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British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

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22: 129:, it was the largest non-fiction prize in Canada, rising from $ 25,000 in its initial years to $ 40,000 in 2008. Despite being presented by a BC-based organization, the award was not limited to writers from British Columbia, and instead was open to all non-fiction work by Canadian writers. 39: 132:
In May 2018, the British Columbia Achievement Foundation announced that it was discontinuing the award as part of a process of refocusing the foundation's activities and programs.
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