Governor General’s Literary Awards
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The Canada Council
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Joanne Larocque-Poirier Writing and Publishing Section Officer The Canada Council for the Arts 350 Albert Street PO Box 1047 Ottawa, ON K1P 5V8 Tel: 613.566.4414 x 5576 or 1.800.263.5588 x 5576 joanne.larocque-poirier@canadacouncil.caIn 1987 the Canada Council's Children's Literature Prizes were renamed The Governor General's Literary Awards. Up to four awards can be given each year, one each to an English language writer, a French language writer, an illustrator of an English language book, and an illustrator of a French language book. In 2007, in honour of the Canada Council’s 50th anniversary, the award prize was increased from $15,000 to $25,000. In addition, publishers of winning titles receive $3,000 for the promotion of the prize-winning book. Non-winning finalists each receive $1,000. The panel of judges is appointed by The Canada Council and prizes are presented each year along with the other Governor General's Literary Awards. All books for young people written or illustrated by a Canadian citizen in the previous year are eligible, whether published in Canada or abroad. Books published in English between September 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009 must reach the Canada Council no later than March 15, 2009. Books published between March 1, 2009 and May 15, 2009 must reach the Canada Council no later than June 1, 2009. For books and bound proofs published between May 16, 2009 and September 30, 2009, the deadline for submission is August 7, 2009. Please note: If either deadline falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, it moves to the next business day.
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Award Recipients
Year | Detail | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | English - Illustration | Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree by Janet Russell. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2009. |
| 2009 | English - Text | Caroline Pignat, Greener Grass: The Famine Years. Calgary: Red Deer Press, 2008. |
| 2009 | French - Illustration | Janice Nadeau, Harvey by Hervé Bouchard. Montreal: Éditions de la Pastèque, 2009. |
| 2009 | French - Text | Hervé Bouchard, Harvey. Illustrated by Janice Nadeau. Montreal: Éditions de la Pastèque, 2009. |
| 2008 | French - Text | Sylvie Desrosiers, Les trois lieues. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2008 |
| 2008 | French - Illustration | Janice Nadeau, Ma meilleure amie by Gilles Tibo. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec Amérique, 2007. |
| 2008 | English - Text | John Ibbitson, The Landing. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2008. |
| 2008 | English - Illustration | Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2008. |
| 2007 | English - Illustration | Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun. Vancouver: Simply Read Books, 2006. |
| 2007 | English - Text | Iain Lawrence, Gemini Summer. New York: Delacorte Press, 2006. |
| 2007 | French - Illustration | Geneviève Côté, La petite rapporteuse de mots by Danielle Simard. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2007 |
| 2007 | French - Text | François Barcelo, La fatigante et le fainéant. Illustrated by Anne Villeneuve. Saint-Lambert, QC: Soulières Éditeur, 2006. |
| 2006 | English - Illustration | Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2006. |
| 2006 | English - Text | William Gilkerson, Pirate’s Passage. Boston: Trumpeter Books, 2006. |
| 2006 | French - Illustration | Rogé, Le gros monster qui aimait trop lire by Lili Chartrand. Saint-Lambert, QC: Dominique et compagnie, 2005. |
| 2006 | French - Text | Dany Laferrière, Je suis fou de Vava. Illustrated by Frédéric Normandin. Longueuil, QC: Les Éditions de la Bagnole, 2006. |
| 2005 | English - Illustration | Ron Gonsalves, Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004. |
| 2005 | English - Text | Pamela Porter, The Crazy Man. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2005. |
| 2005 | French - Illustration | Isabelle Arsenault, Le cœur de monsieur Gauguin: un conte by Marie-Danielle Croteau. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2004. |
| 2005 | French - Text | Camille Bouchard, Le ricanement des hyenas. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2004. |
| 2004 | English - Illustration | Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2004. |
