CAA Vicky Metcalf Awards
1963 - 2001
...honouring writing inspirational to Canadian youth...
Award History - Entry Information - Winners
History
The Vicky Metcalf Awards were created in 1963 by the Toronto librarian whose name they bear. There were three separate awards:
- A $10,000 cash prize for a body of work, whether fiction, non-fiction, poetry or picture books.
- A $3,000 cash prize for a short story published in an English-language periodical or anthology.
- A $1,000 cash prize to the editor responsible for publishing the prize-winning short story, if published in a Canadian periodical or anthology.
Chief Aim of the Awards
"The prizes are given solely to stimulate writing for children by Canadian writers," said Mrs. Metcalf when she established the awards. "We must encourage the writing of material for Canadian children without setting any restricting formulas."
Entry Information
This award was suspended by the CAA in 2002. The Vickie Metcalf Award for a body of work is now being administered by The Writers Trust.
CAA Vicky Metcalf Awards Winners
Body of Work - Short Stories - Short Story Editor
Body of Work
- 1963 Kerry Wood
- 1964 John F. Hayes
- 1965 Robert Haig-Brown
- 1966 Fred Swayze
- 1967 John Paterick Gillese
- 1969 Lorrie McLaughlin
- 1970 Farley Mowat
- 1971 Kay Hill
- 1972 William E. 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 Stephane Poulin
- 1990 Bernice Thurman Hunter
- 1991 Brian Doyle
- 1992 Kevin Major
- 1993 Phoebe Gilman
- 1994 Wlwyn Wilton Katz
- 1995 Sarah Ellis
- 1996 Margaret Buffie
- 1997 Tim Wynne-Jones
- 1998 Kit Pearson
- 1999 Joan Clark
- 2000 Sheree Fitch
- 2001 Linda Granfield
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Short Stories
- 1979 Marina McDougall
- 1980 Estelle Salata
- 1981 James Houston
- 1982 Barbara Greenwood
- 1983 Monica Hughes
- 1984 P. Colleen Archer
- 1985 Martyn Godfrey
- 1986 Diana Wieler
- 1987 Isabel Reimer
- 1988 Claire Mackay
- 1989 Martha Brooks
- 1990 Patricia Armstrong
- 1991 Not awarded
- 1992 Edna King
- 1993 R.P. MacIntyre
- 1994 Tim Wynne-Jones
- 1995 Not awarded
- 1996 Bernice Friesen
- 1997 Not awarded
- 1998 W.D. Valgardson
- 1999 Anne Carter
- 2000 Rick Book
- 2001 Wendy Lewis
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Short Story Editor
- 1988 Brian Cross
- 1989 Nancy Marcotte
- 1990 Wenda McArthru & Geoffrey Ursell
- 1991 Not Awarded
- 1992 Linda Sheppard
- 1993 Peter Carver
- 1994 Shelly Tanaka
- 1995 Not awarded
- 1996 Susan Musgrave
- 1997 Not awarded
- 1998 Shelly Tanaka
- 1999 Linda Holeman
- 2000 Peter Carver
- 2001 Peter Carver
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Updated: October 16, 2005
