Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
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The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is awarded annually as the BC Book Prize for the best juvenile or young adult novel or work of non-fiction by a resident of British Columbia or the Yukon, Canada. It was first awarded in 1987. It is supported by the B.C Library Association.
History
editOriginally, the prize was awarded for illustrated and non-illustrated literature, but since 2003 the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize has been awarded for illustrated books and the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize for non-illustrated books.[1]
Winners and finalists
edit| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Sarah Ellis | The Baby Project | Winner | [2][3] |
| Paul Yee | The Curses of Third Uncle | Finalist | ||
| James Houston | The Falcon Bow | Finalist | ||
| 1988 | Nicola Morgan | Pride of Lions | Winner | [3] |
| Kit Pearson | A Handful of Time | Finalist | ||
| Mary Razzell | Salmonberry Wine | Finalist | ||
| 1989 | Mary-Ellen Lang Collura | Sunny | Winner | [3] |
| Florence McNeil | Catriona's Island | Finalist | ||
| Deborah Turney Zagwyn | Mood Pocket, Mud Bucket | Finalist | ||
| 1990 | Paul Yee | Tales from Gold Mountain | Winner | [3] |
| Kit Pearson | The Sky is Falling | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Ellis | Next-Door Neighbours | Finalist | ||
| 1991 | Nancy Hundal | I Heard My Mother Call My Name | Winner | [3] |
| Sue Ann Alderson | Chapter One | Finalist | ||
| Scott Watson | Jack Shadbolt | Finalist | ||
| 1992 | Alexandra Morton | Siwiti: A Whale's Story | Winner | [3] |
| Kit Pearson | Looking at the Moon | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Ellis | Pick Up Sticks | Finalist | ||
| 1993 | Shirley Sterling | My Name is Seepeetza | Winner | [3] |
| Ainslie Manson | A Dog Came Too | Finalist | ||
| Sue Ann Alderson | Sure as Strawberries | Finalist | ||
| 1994 | Julie Lawson | White Jade Tiger | Winner | [3] |
| Sue Ann Alderson | A Ride for Martha | Finalist | ||
| David Bouchard | If You're Not from the Prairie | Finalist | ||
| 1995 | Lillian Boraks-Nemetz | The Old Brown Suitcase | Winner | [3] |
| James Heneghan | Torn Away | Finalist | ||
| Mary Razzell | White Wave | Finalist | ||
| 1996 | Nan Gregory | How Smudge Came | Winner | [3] |
| Constance Horne | Emily Carr's Woo | Finalist | ||
| Andrea Spalding | Finders Keepers | Finalist | ||
| 1997 | Sarah Ellis | Back of Beyond | Winner | [3] |
| Kit Pearson | Awake and Dreaming | Finalist | ||
| W. D. Valgardson | Sarah and the People of Sand River | Finalist | ||
| 1998 | James Heneghan | Wish Me Luck | Winner | [3] |
| John Wilson | Across Frozen Seas | Finalist | ||
| Julie Lawson | Emma and the Silk Train | Finalist | ||
| 1999 | Sandra Lightburn | Driftwood Cove | Winner | [3] |
| Paul Yee | The Boy in the Attic | Finalist | ||
| Ann Walsh | The Doctor's Apprentice | Finalist | ||
| 2000 | Vivien Bowers | WOW Canada! Exploring the Land from Coast to Coast to Coast | Winner | [3] |
| Julie Ovenell-Carter, illus. by Kitty Macaulay | The Butterflies' Promise | Finalist | ||
| W. D. Valgardson | The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories | Finalist | ||
| Karen Rivers | Dream Water | Finalist | ||
| Nikki Tate | Tarragon Island | Finalist | ||
| 2001 | James Heneghan | The Grave | Winner | [3] |
| Ainslie Manson | Ballerinas Don't Wear Glasses | Finalist | ||
| W. D. Valgardson | Frances | Finalist | ||
| Gayle Friesen | Men of Stone | Finalist | ||
