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

Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize winners and finalists
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 Rachel Hartman In the Serpent's Wake Winner [27]
Haley Healey, illus. by Kimiko Fraser Her Courage Rises: 50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon Finalist [28]
Susan Juby Me Three
Emily Seo, Gracey Zhang The Science of Boys
Kim Spencer Weird Rules to Follow
2024 Wanda John-Kehewin Hopeless in Hope Winner [29]
Polly Horvath Pine Island Visitors Finalist [30]
Julie Lawson Out of the Dark
Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro Obaasan's Boots
Andrea Warner and Louise Reimer Rise Up and Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music

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