The Project Management Association of Canada administers the Canadian Project Management Book Awards. These annual awards are given out to Canadian books published in either English or French that primarily deal with one of the 46 competence elements in the Canadian Project Management National Competence Baseline.
To be eligible for one of these awards, a book must meet a number of criteria:
To submit an eligible book for this awards programme, an applicant must submit an application form (see link at the bottom of this page), three (3) copies of the book, and a cheque of $50 per book for each award category entered to:
Project Management Association of Canada
Book Awards Program
Box 58043, Rosslynn RPO
Oshawa, Ontario
Canada L1J 8L6
Once books have been submitted, they become the property of the Project Management Association of Canada and will not be returned. Two of the three copies will be provided to reviewers who may annotate the book during their review process; these books will be kept by the reviewers as payment for their review. The third copy may be used by the Director of Awards to break ties during the final tabulation and ranking process. Copies not needed by the Director may be used as door prizes at PMAC member events.
Applicants may be the author, an employee of the publisher, or a publicist hired by either the author or publisher. Other applicants will not be accepted.
A book must be entered into at least one category, but may optionally be submitted into additional categories. An entry fee of $50 per category entered must be included with the books, as noted above. For 2010, the three categories are:
The cutoff date for applications is October 1, 2010. Applications, payments, or books received after this time disqualify the entry for inclusion in the 2010 awards. Late entry forms and cheques will be shredded, and any late-entry books received will be used as door prizes for PMAC member events.
Books will be reviewed by a team of volunteer reviewers during the period from 1 October 2010 through 12 November 2010. Each book will be assessed against a number of criteria, with each book being reviewed by two separate volunteers. Each reviewer will complete a scorecard for each book.
The Director of Awards (or a delegate) will average the scorecard results for each book, ranking the books in each category. The top book in each category will receive the award for that category, with up to three (3) runners up in each category receiving an award of merit.
The Director of Awards (or a delegate) will also select one book from among all submitted entries to receive a special award: "2010 Canadian Project Management Book of the Year."
All decisions of the judges and Director of Awards are final.
Award finalists will be announced on the PMAC web site and will be notified via email during the week of 15 November 2010. The final winners and award presentations will take place at the 2010 Annual General Meeting on 11 December 2010 in Toronto, Ontario.
Prizes will be handed out at the awards ceremony by the Director of Awards or a delegate. Prizes include:
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