Stellar Book Award

The Stellar Book Award is BC's Teen Readers' Choice Award. The inaugural year of the "big sister" to the Red Cedar Book Award is 2005/2006. Teens select the nominated titles, sit on the Steering committee, write content for the website, design graphics, interview authors, write reviews and rank the titles on the website. Ultimately a winner is announced in May of each year. To be considered for nomination the book must have been: written by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has lived in Canada for at least two years; published two calendar years before the nomination date; published by a recognized publisher and available in print; recognized by other reviewers of Canadian literature; and recognized as being of general interest to teens. Both non-fiction and fiction for young adults will be considered for the award. For information or to email YRCA board members, please see the official website at www.stellaraward.ca.