Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
Encyclopedia
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.
BC Book Prizes
The BC Book Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia writers and publishers.The seven Prizes, plus The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, are presented annually at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala in April.The Prizes are administered...
for the best juvenile or young adult novel or work of non-fiction by a resident of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
or the Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. 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.1987
- Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- The Baby Project - Paul Yee - The Curses of Third Uncle
- James Houston - The Falcon Bow
1988
- Nicola Morgan - Pride of Lions
- Kit PearsonKit PearsonKathleen Margaret Pearson is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling , Looking at the Moon , and The Lights Go On Again , published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming which won the...
- 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 EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- Next-Door Neighbours - Kit PearsonKit PearsonKathleen Margaret Pearson is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling , Looking at the Moon , and The Lights Go On Again , published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming which won the...
- 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 PearsonKit PearsonKathleen Margaret Pearson is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling , Looking at the Moon , and The Lights Go On Again , published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming which won the...
- Looking at the Moon - Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- 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 HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
- Torn Away - Mary Razzell - White Wave
1996
- Nan Gregory - How Smudge Came
- Constance Horne - Emily Carr's Woo
- Andrea Spalding - Finders Keepers
1997
- Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- Back of Beyond - Kit PearsonKit PearsonKathleen Margaret Pearson is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling , Looking at the Moon , and The Lights Go On Again , published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming which won the...
- Awake and Dreaming - W.D. Valgardson - Sarah and the People of Sand River
1998
- James HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
- Wish Me Luck - John WilsonJohn Wilson (Canadian young adults' writer)John Wilson is a Canadian author.- Biography : was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 2, 1951. He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley...
- 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 TateNikki TateNikki Tate is the pseudonym used by Canadian author, Nicole Tate-Stratton for her children's books.-Writing:Nikki Tate's books include the Tarragon Island novels, the StableMates series, the Estorian Chronicles fantasy series, Jo's Triumph and Jo's Journey...
- Tarragon Island
2001
- James HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
- The Grave - Ainslie Manson - Ballerinas Don't Wear Glasses
- W.D. Valgardson - Frances
- Gayle FriesenGayle FriesenGayle Friesen is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children....
- Men of Stone - Nikki TateNikki TateNikki Tate is the pseudonym used by Canadian author, Nicole Tate-Stratton for her children's books.-Writing:Nikki Tate's books include the Tarragon Island novels, the StableMates series, the Estorian Chronicles fantasy series, Jo's Triumph and Jo's Journey...
- No Cafes in Narnia
2002
- Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- Everything on a Waffle - Norma Charles - The Accomplice
- Maggie de Vries - Chance and the Butterfly
- Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- Dear Canada: A Prairie as Wide as the Sea - Valerie Wyatt and John Mantha - The Kids Book of Canadian Firsts
2003
- James HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
- Flood - Karen Rivers - The Gold Diggers Club
- Luanne Armstrong - Jeannie and the Gentle Giants
- John Lekich - The Losers' Club
- Gayle FriesenGayle FriesenGayle Friesen is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children....
- Losing Forever
2004
- Dennis FoonDennis FoonDennis Foon is an award-winning playwright, producer, screenwriter and novelist. He was artistic director of the Green Thumb Theatre for twelve years, before turning to films and television in 1986. He has written screenplays for many types of drama...
- Skud - Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- The Canning Season - John WilsonJohn Wilson (Canadian young adults' writer)John Wilson is a Canadian author.- Biography : was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 2, 1951. He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley...
- Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents - Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- 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 KernaghanEileen KernaghanEileen Kernaghan is a Canadian novelist and three-time winner of the Aurora Award for English-language Canadian speculative fiction. The settings of her historical fantasy novels range from the prehistoric Indus Valley and eighteenth century Bhutan, to Elizabethan England and nineteenth century...
- 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 LawrenceIain LawrenceIain Lawrence is a bestselling author for children and young adults. He studied journalism at Vancouver Community College, and spent the next ten years working for newspapers in northern BC. Near the town of Smithers, he was once charged by a bear, on a motorcycle...
- The Convicts - Pamela Porter - The Crazy Man
- John WilsonJohn Wilson (Canadian young adults' writer)John Wilson is a Canadian author.- Biography : was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 2, 1951. He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley...
- Four Steps to Death - Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- The Vacation
2007
- Sarah EllisSarah Ellis (author)This article is about the contemporary Canadian children's author. For the 19th Century English author of books about women, see Sarah Stickney Ellis.Sarah Ellis is a Canadian children's author and librarian...
- Odd Man Out - Iain LawrenceIain LawrenceIain Lawrence is a bestselling author for children and young adults. He studied journalism at Vancouver Community College, and spent the next ten years working for newspapers in northern BC. Near the town of Smithers, he was once charged by a bear, on a motorcycle...
- Gemini Summer - Craig Spence - Josh & the Magic Vial
- James HeneghanJames HeneghanJames Heneghan is a British Canadian author. Heneghan grew up Liverpool, England, and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. He earned Canadian citizenship in 1963...
- Safe House - Glen Huser - Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
2008
- Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane - John WilsonJohn Wilson (Canadian young adults' writer)John Wilson is a Canadian author.- Biography : was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 2, 1951. He grew up on the Island of Skye, and in Paisley...
- The Alchemist's Dream - David Jones - Baboon: A Novel
- Gayle FriesenGayle FriesenGayle Friesen is a Canadian author of young adult novels. She was raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia. She has a B.A. from the University of British Columbia. She is married with two children....
- For Now - Meg Tilly - Porcupine
2009
- Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- My One Hundred Adventures - Graham McNamee - Bonechiller
- Sarah N. Harvey - The Lit Report
- Iain LawrenceIain LawrenceIain Lawrence is a bestselling author for children and young adults. He studied journalism at Vancouver Community College, and spent the next ten years working for newspapers in northern BC. Near the town of Smithers, he was once charged by a bear, on a motorcycle...
- The Seance - Robin Stevenson - A Thousand Shades of Blue
2010
- Carrie Mac - The Gryphon Project
- Sylvio Olsen - Counting on Hope
- Robin Stevenson - Inferno
- Kristin ButcherKristin ButcherKristin Butcher is a Canadian writer and reviewer of young adult and juvenile fiction. Her first novel, The Runaways was published that same year and went on to be a regional Silver Birch Award winner...
- 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 HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- Northward to the Moon