The Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize is awarded annually as theBC Book Prize for the best juvenile or young adult novel or work of non-fiction by a resident ofBritish Columbia or theYukon, Canada. It was first awarded in 1987. It is supported by the B.C Library Association.
Originally, the prize was awarded for illustrated and non-illustrated literature, but since 2003 theChristie 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]
| 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. byKitty 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 andJohn 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 andLillian 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 andMargaret 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 andRichard 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 andSusan 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. byKimiko 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 andLara Jean Okihiro | Obaasan's Boots | |||
| Andrea Warner andLouise Reimer | Rise Up and Sing! Power, Protest, and Activism in Music |