The ReLit Award is a Canadian literary prizes awarded annually to book-length works in the novel, short-story and poetry categories. Founded in 2000 by Newfoundland filmmaker and author Kenneth J. Harvey, they are considered the preeminent literary prize in independent Canadian publishing. In 2020, on the twentieth anniversary of the inception of the ReLit Awards, founder, Kenneth J. Harvey, passes the torch along to daughter, Katherine Alexandra Harvey.

ReLit is short for Regarding Literature, Reinventing Literature, and Relighting Literature. The awards were conceived by Harvey as an alternative to larger mainstream prizes such as the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Awards. There is no money awarded for the prize; in the first two years, the winners received a nominal prize of one Canadian dollar, but since 2003 the recipients have been presented with a silver ring designed by Newfoundland artisan, Christopher Kearney.

Past Winners:

Michael Blouin, Tracey Waddleton, Cassandra Blanchard, Susan Sanford Blades, Kristyn Dunnion, Simina Banu, Andrew Battershill, Barry Callaghan, Robin Richardson, Martin West, Daniel Zomparelli, Rhonda Ganz, Kyp Harness, Kris Bertin, Katherine Leyton, Carellin Brooks, Kevin Hardcastle, Sue Goyette, Andrew Kaufman, Megan Gail Coles, Sina Queyras, Nathaniel G. Moore, Christine Miscione, Charmaine Cadeau, Lynn Crosbie, Ian Rogers, Steven Price, Suzette Mayr, Greg Kearney, Patrick Friesen, Craig Francis Power, Tony Burgess, Dani Couture, Michael Kenyon, Stuart Ross, Gillian Jerome, Michael Blouin, Lisa Foad, Maurice Mierau, Gil Adamson, Roberta Rees, Gillian Wigmore, Ivan E. Coyote, Bill Gaston, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Lisa Moore, Barry Webster, Leon Rooke, Sky Gilbert, James Grainger, A. F. Moritz, Darren Greer, Tony Burgess, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Peter Darbyshire, Sean Johnston, Margaret Christakos, Jonathan Goldstein, Lisa Robertson, Bonnie Bowman, Mark Anthony Jarman, S. D. Johnson