebrates mountain literature, film, and photography, bringing together filmmakers, writers, publishers, editors, photographers, athletes, adventurers, and 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.

The 2022 Banff Mountain Film Competition opens April 5.

 


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