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Chocolate Lily Book Awards
City of Vancouver Book Award
Gray Campbell Distinguished Service
Award
The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for
Literary Excellence
Red Cedar Award
The Stellar Award
A panel of teachers, librarians, and authors
select nominees for the best BC children’s
picture book and best BC children’s
chapter book/novel, and then students
themselves vote for the winners. The idea is
to encourage BC students to get involved
with the best of BC children’s literature.
This prize has been presented annually
since 1989 to authors of books in any
genre that demonstrate excellence and
contribute to the appreciation and understanding
of Vancouver’s history, unique
character, or achievements of its residents.
This award was established in 2000 in
honour of Gray Campbell, one of the first
trade publishers of British Columbia in
the modern era. Winners of the award are
deemed to have made outstanding
contributions to the BC writing and
publishing community.
The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for
Literary Excellence was established in
2003 to recognize British Columbian
writers who have contributed to the
development of literary excellence in the
province. Recipients are chosen on the
basis of their having written a substantial
body of literary work throughout their
career and contributed significantly to the
literary community of the province.
The Red Cedar is BC’s Young Reader’s
Choice book award. Every year, thousands
of children between grades 4 and 7 from
across the province are invited to read
books from the nominated lists of nonfiction
and fiction titles and vote for their
favourite.
The Stellar is BC’s Teen Readers’ Choice
Award. Titles are nominated by adults, but
BC teens choose the winner.