Geoffrey Bilson Award

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The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. The award is named after Geoffrey Bilson, a writer of historical fiction for youth and a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan who died suddenly in 1987.

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The Geoffrey Bilson Award is selected by a jury chosen by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Award winners must be Canadian authors, and the winning novel must have been published in the previous calendar year. Each year's winner receives a $1000 (C$) prize.

The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award. [1]

Honourees

Geoffrey Bilson Award winners and finalists [2]
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1988 Carol Matas LisaWinner [3]
Bill Freeman Danger on the TracksFinalist
Margaret Maloney , illustrated by Lazlo Gal The Goodman of BallengeichFinalist
Bernice Thurman Hunter LamplighterFinalist
Mary Razzell Salmonberry WineFinalist
Myra Paperny Take A Giant StepFinalist
1989 Martyn Godfrey Mystery in the Frozen LandsWinner [4]
Ann Blades Moses, Me and MurderFinalist
Dorothy Perkyns Rachel's RevolutionFinalist
Robert Sutherland Son of the HoundsFinalist
1990 Kit Pearson The Sky is Falling Winner [5]
1991 Marianne Brandis The Sign of the ScalesWinner [6]
1992 Award deferred
1993 Celia Barker Lottridge Ticket to CurlewWinner
John Ibbitson Jeremy's War 1812Finalist
Ainslie Manson , illustrated by Ann Blades A Dog Came, TooFinalist
Joyce Barkhouse Yesterday's ChildrenFinalist
1994 Kit Pearson The Lights Go On AgainWinner
Carol Matas Daniel's StoryFinalist
John Ibbitson The Night Hazel Come To TownFinalist
Margaret Bunel Edwards , illustrated by Linda Potts The Ocean BetweenFinalist
David Richards Soldier BoysFinalist
1995 Joan Clark The Dream CarversWinner
Carol Matas The Burning TimeFinalist
Jean Booker Ellen's SecretFinalist
Jean Little His Banner Over MeFinalist
Sharon Gibson Palmero The Lie That Had to BeFinalist
Connie Brummel Crook Nellie L.Finalist
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and PeaceFinalist
Dorothy Perkyn Signal Across the SeaFinalist
Hazel Hutchins Within a Painted PastFinalist
1996 Marianne Brandis Rebellion: A Novel of Upper CanadaWinner
1997 Janet McNaughton To Dance at the Palais RoyaleWinner
1998 Irene N. Watts Good-Bye MarianneWinner
1999 Iain Lawrence The WreckersWinner
2000 Deferred to the following year
2001 Sharon E. McKay Charlie Wilcox Winner
2002 Virginia Frances Schwartz If I Just Had Two WingsWinner
2003 Joan Clark The Word for HomeWinner
2004 Brian Doyle Boy O'BoyWinner
2005 Michel Noël Good for NothingWinner
2006 Pamela Porter The Crazy Man Winner
2007 Eva Wiseman KanadaWinner
2008 Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton Winner
2009 John Ibbitson The LandingWinner [7]
2010 Shane Peacock Vanishing GirlWinner [8] [9]
2011 Valerie Sherrard The Glory WindWinner [10]
2012 Kate Cayley The Hangman in the MirrorWinner [11] [12]
2013 Elizabeth Stewart The Lynching of Louie SamWinner [13]
2014 Karen Bass Graffiti KnightWinner
2015 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Dance of the BanishedWinner [14]
2016 Karen Bass Uncertain SoldierWinner
2017 Kevin Sands The Mark of the PlagueWinner
2018 Kevin Sands The Assassin's CurseWinner
2019 Christopher Paul Curtis The Journey of Little CharlieWinner
2020 Tina Athaide Orange for the SunsetsWinner
2021 Jordyn Taylor The Paper Girl of ParisWinner
2022 Harriet Zaidman Second ChancesWinner
2023 Kim Spencer Weird Rules to FollowWinner [15]
2024 Jessica Outram Bernice and the Georgian Bay GoldWinner [16]
Julie Lawson Out of the DarkFinalist [17]
Kate Leth Mall Goth
Tho Pham, Sandra MacTavish The Cricket War
Amanda West Lewis Focus. Click. Wind.

References

  1. ↑ "Sask., Man. writers win for children's books" . CBC, November 11, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  3. ↑ "1988 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Carol Matas". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  4. ↑ "1989 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Martyn Godfrey". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  5. ↑ "1990 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Kit Pearson". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  6. ↑ "1991 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Marianne Brandis". Canadian Children's Book Centre . Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  7. ↑ "2009 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: John Ibbitson". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  8. ↑ "Awards: Canadian Children's Literature Awards". Shelf Awareness. 2010-11-12. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  9. ↑ "2010 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Shane Peacock". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  10. ↑ Carter, Sue (2011-10-05). "Erin Bow's Plain Kate wins TD Canadian Children's Literature Award". Quill and Quire . Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  11. ↑ "2012 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Kate Cayley". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  12. ↑ "Awards: Canadian Children's Literature". Shelf Awareness. 2012-11-26. Archived from the original on 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  13. ↑ "2013 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Elizabeth Stewart". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  14. ↑ "2015 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People Recipient: Marsha Skrypuch". Canadian Children's Book Centre . Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  15. ↑ "Kim Spencer takes home three CCBC Awards - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  16. ↑ "Jean E. Pendziwol and Jack Wong among winners for Canadian children's book awards". CBC Books, October 29, 2024.
  17. ↑ Natalie Vilkoff, "Jack Wong, Sydney Smith and Liselle Sambury among finalists for top Canadian children's book awards". CBC Books, October 8, 2024.
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