Winners 2020s
2020 - After Dark
Grades 1 - 3
First: The Scratching by Beth Jaeger
Second: The Howling Club by Brooke Baker
Third: Cowtastrophy by Alexandre Breuls de Tiecken
Grades 4 - 6
First: The Corner Store by Cassidy Landon
Second: Orphan Hoarder by Ella Lesmeister
Third: Saved by the Sasquatch by Erin Baker
Honourable Mention: Little Raccoon by Mason Drysdale
Grades 7 - 9
First: Fire Over Water by Fahtima Bushie
Second: Midnight Escape by Abbygaëlle Breuls de Tiecken
Third: The Blood Man by Eam Fox
Honourable Mention: Pieces of Time by Nikayla Warner
Grades 10 - 12
First: Face to Face by Rachel Walker
Second: Unfamiliar After Dark by Tyra Meek
Third: Covered by Stained Ink by Kathleen Jaeger
Adult
First: What Comes After Dark? By Glenda Bailey
Second: When Nightmares Come by Mikayla Jacques
Third: A Night to Remember by Brandie Nellis
2021 - The Bots
Grades 1 - 3
First: Cleansy the Cleaning Robot by Aiden Rochon
Second: The Magical Robot Adventure by Hannah Schroeder
Third: The Rumble McJumble by Brooke Baker
Honourable Mention: The Attack of the Evil Robot Bananas by Jaydan Everett
Grades 4 - 6
First: Dreams by Denver Carruthers
Second: Dark Deceptions by Priya Pilat
Third: Blitz by Xander Rauch
Honourable Mention: Linked by Eli Lefever
Honourable Mention: Silence by Dylan Tyndall
Grades 7 - 9
First: Marionette by Hannah Wiens
Second: The Leg that Changed the Future by Kayla Burns
Third: Allaband Island by Faith Sweeney
Grades 10 - 12
First: Humanity by Anna Morris
Second: CAPTCHA by Tyson Black
Third: The Bots by Olivia Waldner
Adult
First: Quality Time by Tara Wiebe
Second: Electric Dreams by Judy J. Dettling
Third: Drone Wars™ by Teresa Wouters
Honourable Mention: Anomaly of a System by Mikayla Jacques
2022 - Beyond
Grades 1 - 3
First: The Boy and the Dragon by Alexander Wong
Second: Robot Land by Hadassah Thiessen
Third: Eoin's Adventures in the Beyond by Corbin Jones-Wilmot
Honourable Mention: The Boy and the Magic Bookworm by Wilson Cardwell
Honourable Mention: The Adventures of Zane by Sawyer Boychuk
Grades 4 - 6
First: Her Scars by Lily Healing
Second: A Distant Reality by Xander Rauch
Third: Border Wall by Kayla Mazurkewich
Honourable Mention: Beyond the Depths of the Earth by Darius Hawkes
Honourable Mention: All Because of War by Logan Driedger
Grades 7 - 9
First: The Hidden Winds by Sandi Buckley
Second: Beyond the Cave by Milana Zep
Third: In the Outside by Cassidy Landon
Grades 10 - 12
First: Sandstorm by Max Schenck
Second: Heightened Mind by Luhita Sharma
Third: The Pull of the Beyond by Iva Henheffer
Honourable Mention: Beyond the Canvas by Katheryn Larson
Adult
First: Voyage to the Corallax System by Richard William Larson
Second: The Choice by Glenda Bailey
Third: Company by Kara Friesen
Honourable Mention: The Mysterious Egg by Chelsea Shortall
2023 - Scared Silly
Grades 1 - 3
First: Back in Time by Alexander Wong
Second: The Rise of The Green Moon by Corbin Jones-Wilmot
Third: Space Adventures by Kai Thiessen
Grades 4 - 6
First: The Haunted Robot Dinosaurs by Easton Cowan
Second: The Mysterious Cloak by Lucas Armstrong
Third: Who Are You? by Delaney Wiens
Honourable Mention: The Paranormal Puppy by Brady Gault
Honourable Mention: Stranded by Dahlia Adewunmi
Honourable Mention: Simon Fling by Esther Hube
Grades 7 - 9
First: Bleach by Addison Mah
Second: Amelia Thompson's Terrifying Journey by Carys Buhler
Third: Planes by Imogen Hudyma-Yungwirth
Grades 10 - 12
First: The Ballad of King Rabadath by Hannah Wiens
Second: Shrimply Having a Good Time by Erinn Kerr
Third: The Vanilla Man by Zachary Jickling
Honourable Mention: Draft Saved by Luhita Sharma
Adult
First: The Odd Duck by Sherrie Bouchard
Second: The Price of Beauty by Hailey McCullough
Third: The Mistake by Ore Maxwell
Honourable Mention: Captive Play by Brandie Angela Lee