2012

November 2

A new Stellar season begins!

The website for the 2011/2012 Stellar Book Awards is ready for you! Teens can register online for an account. It's fast, it's easy, and it's free! Just create an account for yourself (the link is on the right-hand side of this page), and then you're good to go!

It's easy to participate - After your register, read and review and get ready to defend your favourite titles. If you read at least 5 of the nominated titles between now and April ( read them all if you want!), you can vote for your favourite title. Just a reminder that you need to be between the ages of 13 - 19 to participate.

Where can I find the books, you ask? Check at your local public library, or at your school library.

2011

May 16

The winner for the 2011 Stellar Book Award is....

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong!

Our thanks to all the teens who selected the nominees, read the titles, reviewed and voted for this year's Stellar Book Award, as well as to the teachers and librarians who encouraged their students to participate this year. The Summoning is now in the very good company of previous winners of the Stellar Award:
2010 - Deborah Lynn Jacobs' Choices
2009 - Carrie Mac's The Droughtlanders
2008 - Diane Tullson's Red Sea
2007 - Carrie Mac's The Beckoners

The shortlist of titles for the 2012 award follows but check out the booklist page to read blurbs, author bios and then start your reading and reviewing!
Shadow Boxing by Sherie Posesorski
thinandbeautiful.com by Liane Shaw
Dreamfire by Nicole Luiken
Living Outside the Lines by Lesley Choyce
My Parents are Sex Maniacs by Robyn Harding
Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant
Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
Pop by Gordon Korman
The Gryphon Project by Carrie Mac
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Swim the Fly by Don Calame
The Uninvited by Tim Wynne-Jones
Thank you to the teens in Prince George, Richmond, Surrey and Victoria who helped select the nominees!

Let the Reading Begin!

Our thanks to all the teens who selected the nominees, and to the librarians and UBC students who are helping create the content for this year's Stellar Award website.

Allison TM
Chair, Stellar Awards Steering Committee

Click here to download this year's poster.

Click here to view 2010/2011 website.