Rakuten Kobo announced this year's Emerging Writer Prize recipients -- the best Canadian authors of debut books who published in 2016 calendar year. Winners were selected among a shortlist of talented Canadian authors, chosen by Kobo's team of booksellers, with book completion rates, customer ratings and reviews taken into consideration. A winner in each of the Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction, and Non-Fiction categories receives a $10,000 CAD cash prize as well as promotional, marketing, and communications support to help kick off their burgeoning careers. Hit jump for the winners!
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