| Nikki Tate | No Cafes in Narnia | Finalist | ||
| 2002 | Polly Horvath | Everything on a Waffle | Winner | [3][4] |
| Norma Charles | The Accomplice | Finalist | ||
| Valerie Wyatt and John Mantha | The Kids Book of Canadian Firsts | Finalist | ||
| Maggie de Vries | Chance and the Butterfly | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Ellis | Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea | Finalist | ||
| 2003 | James Heneghan | Flood | Winner | [3] |
| Karen Rivers | The Gold Diggers Club | Finalist | ||
| John Lekich | The Losers' Club | Finalist | ||
| Luanne Armstrong | Jeannie and the Gentle Giants | Finalist | ||
| Gayle Friesen | Losing Forever | Finalist | ||
| 2004 | Dennis Foon | Skud | Winner | [3] |
| Polly Horvath | The Canning Season | Finalist | ||
| Sarah Ellis | The Several Lives of Orphan Jack | Finalist | ||
| John Wilson | Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents | Finalist | ||
| Irene N. Watts and Lillian Boraks-Nemetz | Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People | Finalist | ||
| 2005 | Susan Juby | Miss Smithers | Winner | [3] |
| Eileen Kernaghan | The Alchemist's Daughter | Finalist | ||
| Cynthia Nugent | Francesca and the Magic Bike | Finalist | ||
| Sandy Frances Duncan | Gold Rush Orphan | Finalist | ||
| Shelley Hrdlitschka | Kat's Fall | Finalist | ||
| Sylvia Olsen | White Girl | Finalist | ||
| 2006 | Barbara Nickel | Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastien Bach | Winner | [3] |
| Iain Lawrence | The Convicts | Finalist | ||
| Pamela Porter | The Crazy Man | Finalist | ||
| Polly Horvath | The Vacation | Finalist | ||
| John Wilson | Four Steps to Death | Finalist | ||
| 2007 | Sarah Ellis | Odd Man Out | Winner | [3] |
| Iain Lawrence | Gemini Summer | Finalist | ||
| Craig Spence | Josh & the Magic Vial | Finalist | ||
| James Heneghan | Safe House | Finalist | ||
| Glen Huser | Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen | Finalist | ||
| 2008 | Polly Horvath | The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane | Winner | [3][5] |
| John Wilson | The Alchemist's Dream | Finalist | ||
| David Jones | Baboon: A Novel | Finalist | ||
| Gayle Friesen | For Now | Finalist | ||
| Meg Tilly | Porcupine | Finalist | ||
| 2009 | Polly Horvath | My One Hundred Adventures | Winner | [3][6] |
| Robin Stevenson | A Thousand Shades of Blue | Finalist | ||
| Sarah N. Harvey | The Lit Report | Finalist | ||
| Iain Lawrence | The Seance | Finalist | ||
| Graham McNamee | Bonechiller | Finalist | ||
| 2010 | Carrie Mac | The Gryphon Project | Winner | [3][7] |
| Rachelle Delaney | The Ship of Lost Souls | Finalist | ||
| Sylvia Olsen | Counting on Hope | Finalist | ||
| Robin Stevenson | Inferno | Finalist | ||
| Kristin Butcher | Return to Bone Tree Hill | Finalist | ||
| 2011 | Maggie de Vries | Hunger Journeys | Winner | [3] |
| Susin Nielsen | Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom | Finalist | [8] | |
| Christy Jordon-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton | Fatty Legs: A True Story | Finalist | [8] | |
| Gina McMurchy-Barber | Free as a Bird | Finalist | [8] | |
| Polly Horvath | Northward to the Moon | Finalist | [8] | |
| 2012 | Moira Young | Blood Red Road | Winner | [3][9] |
| Glen Huser | The Runaway | Finalist | [10] | |
| Pamela Porter | I'll Be Watching | Finalist | [10] | |
| Caitlyn Vernon | Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest | Finalist | [10] | |
| Karen Rivers | What is Real | Finalist | [10] | |
| 2013 | Caroline Adderson | Middle of Nowhere | Winner | [3][11][12] |
