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Geoffrey Bilson Award

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The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers 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.

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

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Geoffrey Bilson Award winners and finalists[2]
Year Author Title Result Ref.
1988 Carol Matas Lisa Winner [3]
Bill Freeman Danger on the Tracks Finalist
Margaret Maloney, illustrated by Lazlo Gal The Goodman of Ballengeich Finalist
Bernice Thurman Hunter Lamplighter Finalist
Mary Razzell Salmonberry Wine Finalist
Myra Paperny Take A Giant Step Finalist
1989 Martyn Godfrey Mystery in the Frozen Lands Winner [4]
Ann Blades Moses, Me and Murder Finalist
Dorothy Perkyns Rachel's Revolution Finalist
Robert Sutherland Son of the Hounds Finalist
1990 Kit Pearson The Sky is Falling Winner [5]
1991 Marianne Brandis The Sign of the Scales Winner [6]
1992 Award deferred
1993 Celia Barker Lottridge Ticket to Curlew Winner
John Ibbitson Jeremy's War 1812 Finalist
Ainslie Manson, illustrated by Ann Blades A Dog Came, Too Finalist
Joyce Barkhouse Yesterday's Children Finalist
1994 Kit Pearson The Lights Go On Again Winner
Carol Matas Daniel's Story Finalist
John Ibbitson The Night Hazel Come To Town Finalist
Margaret Bunel Edwards, illustrated by Linda Potts The Ocean Between Finalist
David Richards Soldier Boys Finalist
1995 Joan Clark The Dream Carvers Winner
Carol Matas The Burning Time Finalist
Jean Booker Ellen's Secret Finalist
Jean Little His Banner Over Me Finalist
Sharon Gibson Palmero The Lie That Had to Be Finalist
Connie Brummel Crook Nellie L. Finalist
Lillian Boraks-Nemetz The Old Brown Suitcase: A Teenager's Story of War and Peace Finalist
Dorothy Perkyn Signal Across the Sea Finalist
Hazel Hutchins Within a Painted Past Finalist
1996 Marianne Brandis Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada Winner
1997 Janet McNaughton To Dance at the Palais Royale Winner
1998 Irene N. Watts Good-Bye Marianne Winner
1999 Iain Lawrence The Wreckers Winner
2000 Deferred to the following year
2001 Sharon E. McKay Charlie Wilcox Winner
2002 Virginia Frances Schwartz If I Just Had Two Wings Winner
2003 Joan Clark The Word for Home Winner
2004 Brian Doyle Boy O'Boy Winner
2005 Michel Noël Good for Nothing Winner
2006 Pamela Porter The Crazy Man Winner
2007 Eva Wiseman Kanada Winner
2008 Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton Winner
2009 John Ibbitson The Landing Winner [7]
2010 Shane Peacock Vanishing Girl Winner [8][9]
2011 Valerie Sherrard The Glory Wind Winner [10]
2012 Kate Cayley The Hangman in the Mirror Winner [11][12]
2013 Elizabeth Stewart The Lynching of Louie Sam Winner [13]
2014 Karen Bass Graffiti Knight Winner
2015 Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch Dance of the Banished Winner [14]
2016 Karen Bass Uncertain Soldier Winner
2017 Kevin Sands The Mark of the Plague Winner
2018 Kevin Sands The Assassin's Curse Winner
2019 Christopher Paul Curtis The Journey of Little Charlie Winner
2020 Tina Athaide Orange for the Sunsets Winner
2021 Jordyn Taylor The Paper Girl of Paris Winner
2022 Harriet Zaidman Second Chances Winner
2023 Kim Spencer Weird Rules to Follow Winner [15]

References

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  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.
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