White Pine Award Explained
| White Pine Award |
| Awarded For: | Awarded to various outstanding works of Canadian young adult literature (Grades 9-12: ages 14-18) |
| Presenter: | Ontario Library Association |
| Country: | Canada |
| Year: | 2002 |
The White Pine Award is one of the annual literature Forest of Reading awards sponsored by the Ontario Library Association (OLA).[1]
Every year, 10 books are nominated for the award and students vote their favourite book.[2]
The White Pine Nonfiction Award was discontinued after 2014.[3]
Voting
In order to vote for the winner, one must register at the local branch library and read a minimum of 5 of the 10 nominated books. The program ends in April (of that year), with the voting day usually on April 18. Based on student voting across the province, the most popular book is then selected and author is honored with the White Pine Award. There are usually about 10 different nominees for the award every year.
Winners
Fiction
Non-fiction
Award winners!Year!Author!Title!Result| 2012 | | | Penguin Group U.S.A./Amy Einhorn Books |
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| 2014 | and Liedewij Hawke | | Dundurn Press | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Nominated Lists . Ontario Library Association . 24 December 2018 . 20 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151220214805/http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Nominated_Lists/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Current_Program_Year.aspx?hkey=0cc23a7a-1d90-4358-be37-dacca7327157 . usurped .
- Web site: White Pine Award . The Canadian Children's Book Centre . 20 September 2019 . 20 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190920215805/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/white-pine-award . live .
- Web site: White Pine Award Winners and Nominees 2002-2018 . 6 April 2019 . . 3 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190303094620/http://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Forest/Archives/2018/04%20-%20White%20Pine%20Archive%202018.pdf . usurped .
- Web site: White Pine Award Archives . 2023-05-26 . . en-US . 2022-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208054805/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/white-pine-award . live .
- Web site: 2016 OLA Forest of Reading - White Pine Award (Grades 9 to 12) - 2016 . 6 April 2019 . Toronto Public Library.
- Web site: Cerny . Dory . Awards: OLA Forest of Reading . 6 April 2019 . Quill and Quire . 6 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406171610/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2016/05/19/awards-ola-forest-reading/ . live .
- Web site: Cerny . Dory . 2017-05-17 . OLA announces 2017 Forest of Reading Winners . 2019-04-06 . . 2019-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406170920/https://quillandquire.com/awards/2017/05/17/ola-announces-2017-forest-of-reading-winners/ . live .
- Web site: von Koeverden . Jane . 2018-05-17 . Vikki VanSickle, Danielle Younge-Ullman among 2018 Forest of Reading Winners . 2019-04-06 . . 2019-04-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190406170456/https://www.cbc.ca/books/vikki-vansickle-danielle-younge-ullman-among-2018-forest-of-reading-winners-1.4666903 . live .
- Web site: Rubinoff . Joel . Waterloo children's author nabs $50,000 prize . 18 August 2021 . The Record . 18 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210818014844/https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2019/10/17/waterloo-children-s-author-nabs-50-000-prize.html . live .
- Web site: Scriver . Amanda . March 2021 . YA novelist Courtney Summers and the complicated allure of cults . 2021-08-18 . . 2021-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210818014445/https://quillandquire.com/authors/ya-novelist-courtney-summers-and-the-complicated-allure-of-cults/ . live .
- Web site: Porter . Ryan . 2021-05-18 . Forest of Reading Awards kicks off three-day ceremony, announcing first round of winners . 2021-06-22 . . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210907/https://quillandquire.com/omni/forest-of-reading-awards-kicks-off-three-day-ceremony-announcing-first-round-of-winners/ . live .
