Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series is a Canadian Screen Award that honours writing in English language children's television produced in Canada.[1]
Winners and nominees[]
Winners in bold.
1990s[]
1994[]
- Roger Fredericks and Louise Moon - Street Cents ("Hype")
- Richard Mortimer - AIDScare/AIDsCare
- David Preston - Are You Afraid of the Dark? ("The Tale of the Dream Girl")
- Leila Basen - Ready or Not ("Am I Perverted or What?")
- S.M. Molitor, Don Arioli, and Morton Ritts - The Busy World of Richard Scarry ("The Talking Bread/Couscous/The Three Fisherman")
1995[]
- Roger Fredericks and Louise Moon - Street Cents ("Music")
- David Preston - Bonjour Timothy
- Steve Westren - Groundling Marsh ("Snow Job")
- David Finley - Jim Henson's Dog City ("Doggy See, Doggy Do")
- Frazer McArter - Madison ("Stealing Home")
- Michael Mercer - Nilus the Sandman: The First Day
1996[]
- Marlene Matthews - The Composer's Specials ("Handel's Last Chance")
- Scott Peters - Are You Afraid of the Dark? ("The Tale of Station 109.1")
- Billy Brown and Dan Angel - Goosebumps ("The Cuckoo Clock of Doom")
- Chris Haddock - Heck's Way Home
- Heather Conkie - My Mother's Ghost
- Sugith Varughese - On My Mind ("The Secret Life of Goldfish")
1997[]
- Susin Nielsen - The Adventures of Shirley Holmes ("The Case of the Burning Building")
- John Acorn - Acorn: The Nature Nut ("An Ol’ Anole or Two")
- Heather Conkie - Flash Forward ("Double Bill")
- Robert C. Cooper - Flash Forward ("Presents")
- Vicki Grant - Theodore Tugboat ("Hank’s Funny Feeling")
1998[]
- Raymond Storey - The Inventors' Specials ("Leonardo: A Dream of Flight")
- Edwina Follows - Ready or Not ("Your Own Money")
- Karen Walton - Straight Up ("Gravity")
- Heather Conkie - The Inventors' Specials ("Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants")
- Marty Chan - The Orange Seed Myth and Other Lies Mothers Tell
1999[]
- Pete Sauder and Ian James Corlett - Rolie Polie Olie ("Roll the Camera")
- Dennis Foon - Jenny and the Queen of Light
- John Pellatt and Kenn Scott - Ned's Newt ("Back to the Futile")
- Victoria Grant - Scoop and Doozie ("Au Revoir Underpants")
- Louise Moon - Street Cents ("Fashion")
2000s[]
2000[]
- Victoria Grant - Scoop and Doozie ("What Rubbish!")
- John van Bruggen - Franklin ("Franklin and the Two Henrys")
- Robert Mills - Ruffus the Dog ("Troll Under the Bridge")
- Avrum Jacobson, Christel Kleitsch, and Phoebe Gilman - Something From Nothing
- Heather Conkie - The Artists' Specials ("Degas and the Dancer")
2001[]
- Gerard Lewis - Mentors ("Klondike Daze")
- Ian Weir - Edgemont ("The Liar's Club")
- Alex Pugsley - I Was A Sixth Grade Alien ("I am Larrabe Hicks!")
- - Yvon of the Yukon ("The Walrus Between Us")
2002[]
- Ali Marie Matheson and - The Santa Claus Brothers
- Bruce Kalish - Jett Jackson: The Movie
- Suzanne Bolch and John May - Our Hero ("The Comeback Issue")
- Sib Ventress - The Famous Jett Jackson ("Something in the Air")
- Matthew Salsberg - Big Wolf on Campus ("Being Tommy Dawkins")
2003[]
- Peter Lauterman - The Zack Files ("Zackeo & Juliet")
- Tassie Cameron and Jackie May - Fast Food High
- Conni Massing - Mentors ("The Tao of Hockey")
- Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott - Moville Mysteries ("Big Toe, Big Evil")
2004[]
- Jason Hopley and Jamie Shannon - Nanalan' ("Free")
- Shelley Scarrow, James Hurst, and Nicole Demerse - Degrassi: The Next Generation ("Accidents Will Happen")
- Ian Weir - Edgemont ("You Gotta Have Friends")
- Jennifer Cowan - Edgemont ("Two Guys and a Baby")
- John Van Bruggen - Jacob Two-Two ("Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card")
- Robert C. Cooper - The Impossible Elephant
2005[]
- Derek Schreyer - 15/Love ("Renewal")
- Jana Sinyor and Heather Conkie - Dark Oracle ("Dark Oracle")
- Mary Crawford and Alan Templeton - King ("Stolen Voices")
- Ramelle Mair, David Acer, and Barry Julien - Mystery Hunters ("Anastasia, Anna Anderson")
- Jordan Wheeler - renegadepress.com ("Dying to Connect")
2006[]
- Jordan Wheeler - renegadepress.com ("The Rez")
- Steven Westren - Dragon ("Dragon Runs the Store")
- Bob McDonald and Ken Hewitt-White - Heads Up! ("How Do We Get Around in Space?")
