The Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature is a $2,000 annual award given to an

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writer deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to literature for young people. Starting in 2016, the prize alternates annually between young adult and children's fiction published in the previous two years. In celebration of the award's 25th anniversary, Gavin Brimer, Ann's son, generously donated two $250 prizes for the running-up books. The Ann Connor Brimer Award is administered by The Ann Connor Brimer Award Society. Nomination information can be found on the websites of the

Atlantic Book Awards The Atlantic Book Awards & Festival is an annual event celebrating Atlantic Canadian writing and book illustration. Free events take place across the four Atlantic provinces ( Newfoundland & Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Sc ...

and the

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia was established in 1975 to foster creative writing and the profession of writing in Nova Scotia. They administer the East Coast Literary Awards, which includes Thomas Head Raddall Award, J.M Abraham Poetry Awa ...

. The award is named for Ann Elisabeth Connor Brimer. Brimer was a teacher, as well as executive director of the Canadian Learning Materials Centre, a research associate with the Atlantic Institute of Education, a program coordinator in continuing education at

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, a founding member of the Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture, as well as the Atlantic Officer for the

Canadian Children's Book Centre Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) is a national non-profit organization that dedicates its resources to promoting quality Canadian children's literature to parents, librarians, teachers, and youth across Canada. Founded in 1976, the CCBC has l ...

. The award is generously supported by members of the Brimer family along with donations from the general public. Donations to the Ann Connor Brimer Award can be directed to the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia (writers.ns.ca)

Winners

*1991 -

Joyce Barkhouse Joyce Carman Barkhouse (May 3, 1913 – February 2, 2012) was a Canadian children's writer best known for writing historical fiction. She is the aunt of Margaret Atwood, with whom she co-wrote the children's book ''Anna's Pet''. Barkhouse achi ...

, ''

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'' *1992 -

Kevin Major Kevin Major (born September 12, 1949) is a Canadian author who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with his wife. He writes for both young people and adults, including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays. Major was born a ...

, ''Eating Between the Lines'' *1993 - Budge Wilson, ''Oliver's War'' *1994 -

Lesley Choyce Lesley Choyce (born 21 March 1951) (m. Linda Choyce) is a Canadian author of novels, non-fiction, children's books, young adult novels, and poetry. He is the author of more than 100 books for adults, teens and children, and teaches in the Englis ...

, ''Good Idea Gone Bad'' *1995 -

Sheree Fitch Sheree Fitch (born 3 December 1956) is a Canadian author and literacy advocate. Known primarily for her children's books, she has also published poetry and fiction for adults. Biography Sheree Fitch was born on 3 December 1956 in Ottawa, Ontar ...

, ''Mabel Murple'' *1996 -

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, ''Of Things Not Seen'' *1997 - Janet McNaughton, ''To Dance at the Palais Royale'' *1998 -

, ''The House of Wooden Santas'' *1999 - Janet McNaughton, ''Make or Break Spring'' *2000 - David Weale, ''The True Meaning of Crumbfest'' *2001 - Janet McNaughton, ''The Secret Under My Skin'' *2002 - Francis Wolfe, ''Where I Live'' *2003 -

, ''Shoulder the Sky'' *2004 -

, ''The First Stone'' *2005 - Alice Walsh, ''Pomiuk, Prince of the North'' *2006 -

, ''Aunt Olga's Christmas Postcards'' *2007 - Budge Wilson, ''Friendships'' *2008 -

K. V. Johansen K.V. Johansen (born 1968) is a Canadian fantasy, science fiction, and children's author. Krista Victoria Johansen was born in Kingston, Ontario. She holds Master's degrees in Medieval Studies and English literature. She lives in Sackville, Ne ...

, ''Nightwalker'' *2009 - Jill MacLean, ''The Nine Lives of Travis Keating'' *2010 - Jill MacLean, ''The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy'' *2011 -

Valerie Sherrard Valerie Anne Sherrard (née Russell: born May 16, 1957) is a Canadian author of books for children and young adults including the novels ''The Glory Wind'', ''Kate'', ''Speechless'' and the Shelby Belgarden mystery series. Early life Sherrard w ...

, ''The Glory Wind'' *2012 - Susan White, ''The Year Mrs. Montague Cried'' *2013 - Lisa Harrington, ''Live to Tell'' *2014 - Jill MacLean, ''Nix Minus One'' *2015 - Sharon E. McKay, ''The End of the Line'' *2016 - Sharon E. McKay, ''Prison Boy'' *2017 -

, ''Into the Wasteland'' *2018 - Charis Cotter, ''The Painting'' *2019 -

Susan Sinnott Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Sinnott is a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and t ...

, ''Catching the Light'' *2020 -

, ''Everybody’s Different on EveryBody Street''Sue Carter
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'', July 2, 2020. *2021 - Tom Ryan, ''Keep This to Yourself''

References

External links

Atlantic Book Awards Ann Connor Brimer Award
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