Willow Awards 20th Anniversary Author Contest

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 Awards 20th Anniversary Author Contest is one of these.

The Willow Awards has teamed up with a number of 2021 Shining, Diamond and Snow author finalists to provide you with the chance to win a virtual visit or reading with one of the featured authors.

The 20th Anniversary Willow Author Contest opens on October 1, 2021 and runs to March 31, 2022. Each month a new author will be featured for a chance to win a visit or a reading. The Contest opens at the start of each month and closes at the end of each month for getting entries in for the author of the month. Please see the schedule below for featured authors and the month to enter. Winners will be notified in the first week of the next month via email. To enter, fill in the contest form with the required information.

October

Shining Award finalist Fast Friends by Heather M. O’Connor – zoom visit

November

Diamond Award finalist No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen – zoom visit

December

Snow Award finalist Heart Sister by Mike Stewart – zoom visit

January

Shining Award finalist The Barnabus Project by The Fan Brothers – zoom reading

February

Diamond Award finalist The Jigsaw Puzzle King by Gina McMurchy-Barber – zoom visit

March

Snow Award finalist Spin by Colleen Nelson – zoom visit