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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

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

Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize winners and finalists
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1987 Sarah Ellis The Baby Project Winner
Paul Yee The Curses of Third Uncle Finalist
James Houston The Falcon Bow Finalist
1988 Nicola Morgan Pride of Lions Winner
Kit Pearson A Handful of Time Finalist
Mary Razzell Salmonberry Wine Finalist
1989 Mary-Ellen Lang Collura Sunny Winner
Florence McNeil Catriona's Island Finalist
Deborah Turney Zagwyn Mood Pocket, Mud Bucket Finalist
1990 Paul Yee Tales from Gold Mountain Winner
Kit Pearson The Sky is Falling Finalist
Sarah Ellis Next-Door Neighbours Finalist
1991 Nancy Hundal I Heard My Mother Call My Name Winner
Sue Ann Alderson Chapter One Finalist
Scott Watson Jack Shadbolt Finalist
1992 Alexandra Morton Siwiti: A Whale's Story Winner
Kit Pearson Looking at the Moon Finalist
Sarah Ellis Pick Up Sticks Finalist
1993 Shirley Sterling My Name is Seepeetza Winner
Ainslie Manson A Dog Came Too Finalist
Sue Ann Alderson Sure as Strawberries Finalist
1994 Julie Lawson White Jade Tiger Winner
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
James Heneghan Torn Away Finalist
Mary Razzell White Wave Finalist
1996 Nan Gregory How Smudge Came Winner
Constance Horne Emily Carr's Woo Finalist
Andrea Spalding Finders Keepers Finalist
1997 Sarah Ellis Back of Beyond Winner
Kit Pearson Awake and Dreaming Finalist
W. D. Valgardson Sarah and the People of Sand River Finalist
1998 James Heneghan Wish Me Luck Winner
John Wilson Across Frozen Seas Finalist
Julie Lawson Emma and the Silk Train Finalist
1999 Sandra Lightburn Driftwood Cove Winner
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Susin Nielsen Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom Finalist
Christy Jordon-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton Fatty Legs: A True Story Finalist
Gina McMurchy-Barber Free as a Bird Finalist
Polly Horvath Northward to the Moon Finalist
2012 Moira Young Blood Red Road Winner
Glen Huser The Runaway Finalist
Pamela Porter I'll Be Watching Finalist
Caitlyn Vernon Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest Finalist
Karen Rivers What is Real Finalist
2013 Caroline Adderson Middle of Nowhere Winner [2]
John Lekich The Prisoner of Snowflake Falls Finalist
Susin Nielsen The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Finalist
Victoria Miles Mimi Power and the I-Don't-Know-What Finalist
Rachel Hartman Seraphina Finalist
2014 Ashley Little The New Normal Winner [3]
Ari Goelman The Path of Names Finalist
Becky Citra If Only Finalist
Robin Stevenson Record Breaker Finalist
Silvana Goldemberg, trans. by Emilie Smith Victoria Finalist
2015 Maggie de Vries Rabbit Ears Winner [4]
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 [5]
[[Jordan Stratford|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 [6]
Kit Pearson A Day of Signs and Wonders Finalist
R.K. McLay The Rahtrum Chronicles: The Dream Finalist
Kathleen Cherry Everyday Hero Finalist
Robin Stevenson Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community Finalist
2018 G. S. Prendergast Zero Repeat Forever Winner [7]
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 [8]
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 [9]
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 [10]
Gail Anderson-Dargatz The Ride Home Finalist [11]
Melanie Stewart Heads Up Finalist [11]
Dan Bar-el Just Beyond the Very, Very Far North Finalist [11]
Tanya Lloyd Kyi Me and Banksy Finalist [11]
2022 Robbie Waisman and and Susan McClelland Boy from Buchenwald: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor Winner [12]
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

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Winners of the 2013 B.C. Book Prizes announced". The Georgia Straight. 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  3. ^ Lynch, Brian (2014-05-04). "Winners of 2014 B.C. Book Prizes announced". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
  4. ^ "This year's B.C. Book Prizes are announced". The Georgia Straight. 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
  5. ^ "Nanaimo author Susan Juby wins B.C. Book Prize". Nanaimo News Bulletin. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  6. ^ "Douglas Coupland headlines list of 2017 B.C. Book prize winners". The Vancouver Sun. 2017-04-29. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  7. ^ "Winners of the 2018 B.C. Book Prizes revealed at downtown gala". The Georgia Straight. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  8. ^ "2019 BC Book Prize Winner". Tundra Book Group. 2019-05-16. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  9. ^ "2020 Winners & Finalists". BC and Yukon Book Prizes. October 1, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Qiao, Vicky (2021-09-28). "Billy-Ray Belcourt and Shaena Lambert among BC & Yukon Book Prizes winners". CBC Books. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  11. ^ a b c d Porter, Ryan (2021-04-08). "Eight shortlists announced for BC and Yukon Book Prizes". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  12. ^ Drudi, Cassandra (2022-09-26). "2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes winners announced". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

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