Vicky Metcalf Award
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The Vicky Metcalf Award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth." It is one of the top awards for Canadian
children's writers. The award was named after Vicky Metcalf. The award has been presented annually since 1963.
In 2002, the award was suspended by the Canadian Authors Association, and taken over by the Writers' Trust of Canada
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children's writers. The award was named after Vicky Metcalf. The award has been presented annually since 1963.
In 2002, the award was suspended by the Canadian Authors Association, and taken over by the Writers' Trust of Canada
Writers' Trust of Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, David Young and Margaret Laurence, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976...
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Award winners
- 1963 - Kerry Wood
- 1964 - John F. HayesJohn F. HayesJohn F. Hayes was an American politician who served as the Borough President of Brooklyn in 1961.-References:...
- 1965 - Roderick Haig-Brown
- 1966 - Fred Savage
- 1967 - John Patrick GilleseJohn Patrick GilleseJohn Patrick Gillese was an Irish-born Canadian author whose prolific career spanned six decades from the early 1940s to the late 1990s...
- 1968 - Lorraine McLaughlin
- 1969 - Audrey McKim
- 1970 - Farley MowatFarley MowatFarley McGill Mowat, , born May 12, 1921 is a conservationist and one of Canada's most widely-read authors.His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 14 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Canadian North, such as People of the...
- 1971 - Kay Hill
- 1972 - William Toye
- 1973 - Christie HarrisChristie HarrisChristie Lucy Harris, CM was a Canadian children's author. She is best known for her portrayal of Haida First Nations culture in the 1966 novel Raven's Cry....
- 1974 - Jean LittleJean LittleJean Little is a Canadian author born on January 2, 1932. Her work has mainly consisted of children's literature, but she has also written two autobiographies: Little by Little and Stars Come Out Within. Little has been partially blind since birth as a result of scars on her cornea and is...
- 1975 - Lyn Harrington
- 1976 - Suzanne MartelSuzanne MartelSuzanne Martel is a French-Canadian author.Martel currently resides in Montreal, Canada...
- 1977 - James Archibald Houston
- 1978 - Lyn Cook
- 1979 - Cliff Faulknor
- 1980 - John Craig
- 1981 - Monica HughesMonica Hughes-External links:***...
- 1982 - Janet LunnJanet LunnJanet Louise Lunn, is a Canadian children's writer.Born in Dallas, Texas, she moved with her family to Vermont when she was an infant. In 1938, she moved again to the outskirts of New York, New York. In 1946, she came to Canada to attend Queen’s University and married a fellow student, Richard...
- 1983 - Claire Mackay
- 1984 - Bill FreemanBill FreemanBill Freeman is a Canadian author who has written historical fiction for young adults, film scripts, documentaries, theatrical plays, educational videos and non-fiction books. He specializes in writing about Canada and the Canadian experience.-Biography:After high school Freeman worked in Western...
- 1985 - Edith FowkeEdith FowkeEdith Fowke, was a Canadian folklorist. Born on April 30, 1913, in Lumsden, Saskatchewan, she was educated at the University of Saskatchewan. She hosted the CBC Radio program Folk Song Time from 1950 to 1963...
- 1986 - Dennis LeeDennis Lee (author)Dennis Beynon Lee, OC, MA is a Canadian poet, teacher, editor, and critic born in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a children's writer, well known for his book of children's rhymes, Alligator Pie.-Life:...
- 1987 - Robert MunschRobert MunschRobert Norman Munsch, CM is an American-born Canadian children's author.-Personal life and career:Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
- 1988 - Barbara Smucker
- 1989 - Stéphane Poulin
- 1990 - Bernice Thurman HunterBernice Thurman HunterBernice Thurman Hunter, was a Canadian children's author.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Hunter spent her adult years as an Eaton's employee, and did not publish her first book, That Scatterbrain Booky , until she was a grandmother...
- 1991 - Brian DoyleBrian Doyle (writer)Brian Doyle is a well known Canadian author, whose children's books have been adapted into both movies and plays...
