The nominees for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards were announced yesterday, including The Egghead: The Doug Wright Award for Best Kids' Book. Established in 2005, the awards celebrate excellence in the field of Canadian comics and named for cartoonist Doug Wright (1917–1983).
Illustrator Mike Deas is a double nominee in the Egghead category. In addition to the Egghead nominees, Jordana Globerman's Soul Machine (Annick Press) has been nominated for The Nipper: The Doug Wright Award for Emerging Talent.
The awards ceremony, hosted by Ho Che Anderson, will take place on Saturday, June 6 at 8 pm EDT at Toronto's Arts & Letter Club. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube. The nominees for the Egghead are listed below.
Fantastic Lou, written and illustrated by Qin Leng (Tundra Books)
Howler Reef, written by Nancy Deas, illustrated by Mike Deas (Orca Book Publishers)
My Sister the Werebeast, written and illustrated by Alina Tysoe (First Second)
Paisley & Peck: Jurassic Farm, written by J. Torres, illustrated by Mike Deas (Owlkids Books)
Way off Track, written by Carl Brundtland, illustrated by Claudia Dávila (Kids Can Press)
For the complete list of nominees, visit dougwrightawards.com.