2013 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature winner announced

The prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, an annual $20,000 prize awarded to an outstanding author of a body of work in children's literature, was presented last night at the
Writers' Trust Awards event at the Glen Gould Studio in Toronto.  Emceed by Jared Bland, books editor at The Globe & Mail, the Writers' Trust Awards honoured writers in six categories:

• Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
• Writers’ Trust of Canada/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize
• Writers’ Trust Engel/Findley Award
• Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life
• Writers’ Trust Distinguished Contribution Award, and
• Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.

Administered by the Writers' Trust of Canada since 2002 and sponsored by the Metcalf Foundation, the Vicky Metcalf Award is the only one of the six that goes to a writer of children's literature.

Now I'm pleased to announce that

the 2013 winner 

of the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People

is  

Barbara Reid

Barbara Reid is known for her amazing plasticene illustrations which have adorned others' books as well as her own text. 

Check out Barbara Reid's website at  www.barbarareid.ca to read more details about her artwork and writing life, and for the full citation with regards to her award at the Writers' Trust of Canada website.