{{Short description|Canadian literary award}} {{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}} The shortlisted nominees for the 2012 '''Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit''' were announced on October 11, and the winners were announced on November 13.
==English== {|class="wikitable" width="100%" !width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |- | align="center"| Fiction |{{blue ribbon}} '''Linda Spalding, ''The Purchase''''' | *Tamas Dobozy, ''Siege 13'' *Robert Hough, ''Dr. Brinkley's Tower'' *Vincent Lam, ''The Headmaster's Wager'' *Carrie Snyder, ''The Juliet Stories'' |- | align="center"| Non-fiction |{{blue ribbon}} '''Ross King, ''Leonardo and the Last Supper''''' | *Nahlah Ayed, ''A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter's Journey from Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring'' *Carol Bishop-Gwyn, ''The Pursuit of Perfection: A Life of Celia Franca'' *Wade Davis, ''Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest'' *Noah Richler, ''What We Talk About When We Talk About War'' |- | align="center"| Poetry |{{blue ribbon}} '''Julie Bruck, ''Monkey Ranch''''' | *David McGimpsey, ''Li'l Bastard'' *A. F. Moritz, ''The New Measures'' *Lisa Pasold, ''Any Bright Horse'' *James Pollock, ''Sailing to Babylon'' |- | align="center"| Drama |{{blue ribbon}} '''Catherine Banks, ''It Is Solved By Walking''''' | *Trina Davies, ''The Romeo Initiative'' *Karen Hines, ''Drama: Pilot Episode'' *Cathy Ostlere and Dennis Garnhum, ''Lost: A Memoir'' *Anusree Roy, ''Brothel #9'' |- | align="center"| Children's literature |{{blue ribbon}} '''Susin Nielsen, ''The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen''''' | *Rachel Hartman, ''Seraphina'' *Deborah Kerbel, ''Under the Moon'' *Judd Palmer, ''The Umbrella'' *Allan Stratton, ''The Grave Robber's Apprentice'' |- | align="center"| Children's illustration |{{blue ribbon}} '''Isabelle Arsenault, ''Virginia Wolf''''' | *Renné Benoit, ''Big City Bees'' *Jon Klassen, ''House Held Up by Trees'' *David Parkins, ''In the Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up'' *Barbara Reid, ''Picture a Tree'' |- | align="center"| French to English translation |{{blue ribbon}} '''Nigel Spencer, ''Mai at the Predator's Ball''''' (Marie-Claire Blais, ''Mai au bal des prédateurs'') | *Sheila Fischman, ''Ru'' (Kim Thúy, ''Ru'') *Michael Gilson, ''Mafia Inc.: The Long, Bloody Reign of Canada's Sicilian Clan'' (André Cédilot and André Noël, ''Mafia Inc. : Grandeur et misère du clan sicilien au Québec'') *John Murrell, ''The Small Room at the Top of the Stairs'' and ''Thinking of Yu'' (Carole Fréchette, ''La Petite pièce en haut de l'escalier'' and ''Je pense à Yu'') *Shelley Tepperman, ''The List'' (Jennifer Tremblay, ''La liste'') |}
==French== {|class="wikitable" width="100%" !width=15%|Category !width=30%|Winner !width=55%|Nominated |- | align="center"| Fiction |{{blue ribbon}} '''France Daigle, ''Pour sûr''''' | *Ryad Assani-Razaki, ''La main d'Iman'' *Charles Bolduc, ''Les truites à mains nues'' *Catherine Mavrikakis, ''Les derniers jours de Smokey Nelson'' *Audrée Wilhelmy, ''Oss'' |- | align="center"| Non-fiction |{{blue ribbon}} '''Normand Chaurette, ''Comment tuer Shakespeare''''' | *Pierre Nepveu, ''Gaston Miron : La vie d'un homme'' *Pascal Riendeau, ''Méditation et vision de l'essai : Roland Barthes, Milan Kundera et Jacques Brault'' *Yannick Roy, ''La révélation inachevée : le personnage à l'épreuve de la vérité romanesque'' |- | align="center"| Poetry |{{blue ribbon}} '''Maude Smith Gagnon, ''Un drap. Une place.''''' | *Corinne Chevarier, ''Anatomie de l'objet'' *Fredric Gary Comeau, ''Souffles'' *Hélène Dorion, ''Cœurs, comme livres d'amour'' *Christian Saint-Germain, ''Tomahawk'' |- | align="center"| Drama |{{blue ribbon}} '''Geneviève Billette, ''Contre le temps''''' | *Simon Boudreault, ''D pour Dieu?'' *Fabien Cloutier, ''Billy (Les jours de hurlement)'' *Évelyne de la Chenelière, ''La chair et autres fragments de l'amour'' *Philippe Ducros, ''Dissidents'' |- | align="center"| Children's literature |{{blue ribbon}} '''Aline Apostolska, ''Un été d'amour et de cendres''''' | *Biz, ''La chute de Sparte'' (withdrawn from competition)<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/article/1266260--governor-general-s-literary-award-nod-snubbed-by-quebec-author "Governor General’s Literary Award nod snubbed by Quebec author"]. ''Toronto Star'', October 3, 2012.</ref> *Louise Bombardier, ''Quand j'étais chien'' *Camille Bouchard, ''Le coup de la giraffe'' *François Gravel, ''Hò'' |- | align="center"| Children's illustration |{{blue ribbon}} '''Élise Gravel, ''La clé à molette''''' | *Marion Arbona, ''Lapin-Chagrin et les jours d'Elko'' *Manon Gauthier, ''Giroflée Pois-Cassé'' *Émilie Leduc, ''La ronde des mois'' *Katty Maurey, ''Quand j'étais chien'' |- | align="center"| English to French translation |{{blue ribbon}} '''Alain Roy, ''Glenn Gould''''' (Mark Kingwell) | *Sophie Cardinal-Corriveau, ''Un adieu à la musique'' (Charles Foran, ''Carolan's Farewell'') *Dominique Fortier, ''Une maison dans les nuages'' (Margaret Laurence, ''The Prophet's Camel Bell'') *Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, ''Irma Voth'' (Miriam Toews, ''Irma Voth'') *Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagné, ''La petite cousine de Freud'' (Ann Charney, ''Distantly Related to Freud'') |}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100107185132/http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla Governor General's Awards]
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