Vinh Nguyen, katherena vermette and Lorna Goodison are among the finalists for the 2025 Governor General's Literary Awards.

The prizes, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts , are awarded in seven English-language categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — text, young people's literature — illustration, drama and French-to-English translation. Seven French-language awards are also given out in the same categories.

A total of $450,000 is awarded across all the prizes annually.

The winner in each category will receive $25,000. The remaining finalists will each receive $1,000.

The finalists and winners are chosen by a peer assessment committee for each category.

The winners will be announced on Nov. 6, 2025.

Nguyen is nominated in the nonfiction ca

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