Vicky Metcalf Award

Vicky Metcalf Award

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.

Award Winners

*1963 - Kerry Wood
*1964 - John F. Hayes
*1965 - Roderick Haig-Brown
*1966 - Fred Savage
*1967 - John Patrick Gillese
*1968 - Lorraine McLaughlin
*1969 - Audrey McKim
*1970 - Farley Mowat
*1971 - Kay Hill
*1972 - William Toye
*1973 - Christie Harris
*1974 - Jean Little
*1975 - Lyn Harrington
*1976 - Suzanne Martel
*1977 - James Houston
*1978 - Lyn Cook
*1979 - Cliff Faulknor
*1980 - John Craig
*1981 - Monica Hughes
*1982 - Janet Lunn
*1983 - Claire Mackay
*1984 - Bill Freeman
*1985 - Edith Fowke
*1986 - Dennis Lee
*1987 - Robert Munsch
*1988 - Barbara Smucker
*1989 - Stéphane Poulin
*1990 - Bernice Thurman Hunter
*1991 - Brian Doyle
*1992 - Kevin Major
*1993 - Phoebe Gilman
*1994 - Welwyn Wilton Katz
*1995 - Sarah Ellis
*1996 - Margaret Buffie
*1997 - Tim Wynne-Jones
*1998 - Kit Pearson
*1999 - Joan Clark
*2000 - Sheree Fitch
*2001 - Linda Granfield
*2002 - Julie Johnston
*2003 - Roslyn Schwartz
*2004 - Deborah Ellis
*2005 - Marie-Louise Gay
*2006 - Kenneth Oppel
*2007 - Martha Brooks

External links

* [http://www.canauthors.org/awards/metcalf.html CAA VM award page]
* [http://www.writerstrust.com/ Writers' Trust of Canada]


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