The finalists for the 2025 Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Canadian Children's Literature were recently announced. Administered by the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, the Ann Connor Brimer Award is part of the Atlantic Book Awards. The annual $5,000 prize, which alternates between children's and young adult each year, celebrates outstanding contributions to writing for Atlantic Canadian young people. The winners will be announced on June 5. The young adult finalists are listed below.
The End of Always, written by Rebecca Phillips (Second Story Press)
Journey to the Dark Galaxy, written by Hannah D. State (Glowing Light Press)
Shovels Not Rifles, written by Gloria Ann Wesley (Formac Publishing)
Standing on Neptune, written by Valerie Sherrard (DCB Young Readers)
You Owe Me One, Universe, written by Chad Lucas (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
About the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Atlantic Children's Literature
The Ann Connor Brimer Award was established in 1991 by the Nova Scotia Library Association and supported by the family of Ann Elisabeth Connor Brimer—a teacher, researcher, and program coordinator who served as executive director of the Canadian Learning Materials Centre, founding member of the Nova Scotia Coalition on Arts and Culture, co-founder of Woozles Children’s Bookstore, and Atlantic Officer for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. The award honours outstanding contributions to writing for Atlantic Canadian young people.
For more information about the prize, visit writers.ns.ca.