| 2004 | English - Text | Kenneth Oppel, Airborn. Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2004. |
| 2004 | French - Illustration | Janice Nadeau, Nul poisson où aller by Marie-Francine Hébert. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2003. |
| 2004 | French - Text | Nicole Leroux, L’Hiver de Léo Polatouche. Illustrated by Sophie Lewandowski. Montreal: Les Éditions du Boréal, 2003. |
| 2003 | English - Text | Glen Huser, Stitches. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. |
| 2003 | French - Illustration | Virginie Egger, Recette d’éléphant à la sauce vieux pneu by Carole Tremblay. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2002. |
| 2003 | French - Text | Danielle Simard, J’ai vendu ma soeur. Saint-Lambert, QC: Soulières Éditeur, 2002. |
| 2002 | English - Illustration | Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2002. |
| 2002 | English - Text | Martha Brooks, True Confessions of a Heartless Girl. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2002. |
| 2002 | French - Illustration | Luc Melanson, Le grand voyage de Monsieur by Gilles Tibo. Saint-Lambert, QC: Dominique et compagnie, 2002. |
| 2002 | French - Text | Helene Vachon, L’oiseau de passage. Saint-Lambert: Dominique et compagnie, 2002. |
| 2002 | English - Illustration | Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart by David Bouchard. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2002. |
| 2001 | English - Illustration | Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup. Toronto: Groundwood Books/Douglas & McIntyre, 2001. |
| 2001 | English - Text | Arthur Slade, Dust. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001. |
| 2001 | French - Illustration | Bruce Roberts, Fidèles éléphants by Yukio Tsuchiya, translated by Michèle Marineau. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2001. |
| 2001 | French - Text | Christiane Duchesne, Jomusch et le troll des cuisines. Saint-Lambert, QC: Dominique et compagnie, 2001. |
| 2000 | English - Illustration | Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, a Love Story by Don Gillmor. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000. |
| 2000 | English - Text | Deborah Ellis, Looking for X. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1999. |
| 2000 | French - Illustration | Anne Villeneuve, L’Écharpe rouge by Anne Villeneuve. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 2000. |
| 2000 | French - Text | Charlotte Gongras, Une été de Jade. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 2000. |
| 1999 | English - Illustration | Gary Clement, The Great Poochini. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1999. |
| 1999 | English - Text | Rachna Gilmore, A Screaming Kind of Day. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1999. |
| 1999 | French - Illustration | Stéphane Jorisch, Charlotte et l'île du destin. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 1999. |
| 1999 | French - Text | Charlotte Gingras, La Liberté? Connais pas... Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 1999. |
| 1998 | English - Illustration | Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998. |
| 1998 | English - Text | Janet Lunn, The Hollow Tree. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1997. |
| 1998 | French - Illustration | Pierre Pratt, Monsieur Ilétaitunefois by Rémy Simard. Toronto: Annick Press, 1998. |
| 1998 | French - Text | Angèle Delaunois, Variations sure un même & laqnot'aime. St. Lambert, QC: Les Éditions Héritage, 1997. |
| 1997 | English - Illustration | Barbara Reid, The Party. Richmond Hill, ON: North Winds Press, 1997. |
| 1997 | English - Text | Kit Pearson, Awake and Dreaming. Toronto: Viking, 1996. |
| 1997 | French - Illustration | Stéphane Poulin, Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée by Danielle Marcotte. Montreal: Les éditions Les 400 coups, 1996. |
| 1997 | French - Text | Michel Noël, Pien. Waterloo, QC: Éditions Michel Quintin, 1997. |
| 1996 | English - Illustration | Eric Beddows, The Rooster’s Gift by Pam Conrad. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996. |
| 1996 | English - Text | Paul Yee, Ghost Train. Illustrated by Harvey Chan. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1996. |
| 1996 | French - Text | Gilles Tibo, Le Secret de Madame Lumbago. Illustrated by Louise-Andrée Laliberté. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec Amérique, 1996. |
