Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature

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Template:Short description The Governor General's Award for English-language children's writing is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, one each for writers and illustrators of English- and French-language books. The Governor General's Awards program is administered by the Canada Council.

In name, this award is part of the Governor General's Award program only from 1987 but there was a single award for "Juvenile" literature from 1949 to 1958, and the four present-day "Children's" awards were established in 1975 under a Canada Council name. In the event, the "Canada Council" and "Governor General's" awards have recognized writing in an English-language children's book every year from 1975.[1][2]

Juvenile fiction

The oldest of now-14 annual Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were inaugurated in 1936. One award for a "juvenile" book was introduced in 1949, and conferred every year to 1958. Throughout those ten years, the juvenile literature award was one of five in the program, all for English-language books.[2]

Juvenile fiction winners, 1949–1958
Year Author Title
1949 Template:Sortname Franklin of the Arctic
1950 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1951 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1952 Template:Sortname Cargoes on the Great Lakes
1953 Template:Sortname Rebels Ride at Night
1954 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1955 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1956 Template:Sortname Lost in the Barrens
1957 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1958 Template:Sortname Nkwala

Two of the Governor General's Award-winning writers also won the Canadian Library Association award for children's book writing, recognizing the same book: Richard Lambert in 1949 and Farley Mowat in 1958. The CLA Book of the Year for Children Award was conferred six times during these ten years.[3]

Canada Council Children's Literature Prize

In 1975 the Canada Council established four annual prizes of $5000 for the year's best English- and French-language children's books by Canadian writers and illustrators. Those "Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes" were continued under the "Governor General's Awards" rubric from 1987, and continue today. Among them the English-language writing prize was awarded every year from 1975.[1]

Canada Council Children's Literature Prize winners, 1975–1986
Year Author Title
1975 Template:Sortname Shantymen of Cache Lake
1976 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1977 Template:Sortname Listen for the Singing
1978 Template:Sortname Hold Fast
1979 Template:Sortname Days of Terror
1980 Template:Sortname, illus. by Douglas Tait Template:Sort
1981 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1982 Template:Sortname Hunter in the Dark
1983 Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1984 Template:Sortname Sweetgrass
1985 Template:Sortname Julie
1986 Template:Sortname Shadow in Hawthorn Bay

Three of the CCCLP-winning English-language writers also won the annual Canadian Library Association award for children's book writing, recognizing the same book. Their CLA Book of the Year for Children Awards are dated one year later: Kevin Major 1979, Cora Taylor 1986, and Janet Lunn 1987. The CLA Book of the Year was inaugurated in 1947 and has been awarded every year since 1963.[3]

Two of the CCCLP-winning English-language writers also won the CLA Young Adult Book Award, recognizing the same book, namely Monica Hughes in 1983 and Janet Lunn in 1987.[4] That is, Janet Lunn and Shadow in Hawthorn Bay (1986) won both the CLA awards for children's and young-adult books.

According to one WorldCat library record The Trouble With Princesses (McClelland & Stewart, 1980) "retells stories about Northwest Coast princesses and compares them with similar Old World princesses", Template:OCLC. For their collaboration Christie Harris won the CCCLP prize for English-language writing and Douglas Tait won the CLA award for children's book illustration, the 1981 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award.[5]

Children's literature (writing)

Four books listed below, winners of the English-language writing award under the "Governor General's" name, were also named CLA Book of the Year for Children: Bedard 1991, Wynne-Jones 1994, Porter 2006, and Nielsen 2013.[3] Four of them also won the CLA Young Adult Book Award: Wieler 1990, Johnston 1995, Wynne-Jones 1996, and Brooks 2003.[2]

1980s

Award winners, 1987–1989
Year Author Title Result
1987 Template:Sortname Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army Winner
Template:Sortname False Face Finalist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Going to the Dogs
1988 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner
Template:Sortname Paradise Café and Other Stories Finalist
Template:Sortname Easy Avenue
Template:Sortname Little by Little
1989 Template:Sortname Bad Boy Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Circle of Light

1990s

Award winners, 1990–1999
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1990 Template:Sortname Redwork Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Covered Bridge
Template:Sortname Whale Singer
1991 Template:Sortname Pick-Up Sticks Winner
Template:Sortname Two Moons in August Finalist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Stars Come Out Within
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1992 Template:Sortname Hero of Lesser Causes Winner
Template:Sortname My Mother's Ghost Finalist
Template:Sortname 1812: Jeremy and the General
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Looking at the Moon
1993 Template:Sortname Some of the Kinder Planets Winner
Template:Sortname Bryna Means Courage Finalist
Template:Sortname Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search
Template:Sortname Daniel's Story
Template:Sortname My Name Is Seepeetza
1994 Template:Sortname Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me Winner
Template:Sortname Out of the Blue Finalist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story
Template:Sortname Past Tense
1995 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [6]
Template:Sortname Mission Impossible Finalist
Template:Sortname Tess
Template:Sortname Out of the Dark
Template:Sortname RanVan A Worthy Opponent
1996 Template:Sortname Ghost Train Winner [7]
Template:Sortname Keri Finalist
Template:Sortname Bottom Drawer
Template:Sortname Glory Days and Other Stories
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
1997 Template:Sortname Awake and Dreaming Winner
Template:Sortname One Thing That's True Finalist
Template:Sortname Wish Me Luck
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Dippers
1998 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [8]
Template:Sortname Janey's Girl Finalist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Make or Break Spring
Template:Sortname Bat Summer
1999 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Hate You
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Each One Special