| John Lekich | The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls | Finalist | [13] | |
| Susin Nielsen | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen | Finalist | [13] | |
| Victoria Miles | Mimi Power and the I-Don't-Know-What | Finalist | [13] | |
| Rachel Hartman | Seraphina | Finalist | [13] | |
| 2014 | Ashley Little | The New Normal | Winner | [3][14] |
| Ari Goelman | The Path of Names | Finalist | [15] | |
| Becky Citra | If Only | Finalist | [15] | |
| Robin Stevenson | Record Breaker | Finalist | [15] | |
| Silvana Goldemberg, trans. by Emilie Smith | Victoria | Finalist | [15] | |
| 2015 | Maggie de Vries | Rabbit Ears | Winner | [16] |
| Elizabeth Stewart | Blue Gold | Finalist | ||
| Gabrielle Prendergast | Capricious | Finalist | ||
| Becky Citra | Finding Grace | Finalist | ||
| Eileen Kernaghan | Sophie, in Shadow | Finalist | ||
| 2016 | Susan Juby | The Truth Commission | Winner | [17] |
| Jordan Stratford | The Case of the Missing Moonstone: The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1 | Finalist | ||
| Darren Groth | Are You Seeing Me? | Finalist | ||
| Linda Bailey | Seven Dead Pirates | Finalist | ||
| Susin Nielsen | We Are All Made of Molecules | Finalist | ||
| 2017 | Iain Lawrence | The Skeleton Tree | Winner | [18] |
| Kit Pearson | A Day of Signs and Wonders | Finalist | [19] | |
| R.K. McLay | The Rahtrum Chronicles: The Dream | Finalist | [19] | |
| Kathleen Cherry | Everyday Hero | Finalist | [19] | |
| Robin Stevenson | Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community | Finalist | [19] | |
| 2018 | G. S. Prendergast | Zero Repeat Forever | Winner | [20][21] |
| Anne Fleming | The Goat | Finalist | ||
| Kallie George | Heartwood Hotel Book : A True Home | Finalist | ||
| Norma Charles | Runner: Harry Jerome, World’s Fastest Man | Finalist | ||
| Julie Burtinshaw | Saying Good-bye to London | Finalist | ||
| 2019 | Susin Nielsen | No Fixed Address | Winner | [22] |
| Monique Gray Smith and Richard Van Camp | The Journey Forward | Finalist | ||
| Janice Lynn Mather | Learning to Breathe | Finalist | ||
| Lianne Oelke | Nice Try, Jane Sinner | Finalist | ||
| Polly Horvath | Very Rich | Finalist | ||
| 2020 | Robin Stevenson | My Body, My Choice | Winner | [23] |
| Sabina Khan | The Love and Lies Of Rukhsana Ali | Finalist | ||
| Julia Nobel | The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane | Finalist | ||
| Sara Cassidy | Nevers | Finalist | ||
| Eldon Yellowhorn | What the Eagle Sees | Finalist | ||
| 2021 | Sara Cassidy | Genius Jolene | Winner | [24] |
| Gail Anderson-Dargatz | The Ride Home | Finalist | [25] | |
| Melanie Stewart | Heads Up | Finalist | [25] | |
| Dan Bar-el | Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North | Finalist | [25] | |
| Tanya Lloyd Kyi | Me and Banksy | Finalist | [25] | |
| 2022 | Robbie Waisman and Susan McClelland | Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor | Winner | [26] |
| Tanya Christenson | A Soft Place to Fall | Finalist | ||
| Barbara Nickel | Dear Peter, Dear Ulla | Finalist | ||
| Xiran Jay Zhao | Iron Widow | Finalist | ||
| Angela Ahn | Peter Lee’s Notes from the Field | Finalist | ||
| 2023 | Haley Healey, illus. by Kimiko Fraser | Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon | Finalist | [27] |
| Susan Juby | Me Three | Finalist | [27] | |
| Rachel Hartman | In The Serpent's Wake | Winner |
References
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External links
edit- Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, official website
- BC Book Prizes