- 1992 - Kevin MajorKevin MajorKevin Major is a Canadian author who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with his wife and two teenage sons. He writes for both young people and adults, including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays....
- 1993 - Phoebe GilmanPhoebe GilmanPhoebe Gilman was an American children's book author and illustrator. Her books were notable for their strong lead female characters...
- 1994 - Welwyn Wilton KatzWelwyn Wilton KatzWelwyn Wilton Katz is a Canadian children's author who has lived in Kitchener and Toronto, Ontario. In 1994 she was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award...
- 1995 - Sarah Ellis
- 1996 - Margaret BuffieMargaret BuffieMargaret Buffie is a Canadian children's author.A graduate of the University of Manitoba Bachelor of Fine Arts, Buffie worked for many years as a visual artist before beginning a writing career in 1985. Her first manuscript, a novel entitled Who is Frances Rain? , was published by Kids Can Press...
- 1997 - Tim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-JonesTim Wynne-Jones is an English–Canadian author of children's literature, including picture books and novels for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, songs for the CBC/Jim Henson production Fraggle Rock, as well as a children's musical and an opera libretto.-Biography:Born...
- 1998 - Kit PearsonKit PearsonKathleen Margaret Pearson is a Canadian writer and winner of numerous literature awards. Pearson is perhaps best known for her linked novels The Sky Is Falling , Looking at the Moon , and The Lights Go On Again , published in 1999 as The Guests of War Trilogy, and Awake and Dreaming which won the...
- 1999 - Joan ClarkJoan ClarkJoan Clark BA, D.Litt is a Canadian fiction author.Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Clark spent her youth in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. She attended Acadia University for its drama program, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree with English major in 1957...
- 2000 - Sheree FitchSheree FitchSheree Fitch is a Canadian children's author. Though she was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, she spent many of her adult years in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She earned a B.A. from Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick and an M.A. from Acadia University,...
- 2001 - Linda Granfield
- 2002 - Julie Johnston
- 2003 - Roslyn SchwartzRoslyn SchwartzRoslyn Schwartz is a children's author and animator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, she was raised in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. Schwartz is the author of The Mole Sisters series, The Smoker's Addictionary , Rose and Dorothy , and Tales from Parc la Fontaine...
- 2004 - Deborah EllisDeborah EllisDeborah Ellis is a Canadian author. Born in Cochrane, Ontario, she had to move several times in her childhood due to her parents' work. Ellis decided to start writing when she was 11-12 years old. When she grew up, her work and writing was mainly done by traveling and talking to others that have...
- 2005 - Marie-Louise GayMarie-Louise GayMarie-Louise Gay is a Canadian children’s author and illustrator.- Background :Born in Quebec City, as a child she lived in Montreal and Vancouver. Gay has received numerous awards for her written and illustrated works in both French and English, including the 2005 Vicky Metcalf Award, multiple...
- 2006 - Kenneth OppelKenneth OppelKenneth Oppel is a Canadian author. Born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, he spent his childhood in Victoria, British Columbia and Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has also lived in Newfoundland and Labrador, England and Ireland....
- 2007 - Martha BrooksMartha BrooksMartha Brooks is an award-winning, Canadian writer of plays, novels, and short fiction. Her young adult novel True Confessions of a Heartless Girl won the Governor General's Award for English language children's literature in 2002....
- 2008 - Michael KusugakMichael KusugakMichael Arvaarluk Kusugak And stays in Vancouver Island in the winter. He is a Canadian children's writer and storyteller, who writes about Arctic and Inuit culture...
- 2009 - Marthe Jocelyn
- 2010 - Polly HorvathPolly HorvathPolly Horvath is an American-Canadian author of children's and young adult novels.Horvath grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She has been writing since the age of eight. She attended college in Toronto as well as the Canadian College of Dance...
- 2011 - Iain LawrenceIain LawrenceIain Lawrence is a bestselling author for children and young adults. He studied journalism at Vancouver Community College, and spent the next ten years working for newspapers in northern BC. Near the town of Smithers, he was once charged by a bear, on a motorcycle...