- Richard Elliott and Simon Racioppa - Jane and the Dragon ("A Dragon's Tail")
- Dennis Heaton - Naughty Naughty Pets ("Sock It to Me")
2007[]
- Sara Snow - renegadepress.com ("Blackout" aka "Getting it Right")
- Sean Cullen - Grossology ("Fartzilla")
- Gary Wheeler - Jacob Two-Two ("Jacob Two-Two and the Hockey Seat Hoopla")
- Ramelle Mair and David Acer - Mystery Hunters ("Giant Shark")
- Trevor Cameron - Wapos Bay: The Series ("Something to Remember")
2008[]
- Robert Pincombe, Shelley Hoffman, and Karen Moonah - Iggy Arbuckle ("There's Something About Berries/Idle Worship")
- Terry McGurrin - 6Teen ("Silent Butt Deadly")
- Bob McDonald - Heads Up! ("What Will Cars Look Like in the Future?")
- Emily Andras - Instant Star ("Like a Virgin")
- Dennis Jackson - Wapos Bay: The Series ("The Guardians")
2009[]
- Steven Westren - My Friend Rabbit ("Frog on a Log")
- Richard Clark - Grossology ("The New Recruits")
- Victor Nicolle, Dennis Heaton, and Sandy Flanagan - Jibber Jabber ("Night of the Werewolf/Enter the Jelly")
- Jeff Biederman - Life with Derek ("Just Friends")
- Sean Jara - The Latest Buzz ("The First Impressions Issue")
2010s[]
2010[]
- Trevor Cameron - Wapos Bay: The Series ("The Hardest Lesson")
- Sheila Dinsmore and John De Klein - Busytown Mysteries ("The Sandcastle Squasher/The Strange Ski Tracks Mystery")
- Scott Fellows - Johnny Test ("Papa Johnny/The Johnnyminster Dog Show")
- Myra Fried and Steve Wright - Majority Rules! ("Becky Takes A Pass")
- Duncan McKenzie, Jerry Schaefer, Gary Pearson, and Carolyn Taylor - That's So Weird! ("Background Music")
2011[]
- Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott - Spliced ("Pink")
- Sean Cullen - Almost Naked Animals ("Better Safe than Sorry")
- Michael Grassi - Degrassi ("My Body is a Cage, Part 2")
- Anita Kapila - How to be Indie ("How to get Plugged In")
- Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and Davila LeBlanc - League of Super Evil ("Voltina")
2012[]
- Frank van Keeken - Wingin' It ("Hands Solo")
- Paul Gardner - Gisèle's Big Backyard ("Movie Moments - Long 1")
- Dennis Jackson and Melanie Jackson - Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes
- Terry McGurrin - Scaredy Squirrel ("From Rodent with Love")
- Alex McIntosh - Things You Need To Know ("Weather")
2013[]
- Ramona Barckert - Degrassi ("Bitter Sweet Symphony" part 2)
- Steve Westren - Almost Naked Animals ("Sun Scream")
- Lisa Hunter - Finding Stuff Out ("Solids, Liquid & Gases")
- Terry McGurrin - Scaredy Squirrel ("Safety Corner Conundrum")
- Claire Ross Dunn - Wingin' It ("Total Debate of the Heart")
2014[]
- Matt Huether - Degrassi ("Unbelievable")
- J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures ("Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs / Survival of the Biggest")
- Michael Markus and Tim Stubinski - If I Had Wings
- Alejandro Alcoba and Carling Tedesco - The Next Step ("Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better")
- Phil Ivanusic-Vallée - Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion ("Unitron / Dan the Man")
2015[]
- Matt Huether - Degrassi ("Give Me One Reason")
- J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Annedroids ("Parent Swap")
- Edward Kay - Finding Stuff Out ("Poop")
- Jesse Shamata, Evany Rosen, and Eric Toth - Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage) ("All Night Long")
- Tim McKeon - Odd Squad ("Training Day")
2016[]
- Alejandro Alcoba - Degrassi: Next Class ("#YesMeansYes")
- J. J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Annedroids ("The Mother of Invention Part 2")
- Adam Barken - Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool
- Tim McKeon - Odd Squad ("The First Day")
- Ken Cuperus - The Stanley Dynamic ("The Stanley Wild Weekend")
2017[]
- Adam Peltzman and Tim McKeon, Odd Squad: "Drop Gadget Repeat/20 Questions"
- Susan Coyne, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew
- , Degrassi: Next Class: "#IRegretNothing"
- , Degrassi: Next Class: "#ImSleep"
- , The Next Step: "A New Regime"
2018[]
- and , Odd Squad: "Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way / New Jacket Required"
- , Finding Stuff Out: "The Nose Knows"
- J. J. Johnson, and Nathalie Younglai, Dino Dana: "A Dino Never Forgets / Claw and Order"
- , Finding Stuff Out: "Noisy Bodies"
- , The Next Step: "Twinkle Toes"
2019[]
- , and J. J. Johnson, Dino Dana: "Dino Prints"
- Kate Hewlett, Backstage: "Not for Sale"
- , : "Good Whale Hunting"
- , Holly Hobbie: "The Mad Muralist"
- , Holly Hobbie: "The Rabble Rouser"
2020s[]
2020[]
- , Detention Adventure: "Hitting a Wall"
- , Holly Hobbie: "The Puzzled Peacemaker"
- J. J. Johnson and , Endlings: "The End is the Beginning is the End"
- , The Next Step: "The Comeback Kid"
- Adam Peltzman and , Odd Squad Mobile Unit: "Mr. Unpredictable/Down the Tubes"
References[]
- ^ "Awards Database". ecentricarts Inc. Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
Categories:
- Canadian Screen Award television categories
- Screenwriting awards for television