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	Station Information - 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, a Toronto librarian.
		The award has been presented annually since 1963 but was suspended in 2002 by the Canadian Authors Association.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vicky_metcalf_award.html (66 words)

	Encyclopedia: Vicky Metcalf Award
		CAA - CAA Literary Awards - CAA Vicky Metcalf Awards
		The Vicky Metcalf Awards were created in 1963 by the Toronto librarian whose name they bear.
		The Vickie Metcalf Award for a body of work is now being administered by The Writers Trust.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vicky-Metcalf-Award (1123 words)

	The Writers' Trust of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Our annual awards ensure that our writers' powerful voices will continue to be heard, at home and abroad.
		Awards provide writers with the time and resources needed to hone their craft.
		Awards inspire other authors to emulate them, expanding the nation's garden of literary excellence.
	www.writerstrust.com (68 words)

	Canadian Children's Book Awards
		Awards for writing and for illustration, in English and in French.
		Awarded to a book of over 300 words for readers aged 13 or under.
		Awarded to a book chosen by a jury of children.
	www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~dkbrown/canawards.html (161 words)

	Canadian literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Atwood won the Booker in 2000 for The Blind Assassin and Yann Martel won it in 2002 for The Life of Pi.
		Governor General's Awards for the best Canadian fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, children's literature (text), children's literature (illustration) and translation, in both English and French
		Prix Aurora Awards for Canadian science-fiction and fantasy, in English and French
	www.wikipedia.com /wiki/Canadian_literature (2348 words)

	ScienceDaily: Vicky metcalf award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	CCBC \| News and Events \| Deborah Ellis wins the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature!
		The Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature is sponsored by the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation and administered by the Writers’ Trust of Canada.
		It is awarded to a Canadian writer who has produced a body of work that, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates the highest literary standards.
		The award was founded in 1963 by the late Vicky Metcalf, author of Journey Fantastic, with the purpose of stimulating the writing of literature for Canadian children.
	www.bookcentre.ca /news/archives/top/000048.shtml (375 words)

	Harris, Christie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Winner of the Vicky Metcalf Award for a distinguished body of work (1973) and a Member of the Order of Canada (1981), Harris grew up on a BC homestead.
		Most of her historical fiction, fictionalized biographies of her children, contemporary fiction, science fiction and fantasy is undistinguished.
		It is a powerful historical novel tracing the destruction of the Haida nation and its magnificent art.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0003596 (226 words)

	Monica Hughes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1981, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award (Vicky Metcalf Award: the vicky metcalf award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been "inspirational...
		She received the Phoenix Award (Phoenix Award: the phoenix award is awarded annually to a book originally published in english twenty years...
		She was appointed as a Companion to the Order of Canada (Order of Canada: the order of canada is canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/monica_hughes (317 words)

	Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This award is offered annually by the American Library Association to honor the artist who has illustrated what it considers to be the most significant American picture book for children published in the preceding year.
		The award itself is a bronze medal presented at the annual ALA conference, usually in June.
		The Vicky Metcalf Award is presented annually by the CAA to honor excellence in children's literature.
	www.writersmarket.com /encyc/c.asp (13973 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ludacris
		Despite the controversy, the video was nominated for a 2003 VMA, and Luda performed it live at the awards' pre-show.
		VMA is an acronym that can mean any of the following: MTV Video Music Award Valve Manufacturers Association of America Virtual Memory Area Descriptor Verkmennta skólinn á Akureyri (Iceland Vicky Metcalf Award This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same...
		On January 29, 2006 he was awarded with a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble for his work in the film Crash (2005 film) The Wash was a film released in 2001 starring Dr. Dre and DJ Pooh and directed by DJ Pooh.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ludacris (5666 words)

