Geoffrey Bilson Award

Template:Short description The Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People is a Canadian literary award that goes to the best work of historical fiction written for youth each year. The award is named after Geoffrey Bilson, a writer of historical fiction for youth and a history professor at the University of Saskatchewan who died suddenly in 1987.

The Geoffrey Bilson Award is selected by a jury chosen by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. Award winners must be Canadian authors, and the winning novel must have been published in the previous calendar year. Each year's winner receives a $1000 (C$) prize.

The award is one of several presented by the Canadian Children's Book Centre each year; others include the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction and the TD Canadian Children's Literature Award.<ref name="CBC 2010-11-11">"Sask., Man. writers win for children's books" . CBC, November 11, 2010.</ref>

Honourees

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1988	Template:Sortname	Lisa	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Danger on the Tracks	Finalist
	Template:Sortname, illustrated by Lazlo Gal	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Lamplighter	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Salmonberry Wine	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Take A Giant Step	Finalist
1989	Template:Sortname	Mystery in the Frozen Lands	Winner	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Moses, Me and Murder	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Rachel's Revolution	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Son of the Hounds	Finalist
1990	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1991	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1992	Award deferred
1993	Template:Sortname	Ticket to Curlew	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Jeremy's War 1812	Finalist
	Template:Sortname, illustrated by Ann Blades	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Yesterday's Children	Finalist
1994	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Daniel's Story	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname, illustrated by Linda Potts	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Soldier Boys	Finalist
1995	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Ellen's Secret	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	His Banner Over Me	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Nellie L.	Finalist
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	Template:Sortname	Signal Across the Sea	Finalist
	Template:Sortname	Within a Painted Past	Finalist
1996	Template:Sortname	Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada	Winner
1997	Template:Sortname	To Dance at the Palais Royale	Winner
1998	Template:Sortname	Good-Bye Marianne	Winner
1999	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2000	Deferred to the following year
2001	Template:Sortname	Charlie Wilcox	Winner
2002	Template:Sortname	If I Just Had Two Wings	Winner
2003	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2004	Template:Sortname	Boy O'Boy	Winner
2005	Template:Sortname	Good for Nothing	Winner
2006	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2007	Template:Sortname	Kanada	Winner
2008	Template:Sortname	Elijah of Buxton	Winner
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2010	Template:Sortname	Vanishing Girl	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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2014	Template:Sortname	Graffiti Knight	Winner
2015	Template:Sortname	Dance of the Banished	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Template:Sortname	Uncertain Soldier	Winner
2017	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2018	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2019	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2020	Template:Sortname	Orange for the Sunsets	Winner
2021	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Winner
2022	Template:Sortname	Second Chances	Winner
2023	Template:Sortname	Weird Rules to Follow	Winner	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2024	Jessica Outram	Bernice and the Georgian Bay Gold	Winner	<ref>"Jean E. Pendziwol and Jack Wong among winners for Canadian children's book awards". CBC Books, October 29, 2024.</ref>
	Julie Lawson	Out of the Dark	Finalist	<ref>Natalie Vilkoff, "Jack Wong, Sydney Smith and Liselle Sambury among finalists for top Canadian children's book awards". CBC Books, October 8, 2024.</ref>
	Kate Leth	Mall Goth
	Tho Pham, Sandra MacTavish	The Cricket War
	Amanda West Lewis	Focus. Click. Wind.

External links

• Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young Readers site