| 1995 | English - Illustration | Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1995. |
| 1995 | English - Text | Tim Wynne-Jones, The Maestro. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1995. |
| 1995 | French - Illustration | Anouchka Gravel Galouchko, Sho et les dragons d'eau. Toronto: Annick Press, 1995. |
| 1995 | French - Text | Sonia Sarfati, Comme une peau de chagrin. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 1995. |
| 1994 | English - Illustration | Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story by Jim McGugan. Red Deer, AB: Red Deer College Press, 1994. |
| 1994 | English - Text | Julie Johnston, Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me. Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1994. |
| 1994 | French - Illustration | Pierre Pratt, Mon chien est un éléphant by Rémy Simard. Toronto: Annick Press, 1994. |
| 1994 | French - Text | Suzanne Martel, Une belle journée pour mourir. Saint-Laurent, QC: Les Éditions Fides, 1993. |
| 1993 | English - Illustration | Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming by Sharon Jennings. Toronto: Annick Press, 1993. |
| 1993 | English - Text | Tim Wynne-Jones, Some of the Kinder Planets. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993. |
| 1993 | French - Illustration | Stéphane Jorisch, Le Monde selon Jean de... by André Vandal. Montreal: Doutre et Vandal, Éditeurs, 1993. |
| 1993 | French - Text | Michele Marineau, La Route de Chlifa. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec-Amérique, 1993. |
| 1992 | English - Illustration | Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales by Sheryl McFarlane. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 1991. |
| 1992 | English - Text | Julie Johnston, Hero of Lesser Causes. Toronto: Lester Publishing, 1992. |
| 1992 | French - Illustration | Gilles Tibo, Simon et la ville de carton. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1992. |
| 1992 | French - Text | Christiane Duchesne, Victor. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec-Amérique, 1992. |
| 1991 | English - Illustration | Joanne Fitzgerald, Dr. Kiss Says Yes by Teddy Jam. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1991. |
| 1991 | English - Text | Sarah Ellis, Pick-Up Sticks. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1991. |
| 1991 | French - Illustration | Sheldon Cohen, Un champion by Roch Carrier. Montreal: Tundra Books, 1991 |
| 1991 | French - Text | Francois Gravel, Deux heures et demie avant Jasmine. Montreal: Les Éditions du Boréal, 1991. |
| 1990 | English - Illustration | Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy by Tololwa Mollel. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1990. |
| 1990 | English - Text | Michael Bedard, Redwork. Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990. |
| 1990 | French - Illustration | Pierre Pratt, Les fantaisies de l'oncle Henri by Benedicte Froissart. Toronto: Annick Press, 1990. |
| 1990 | French - Text | Christiane Duchesne, La vraie histoire du chien de Clara Vic. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec Amérique, 1990. |
| 1989 | English - Illustration | Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1989. |
| 1989 | English - Text | Diana Wieler, Bad Boy. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1989. |
| 1989 | French - Illustration | Stéphane Poulin, Benjamin et la saga des oreillers. Toronto: Annick Press, 1989 |
| 1989 | French - Text | Charles Monpetit, Temps mort. Montreal: Éditions Paulines, 1989. |
| 1988 | English - Illustration | Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater by Janet Lunn. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. |
| 1988 | English - Text | Welwyn Wilton Katz, The Third Magic. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. |
| 1988 | French - Illustration | Philippe Béha, Les Jeux de Pic-Mots. Boucherville, QC: Les Publications Graficor, 1988. |
| 1988 | French - Text | Michele Marineau, Cassiopee ou l'été. Montreal: Les Éditions Québec-Amérique, 1988. |
| 1987 | English - Illustration | Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1987. |
| 1987 | French - Illustration | Darcia Labrosse, Venir au monde by Marie-Francine Hébert. Montreal: Les Éditions de la Courte Échelle, 1987. |
| 1987 | English - Text | Morgan Nyberg, Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1987. |
| 1987 | French - Text | David Schinkel and Yves Beauchesne, Le Don. Montreal: Le Cercle du Livre de France, 1987. |