	VMA - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This page concerning a three letter acronym is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
		A laboratory investigation into the effects of aggregate-related factors of critical VMA in asphalt paving mixtures
		Determine the feasibility of Marine Attack Squadrons (VMA) possessing an "all weather" capability under a concept utilizing both conventional and atomic...
	www.unipedia.info /VMA.html (158 words)

	Canadian Authors for Kids: Tim Wynne-Jones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tim Wynne-Jones was born in Cheshire, England, grew up in British Columbia and Ontario, and studied at the University of Waterloo and York University.
		His writing career began when he won the $50,000 Seal First Novel Award for "Odd's End", a book that he wrote in 5 weeks while his wife was away.Among his books are picture books, fiction for children and young adults, novels for adults, radio dramas, a children's musical and many other "works of art".
		1994 Vicky Metcalf Short Story Award for "The Hope Bakery" in Some of the Kinder Planets.
	www.occdsb.on.ca /~sel/literacy/gallery/max_Wynne_Jones.htm (356 words)

	CCBC \| Awards \| Award Index \| Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
		This award, sponsored by the George Cedric Metcalf Foundation, was originally administered by the Canadian Authors Association and is now presented by the Writer’s Trust of Canada.
		The $15,000 cash prize is awarded to a Canadian writer (citizen or landed immigrant) who has produced a body of work (at least four books) that, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates the highest literary standards.
		The award is announced and presented at the Great Literary Awards held each Spring in Toronto.
	www.bookcentre.ca /awards/award_ind/awards.php?award=metcalf (90 words)

	Kevin Major (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His novels are known for exploring issues of adolescence and the family.
		In 1992 he was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award for his body of work.
		Ann and Seamus - 2003 (nominated for a Governor General's Award)
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/k/ke/kevin_major.html (113 words)

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		Christie Award for There Were Monkey in my Kitchen, the Anne Connor Brimer Award for Mable Murple.
		In 2000 she won the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work inspirational to Canadian Children.
		Her work as a poet and in literacy has taken her to the Arctic as eight-time poet laureate for Peter Gzowski's fundraisers for literacy and to Bhutan where she taught writing and participated in that country's first national reading week.
	www.triplopia.org /inside.cfm?ct=237 (582 words)

	Major, Kevin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He received the Vicky Metcalf Award for an outstanding body of work in 1992.
		Although each of Major's books employs a different narrative method, they are similar in exploring problems of adolescence and family life.
		Major produced a comic fantasy in Eating Between the Lines (1991), winner of the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0010900 (250 words)

	B. Macabee's Booksellers: Literature by Alberta Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She has a rare ability in the world of young adult fiction: her books are consistent international bestsellers - and consistent critical successes.
		Monica has received more than a dozen literary awards, including the Vicky Metcalf Award, the Silver Feather Award and the Canada Council Prize for Children's Literature.
		Her next publication is due this fall and it focuses on the playing of a virtual reality game.
	www.nides.bc.ca /Assignments/Novels/LOGJAM/Monica.htm (179 words)

	Books at Random House of Canada - Author Spotlight: Janet Lunn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Her many distinguished awards, national and international, include the Vicky Metcalf Award for Body of Work, the Governor General's Award, The Canadian Library Association Book of the Year Award, and the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize.
		She lives in Hillier, Ontario, on the edge of Lake Ontario, in the old farmhouse where Phoebe Olcott, Rose from The Root Cellar, and Mary from Shadow in Hawthorne Bay all come to live.
		It looked like an ordinary root cellar—And if twelve-year-old Rose hadn't been so unhappy in her new home, where she'd been sent to live with unknown relatives, she probably would never have fled down the stairs to the root cellar in the first place.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/author.pperl?authorid=18269 (303 words)

	Archived CBA
		These awards are presented every two years to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children's literature.
		Sheree Fitch is this year's recipient of the 2000 award of $10,000 which goes to a Canadian author who has published a minimum of four books (fiction, non-fiction, poetry and/or picture books) inspirational to young people.
		Peter Carver is the winner of this award, which is given to the editor of the winning short story if it is published in a Canadian periodical, anthology or collection.
	www.resourcelinks.ca /archived.htm (763 words)

