The Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, colloquially called the Vicky, is given annually at the Writers' Trust Awards to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth". It is a top honour for and .

Vicky Metcalf, a Canadian librarian, established the award "in 1963 to stimulate the writing of literature for Canadian children." Before 2013, the prize was known as the Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. The award is sponsored by the Metcalf Foundation,

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!2014

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  • The Show to End All Shows
  • Mr. Zinger’s Hat
  • Jacob Two-Two on the High Seas
  • Thing-Thing
  • The Market Wedding

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!2015

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  • Kyle Goes Alone
  • This is My Planet
  • I Found a Dead Bird
  • The Rumor
  • The Wildlife 123

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!2016

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  • Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend
  • Tilt
  • Dear Sylvia
  • After Sylvia
  • The Secret Life of Owen Skye

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!2017

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  • Dear Canada: These Are My Words
  • Dog Tracks
  • Little Voice
  • Silent Words
  • Honour the Sun

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!2018

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  • The Journey of Little Charlie
  • The Madman of Piney Woods
  • Elijah of Buxton
  • Bud, Not Buddy
  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham

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!2019

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  • No Fixed Address
  • Optimists Die First
  • We Are All Made of Molecules
  • Word Nerd

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!2020

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  • The Lion and the Bird
  • The Bus Ride Up the Mountain Path
  • Otto and Pio
  • Little Cheetah's Shadow

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!2021

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  • Stanley's Party Toads on Toasy
  • The Tiny Hero of Ferny Creek Library
  • Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein
  • Princesses Versus Dinosaurs

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!2022

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  • Le Grand Antonio (2014) / The Great Antonio (2017)

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!2023

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  • Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
  • Operatic
  • It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way

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! 2025

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References

  • CAA VM award page
  • Writers' Trust of Canada