▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁the ▁Writ ers ’ ▁Gu ild ▁of ▁Al berta , ▁have ▁been ▁awarded ▁ann ually ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁to ▁recognize ▁out standing ▁writing ▁by ▁Al berta ▁authors . ▁The ▁awards ▁honour ▁fiction , ▁non f iction , ▁poetry , ▁drama , ▁children ' s ▁literature . ▁At ▁the ▁first ▁public ▁A LA ▁G ala ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁Golden ▁Pen ▁L if etime ▁Ach iev ement ▁Award ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁W . ▁O . ▁Mitchell . ▁ ▁Al berta ▁Liter ary ▁Awards ▁ ▁R . ▁Ross ▁An nett ▁Award ▁for ▁Children ’ s ▁Liter ature ▁The ▁children ’ s ▁literature ▁category ▁altern ates ▁year ly ▁between ▁picture ▁and ▁chapter ▁books . ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁award ▁is ▁presented ▁to ▁an ▁Al berta ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁children ’ s ▁picture ▁book ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁or ▁ 2 0 1 8 . ▁ ▁Georges ▁Bug net ▁Award ▁for ▁F iction ▁Award ed ▁for ▁a ▁novel ▁or ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁fiction ▁by ▁an ▁Al berta ▁author ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁Past ▁recip ients ▁are ▁W . ▁P . ▁K ins ella , ▁Sam ▁Sel von , ▁Paul ine ▁G edge , ▁Ar ith a ▁van ▁Her k , ▁Mary ▁Wal ters ▁R isk in , ▁Helen ▁For r ester , ▁Jac qu eline ▁Dum as , ▁Thomas ▁King , ▁Greg ▁H oll ings head , ▁Robert ▁H illes , ▁Ro berta ▁Re es , ▁Richard