Award Season – 13e Avenue

13e Avenue, the YA graphic novel that Geneviève Pettersen and I created last year with Éditions de la Pastèque, has garnered a pretty nice collection of award nominations (and even a couple wins!) over the last few months, and I couldn’t be prouder. Particularly notable recent additions include being part of the “long list” for the prestigious Prix des libraires du Québec for Best Québecois Youth Comic 2020 (finalists are announced in November, and the winner will be awarded the prize in February), and having the book included in the finalists for the Prix des collèges which will be presented at the Festival International de la BD Angoulême; that one feels like a big deal since it is an international prize that naturally includes nominees from all across the world of francophone BD. Suffice it to say I’m chuffed.

Also worth mentioning is that 13e Avenue won the Prix Littéraire du Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Jeunesse! Though I am happy to take my part in the glory (yes it’s on my CV now!), I think this particular prize rests mostly on the shoulders of Geneviève, since it is a prize for artists from Saguenay region she hails from! Congratulations Geneviève!

I was really overwhelmed when Titan was nominated for six prizes, and it still feels wild that my work on 13e Avenue with Geneviève is also receiving so much positive attention and reinforcement from the comics community throughout Québec, Canada, and beyond. It’s truly an honor to be nominated and I want to send a hearty “thank you” to everyone who has been reading my work… There’s more to come!

Here is a list of the prizes 13e Avenue has been nominated for or won, most of the links include lists of the other (wonderful) nominees, so well worth checking out, especially if you aren’t familiar with the Québec/francophone BD world… Tremendous talent out here. I’m honored to be part of this vibrant community.

Festival International de la BD Angoulême, Prix des collèges – Seléction 2020

Prix des libraires du Québec, BD Jeunesse Québec – Listes Préliminaires 2020

Prix Littéraire du Salon du livre du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Jeunesse – Winner 2019

Joe Shuster Awards, Dragon Award (Comics for Kids) – Nominee 2019

Prix Bédélys Jeunesse – Nominee 2018

Prix BD Salon du Livre Trois Rivières – Mention Spéciale Jeunesse 2018

Prix Bédéis Causa, Grand prix de la ville de Québec – Nominee 2018