Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize
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
Originally, 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
- 1987 Sarah Ellis - The Baby Project
- Paul Yee - The Curses of Third Uncle
- James Houston - The Falcon Bow
- 1988 Nicola Morgan - Pride of Lions
- Kit Pearson - A Handful of Time
- Mary Razzell - Salmonberry Wine
- 1989 Mary-Ellen Lang Collura - Sunny
- Florence McNeil - Catriona's Island
- Deborah Turney Zagwyn - Mood Pocket, Mud Bucket
- 1990 Paul Yee - Tales from Gold Mountain
- Sarah Ellis - Next-Door Neighbours
- Kit Pearson - The Sky is Falling
- 1991 Nancy Hundal - I Heard My Mother Call My Name
- Sue Ann Alderson - Chapter One
- Scott Watson - Jack Shadbolt
- 1992 Alexandra Morton - Siwiti: A Whale's Story
- Kit Pearson - Looking at the Moon
- Sarah Ellis - Pick Up Sticks
- 1993 Shirley Sterling - My Name is Seepeetza
- Ainslie Manson - A Dog Came Too
- Sue Ann Alderson - Sure as Strawberries
- 1994 Julie Lawson - White Jade Tiger
- David Bouchard - If You're Not from the Prairie
- Sue Ann Alderson - A Ride for Martha
- 1995 Lillian Boraks-Nemetz - The Old Brown Suitcase
- James Heneghan - Torn Away
- Mary Razzell - White Wave
- 1996 Nan Gregory - How Smudge Came
- Constance Horne - Emily Carr's Woo
- Andrea Spalding - Finders Keepers
- 1997 Sarah Ellis - Back of Beyond
- Kit Pearson - Awake and Dreaming
- W.D. Valgardson - Sarah and the People of Sand River
- 1998 James Heneghan - Wish Me Luck
- John Wilson - Across Frozen Seas
- Julie Lawson - Emma and the Silk Train
- 1999 Sandra Lightburn - Driftwood Cove
- Paul Yee - The Boy in the Attic
- Ann Walsh - The Doctor's Apprentice
- 2000 Vivien Bowers - WOW Canada! Exploring the Land from Coast to Coast to Coast
- Julie Ovenell-Carter (ill. Kitty Macaulay) - The Butterflies' Promise
- W.D. Valgardson - The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories
- Karen Rivers - Dream Water
- Nikki Tate - Tarragon Island
- 2001 James Heneghan - The Grave
- Ainslie Manson - Ballerinas Don't Wear Glasses
- W.D. Valgardson - Frances
- Gayle Friesen - Men of Stone
- Nikki Tate - No Cafes in Narnia
- 2002 Polly Horvath - Everything on a Waffle
- Norma Charles - The Accomplice
- Maggie de Vries - Chance and the Butterfly
- Sarah Ellis - Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea
- Valerie Wyatt and John Mantha - The Kids Book of Canadian Firsts
- 2003 James Heneghan - Flood
- Karen Rivers - The Gold Diggers Club
- Luanne Armstrong - Jeannie and the Gentle Giants
- John Lekich - The Losers' Club
- Gayle Friesen - Losing Forever
- 2004 Dennis Foon - Skud
- Polly Horvath - The Canning Season
- John Wilson - Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents
- Sarah Ellis - The Several Lives of Orphan Jack
- Irene N. Watts and Lillian Boraks-Nemetz - Tapestry of Hope: Holocaust Writing for Young People
- 2005 Susan Juby - Miss Smithers
- Eileen Kernaghan - The Alchemist's Daughter
- Cynthia Nugent - Francesca and the Magic Bike
- Sandy Frances Duncan - Gold Rush Orphan
- Shelley Hrdlitschka - Kat's Fall
- Sylvia Olsen - White Girl
- 2006 Barbara Nickel - Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastien Bach
- Iain Lawrence - The Convicts
- Pamela Porter - The Crazy Man
- John Wilson - Four Steps to Death
- Polly Horvath - The Vacation
- 2007 Sarah Ellis - Odd Man Out
- Iain Lawrence - Gemini Summer
- Craig Spence - Josh & the Magic Vial
- James Heneghan - Safe House
- Glen Huser - Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
- 2008 Polly Horvath - The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane
- John Wilson - The Alchemist's Dream
- David Jones - Baboon: A Novel
- Gayle Friesen - For Now
- Meg Tilly - Porcupine
- 2009 Polly Horvath - My One Hundred Adventures
- Graham McNamee - Bonechiller
- Sarah N. Harvey - The Lit Report
- Iain Lawrence - The Seance
- Robin Stevenson - A Thousand Shades of Blue
- 2010 Carrie Mac - The Gryphon Project
- Sylvia Olsen - Counting on Hope
- Robin Stevenson - Inferno
- Kristin Butcher - Return to Bone Tree Hill
- Rachelle Delaney - The Ship of Lost Souls
- 2011 Maggie de Vries - Hunger Journeys
- Susin Nielsen - Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom
- Christy Jordon-Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton - Fatty Legs: A True Story
- Gina McMurchy-Barber - Free as a Bird
- Polly Horvath - Northward to the Moon
- 2012 Moira Young - Blood Red Road
- Pamela Porter - I'll Be Watching
- Caitlyn Vernon - Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest
- Glen Huser - The Runaway
- Karen Rivers - What is Real
- 2013 Caroline Adderson - Middle of Nowhere [2]
- Rachel Hartman - Seraphina
- John Lekich - The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls
- Victoria Miles - Mimi Power and the I-Don't-Know-What
- Susin Nielsen - The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen
- 2014 Ashley Little - The New Normal [3]
- Becky Citra - If Only
- Ari Goelman - The Path of Names
- Silvana Goldemberg, translated by Emilie Smith - Victoria
- Robin Stevenson - Record Breaker
- 2015 Maggie de Vries - Rabbit Ears [4]
- Elizabeth Stewart - Blue Gold
- Gabrielle Prendergast - Capricious
- Becky Citra - Finding Grace
- Eileen Kernaghan - Sophie, in Shadow
- 2016 Susan Juby - The Truth Commission [5]
- Linda Bailey - Seven Dead Pirates
- Darren Groth - Are You Seeing Me?
- Susin Nielsen - We Are All Made of Molecules
- Jordan Stratford - The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1)
- 2017 Iain Lawrence - The Skeleton Tree [6]
- Kathleen Cherry - Everyday Hero
- R.K. McLay - The Rahtrum Chronicles: The Dream
- Kit Pearson - A Day of Signs and Wonders
- Robin Stevenson - Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community
- 2018 G. S. Prendergast - Zero Repeat Forever [7]
- Julie Burtinshaw - Saying Good-bye to London
- Norma Charles - Runner: Harry Jerome, World’s Fastest Man
- Anne Fleming - The Goat
- Kallie George - Heartwood Hotel Book 1: A True Home
References
- "Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize 2009 Winner". Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize. www.literaryawards.co.uk. 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Winners of the 2013 B.C. Book Prizes announced". The Georgia Straight. May 5, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
- Brian Lynch (May 4, 2014). "Winners of 2014 B.C. Book Prizes announced". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- "This year's B.C. Book Prizes are announced". The Georgia Straight. April 26, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
- "Nanaimo author Susan Juby wins B.C. Book Prize". Nanaimo News Bulletin. May 2, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
- "Douglas Coupland headlines list of 2017 B.C. Book prize winners". The Vancouver Sun. April 29, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- "Winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes revealed at downtown gala". The Georgia Straight. May 5, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
Sources
- Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize, official website
- BC Book Prizes
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