The Willow Awards is celebrating 20 years of promoting Canadian literature to children and youth across the province! To help commemorate this special milestone, there will be two contests running throughout the coming school year. The Willow All-Star Contest is one of these exciting opportunities. There have been many wonderful winners over the years inRead More →
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Excitement Over the Willows at École Holy Mary School in Martensville, Saskatchewan!
Grade 3 students at École Holy Mary School in Martensville, Saskatchewan were excited about reading all of the Shining Willow finalists this past year! They read, pondered and made their decisions about which book would be their favourite before they voted! Watch these videos they created to show part of their process.
Excitement Over Sergeant Billy’s Win!
There was some excitement at Broadview Elementary School recently. Watch a video of students and staff when they heard the news that Sergeant Billy: The Goat Who Went to War was announced as the 2020 Shining Willow Award winner! They are hoping to visit the Broadview Museum soon to tell “Billy” himself! Click here forRead More →
Saskatchewan children and youth have voted!
and the 2020 Willow Award winners are… Sergeant Billy: The True Story of the Goat Who Went to War by Mireille Messier – The 2020 Shining Willow winner! Harvey Comes Home by Colleen Nelson – The 2020 Diamond Willow winner! Don’t Tell the Nazis by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch –Read More →
2021 Willow Awards Annual General Meeting June 12th
Our AGM will be held on zoom June 12th starting at 9:00 am. All are welcome! Anyone wishing to attend may contact us through our contact form and a link will be forwarded to you.