Monica Hughes Award

The Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy was a Canadian literary award presented to science fiction and fantasy writing for children and adolescents. Presented from 2012 to 2016, the award was launched by the Canadian Children's Book Centre, sponsored by HarperCollins Canada, and honoured British-Canadian children's writer Monica Hughes.^[1] To be eligible for the award, books must have been "an original work in English, aimed at readers ages eight to 18 and a Canadian or a permanent resident of Canada". Winners received $5,000 CAD.^[1][2]

Recipients

Award winners and finalists^[3]

Year	Title	Author	Result	Ref.
2012	What Happened to Serenity?	PJ Sarah Collins	Winner
	Tempestuous	Lesley Livingston	Finalist
	Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes	Jonathan Auxier
	Hunted	Cheryl Rainfield
	Dreamline	Nicole Luiken
2013	Seraphina	Rachel Hartman	Winner
	Shadows Cast by Stars	Catherine Knutsson	Finalist	[4]
	Rebel Heart	Moira Young
	Island of Doom	Arthur Slade
	The Girl With Borrowed Wings	Rinsai Rosetti
2014	Curse of the Dream Witch	Allan Stratton	Winner
	The Stowaways	Meghan Marentette, illus. by Dean Griffiths	Finalist
	Sorrow's Knot	Erin Bow
	Slated	Teri Terry
	Rush	Eve Silver		[5]
2015	The Night Gardener	Jonathan Auxier	Winner	[6]
	The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim	S. J. Laidlaw	Finalist	[7]
	Sea of Shadows	Kelley Armstrong
	The Nethergrim	Matthew Jobin
	The Boundless	Kenneth Oppel
2016	The Scorpion Rules	Erin Bow	Winner
	The Unquiet	Mikaela Everett	Finalist
	A Thousand Nights	E. K. Johnston
	Nest	Kenneth Oppel, illus. by Jon Klassen
	Clover's Luck	Kallie George, illus. by Alexandra Boiger