2000s

Award winners, 2000–2009
Year Author Title Result Ref.
2000 Template:Sortname Looking for X Winner [9]
Template:Sortname Being with Henry Finalist
Template:Sortname Charlie Wilcox
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Kalifax
2001 Template:Sortname Dust Winner [10]
Template:Sortname Mary Ann Alice Finalist
Template:Sortname Before Wings
Template:Sortname In Spite of Killer Bees
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
2002 Template:Sortname True Confessions of a Heartless Girl Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Parvana's Journey
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Hana's Suitcase
2003 Template:Sortname Stitches Winner
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Theories of Relativity
Template:Sortname Ann and Seamus
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
2004 Template:Sortname Airborn Winner
Template:Sortname Heck Superhero Finalist [11]
Template:Sortname Esther
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution
2005 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [12]
Template:Sortname After Finalist
Template:Sortname Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach
Template:Sortname Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale
Template:Sortname Swimming in the Monsoon Sea
2006 Template:Sortname Pirate's Passage Winner
Template:Sortname Ingrid and the Wolf Finalist
Template:Sortname Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
Template:Sortname Me and the Blondes
Template:Sortname Friendships
2007 Template:Sortname Gemini Summer Winner
Template:Sortname Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting Finalist [13]
Template:Sortname Elijah of Buxton
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Kanada
2008 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner
Template:Sortname Libertad Finalist
Template:Sortname Shimmerdogs
Template:Sortname Child of Dandelions
Template:Sortname Skim
2009 Template:Sortname Greener Grass: The Famine Years Winner [12]
Template:Sortname Sister Wife Finalist [14]
Template:Sortname Home Free
Template:Sortname Template:Sort [14]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort

2010s

Award winners, 2010–2019
Year Author Title Ref.
2010 Template:Sortname Fishtailing Winner [15]
Template:Sortname Me, Myself and Ike Finalist
Template:Sortname Tyranny
Template:Sortname Free as a Bird
Template:Sortname Scars [16]
2011 Template:Sortname From Then to Now: A Short History of the World Winner
Template:Sortname A Hare in the Elephant’s Trunk Finalist
Template:Sortname No Ordinary Day
Template:Sortname This Dark Endeavour
Template:Sortname Blink & Caution
2012 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [17][18][19][20]
Template:Sortname Seraphina Finalist [21]
Template:Sortname Under the Moon
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
2013 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [22][23][24]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist [25][26]
Template:Sortname Becoming Holmes
Template:Sortname Once Upon a Northern Light
Template:Sortname Counting Back from Nine
2014 Template:Sortname When Everything Feels Like the Movies Winner [27][28][29][30][31]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist [32]
Template:Sortname Jeremy Stone
Template:Sortname and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley Skraelings
Template:Sortname This One Summer [32][31]
2015 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [33][34]
Template:Sortname Audrey (cow) Finalist
Template:Sortname Are You Seeing Me?
Template:Sortname We Are All Made of Molecules
Template:Sortname Young Man with Camera
2016 Template:Sortname Calvin Winner [35]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Once, in a Town Called Moth
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
2017 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner
Template:Sortname Hit the Ground Running Finalist
Template:Sortname Those Who Run in the Sky
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
2018 Template:Sortname Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Winner [36]
Template:Sortname Template:Sort Finalist
Template:Sortname Learning to Breathe
Template:Sortname and Josh Greenhut Winnie's Great War
Template:Sortname Ebb & Flow
2019 Template:Sortname Stand on the Sky Winner [37]
Template:Sortname Break in Case of Emergency Finalist
Template:Sortname Cold White Sun
Template:Sortname Girl of the Southern Sea
Template:Sortname Template:Sort

2020s

Award winners, 2020–present
Year Author Title Result Ref
2020 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [38]
Template:Sortname Nevers Finalist [39]
Template:Sortname Pine Island Home
Template:Sortname and Tara Anderson Harvey Holds His Own
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
2021 Template:Sortname Firefly Winner [40]
Template:Sortname Peter Lee's Notes from the Field Finalist [41]
Template:Sortname Unravel
Template:Sortname Blood Like Magic
Template:Sortname and Kevin Sylvester Template:Sort
2022 Template:Sortname Template:Sort Winner [42]
Template:Sortname Step Finalist [43]
Template:Sortname Sorry for Your Loss
Template:Sortname Template:Sort
Template:Sortname Urchin
2023 Sarah Everett The Probability of Everything Winner [44]
Michelle Kadarusman Berani Finalist [45]
Zoulfa Katouh As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
Iain Lawrence Fire on Headless Mountain
Kim Spencer Weird Rules to Follow
2024 Li Charmaine Anne Crash Landing Winner [46]
Cherie Dimaline Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix Finalist [47]
Shari Green Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams
June Hur A Crane Among Wolves
Kristy Jackson Mortified

See also

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References

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