	CTV.ca \| Writers' Trust awards $133,000 in literary prizes
		Vanderhaeghe was on an American tour for his latest book The Last Crossing and couldn't attend the ceremony, but said it was a "great honour" to receive the award, which is given to a male writer in mid-career for a body of work.
		The $15,000 Marian Engel Award, given to a female writer in mid-career for a body of work, went to Elisabeth Harvor of Ottawa.
		And the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature was given to Roslyn Schwartz of Montreal for her engaging series of books about the Mole Sisters for preschoolers.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1078370534617_16/?hub=Entertainment (509 words)

	Passport: North America
		To be eligible for this award, an illustrator must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada, and the text of the book must be worthy of the illustrations.
		The award is given annually, when merited, at the Canadian Library Association's annual conference.
		In 2002 the administration for the award was handed over to the The Writer's Trust of Canada and was changed to give one annual award for $15,000 to an author for body of work.
	passport.imaginarylands.org /continents/northamerica.html (1511 words)

	Welwyn Wilton Katz
		Welwyn Wilton Katz is a Canadian children's author who currently lives in Kitchener, Ontario.
		In 1994 he was awarded the Vicky Metcalf Award.
		The Third Magic - 1988 (winner of the 1988 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature)
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/w/we/welwyn_wilton_katz.html (110 words)

	Kit Pearson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vicky Metcalf Award for a body of work.
		Canadian Library Association Children's Book of the Year Award, for A Handful of Time and The Sky is Falling.
		Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, for The Sky is Falling and The Lights Go On Again.
	www.writersunion.ca /p/pearson.htm (84 words)

	CBC Arts: Munro is among Writers' Trust winners
		On Wednesday evening, Munro, known for her stories about small-town life in Southwestern Ontario, was named the recipient of what may be the trust's most sought-after award — the Rogers Fiction Prize, which brings with it a cheque for $15,000.
		Deborah Ellis, recipient of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature.
		The awards are sponsored in part by the Globe and Mail.
	www.cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2005/03/09/Arts/writerstrust050309.html (558 words)

	Scholastic Canada: Dear Canada
		In 1995 Sarah was honoured with the Vicky Metcalf Award for her outstanding body of work.
		She has received numerous national and international awards and has been made a member of the Order of Canada for her outstanding contribution to Canadian children’s literature.
		In 2003 she was nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Theories of Relativity.
	www.scholastic.ca /dearcanada/authors (1272 words)

	Welwyn Wilton Katz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ruth Schwartz Award, (shortlisted nationally by booksellers, chosen winner by a jury of children), for Out of the Dark, 1996.
		Vicky Metcalf Award, for a body of work inspirational to young people, 1994.
		Governor General's Award for best children's book, for The Third Magic, 1988.
	www.writersunion.ca /k/katz.htm (164 words)

	Canadian Authors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An award winning author of books for young people Bell's young adult novels have been translated into nine languages and have won a number of awards, among them the Ruth Schwartz Award for Excellence (Forbidden City).
		Twice a recipient of the Governor General's Award for literature, Earle Birney is one of Canada's finest writers.
		The recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for Body of Work, The Young Adult Canadian Book Award, the McNally Robinson Book for Young People award and many other awards and honours.
	www.geocities.com /p_taggett/authors.html (1046 words)

	Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Julie Johnson has won many awards including two Governor General’s Literary Awards and the Vicky Metcalf Award for her compelling, compassionate and fascinating work.
		She is the recipient of a National Magazine Award Gold Medal and a Western Canada Magazine Award First Prize, both for travel writing.
		Lynn is the winner of the Frances E. Russell Award presented by IBBY for her book Making It Home: The Story of Catharine Parr Traill.
	www.mypubliclibrary.ca /biographies1.htm (1291 words)

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