Aurora Award for Best YA Novel
The Aurora Awards are English-language literary awards granted annually by the Canadian SF and Fantasy Association and SFSF Boreal Inc. The Award for Best YA Novel was first awarded in 2013 as a separate category to the Best Novel category. Currently, the award has only been split for the English-language Award, and French YA novels would only be eligible for the Meilleur roman.
Charles de Lint and Fonda Lee have won the award the most number of times at twice each.
Winners and nominees
| Year | Author(s) | Work | Publisher/Publication | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Charles de Lint | Under My Skin | Razorbill | Winner | [1] |
| Leah Bobet | Above | Levine | Finalist | [1] | |
| Kelley Armstrong | The Calling | HarperTeen | |||
| Neil Godbout | Dissolve | Bundoran | |||
| Michell Plested | Mich Murdoch, Teen Superhero | Five Rivers | |||
| Cory Doctorow | Pirate Cinema | Tor Teen | |||
| 2014 | Kelley Armstrong | The Rising | HarperTeen | Winner | [2] |
| Marty Chan | Demon Gate | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | Finalist | [2] | |
| Amanda Sun | Ink | Harlequin Teen | |||
| S. M. Beiko | The Lake and the Library | ECW | |||
| D. G. Ladroute | Out of Time | Five Rivers | |||
| Neil Godbout | Resolve | Bundoran | |||
| 2015 | Karl Schroeder | Lockstep | Tor | Winner | [3] |
| Charles de Lint | Out of this World | Razorbill | |||
| Sherry Peters | Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf | Dwarvenamazon | Finalist | [3] | |
| Amanda Sun | Rain | Harlequin Teen | |||
| Kelley Armstrong | Sea of Shadows | Doubleday | |||
| Edward Willett | Twist of the Blade | Coteau | |||
| Charlene Challenger | The Voices in Between | Tightrope | |||
| 2016 | Leah Bobet | An Inheritance of Ashes | Scholastic | Winner | [4] |
| Caitlin Sweet | The Flame in the Maze | ChiZine | Finalist | [4] | |
| Suzy Vadori | The Fountain | Evil Alter Ego | |||
| Sherry Peters | Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf | Dwarvenamazon | |||
| Jayne Barnard | Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond | Tyche | |||
| 2017 | James Bow | Icarus Down | Scholastic | Winner | [5] |
| Randy McCharles | Day of the Demon | CreateSpace | Finalist | [5] | |
| Edward Willett | Door into Faerie | Coteau | |||
| Michell Plested | Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience | Evil Alter Ego | |||
| Adam Dreece | The Wizard Killer | ADZO | |||
| 2018 | Fonda Lee | Exo | Scholastic | Winner | [6] |
| Elizabeth Whitton | Houses of the Old Blood | Kettlescon | |||
| Jayne Barnard | Maddie Hatter and the Gilded Gauge | Tyche | Finalist | [6] | |
| S. M. Beiko | Scion of the Fox | ECW | |||
| Suzy Vadori | The West Woods | Evil Alter Ego | |||
| 2019 | Fonda Lee | Cross Fire | Scholastic | Winner | [7] |
| S. M. Beiko | Children of the Bloodlands | ECW | Finalist | [7] | |
| Clare C. Marshall | The Emerald Cloth | Faery Ink | |||
| Nathan Burgoine | Exit Plan for Teenage Freaks | Bold Strokes | |||
| J. M. Dover | Finding Atlantis | Evil Alter Ego | |||
| Sarah Raughley | Legacy of Light | Simon Pulse | |||
| Éric Desmarais | The Sign of Faust | Renaissance | |||
| Alison Lohans | Timefall | Five Rivers | |||
| 2020 | Susan Forest | Bursts of Fire | Laksa | Winner | [8] |
| S. M. Beiko | The Brilliant Dark | ECW | Finalist | [8] | |
| Marty Chan | Metamorphosis | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |||
| M. J. Lyons | Murder at the World's Fair | Renaissance | |||
| Kelley Armstrong | Wolf's Bane | KLA Fricke | |||
| 2021 | Susan Forest | Flights of Marigold | Laksa | Winner | [9] |
| Kelley Armstrong | The Gryphon's Lair | Puffin Canada | Finalist | [9] | |
| Rhonda Parrish | Hollow | Tyche | |||
| J. M. Dover | Return to Atlantis | Evil Alter Ego | |||
| Suzy Vadori | Wall of Wishes | Old Vines | |||
| 2022 | Wab Kinew | Walking in Two Worlds | Penguin Teen | Winner | [10] |
| Elizabeth Whitton | The Gold Flame of Senica | Kettlescon | Finalist | [10] | |
| Xiran Jay Zhao | Iron Widow | Penguin Teen | |||
| Kelley Armstrong | The Serpent's Fury | Puffin Canada | |||
| Edward Willett | Star Song | Shadowpaw | |||
| 2023 | Douglas Smith | The Hollow Boys | Spiral Path | Winner | [11] |
| Ann Birdgenaw | Black Hole Radio (Ka'Azula : 3) | DartFrog | Finalist | [11] | |
| Kenneth Oppel | Ghostlight | Puffin Canada | |||
| Rati Mehrotra | Night of the Raven, Dawn of the Dove | Wednesday Books | |||
| Xiran Jay Zhao | Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor | Margaret K. McElderry | |||
| 2024 | Cherie Dimaline | Funeral Songs for Dying Girls | Tundra Books | Winner | [12] |
| Douglas Smith | The Crystal Key | Spiral Path | Finalist | [12] | |
| Rati Mehrotra | Flower and Thorn | Wednesday Books | |||
| Naben Ruthnum | The Grimmer | ECW | |||
| S. M. Beiko | The Stars of Mount Quixx | ECW | |||
| 2025 | Xiran Jay Zhao | Heavenly Tyrant | Tundra Books | Winner | [13][14] |
| S. M. Beiko | The Door in Lake Mallion | ECW | Finalist | [13] | |
| C.L. Carey | Spaced! | Renaissance | |||
| Douglas Smith | The Lost Expedition | Spiral Path | |||
| Melissa Yue | Misadventures in Ghosthunting | Harper Collins | |||
| 2026 | Shannon Lee | Breath of the Dragon | Wednesday Books | Winner | [15][16] |
| Fonda Lee | |||||
| Edward Willett | Fireboy | Shadowpaw Press | Finalist | [15][16] | |
| D.M. De Alwis | A Lion's Head | Ahasae Tharu Publications | |||
| Jamieson Wolf | Minotaur | Rebel Satori Press | |||
| Avi Silver | One Morning Sun | Molewhale Press | |||
| Jen Desmarais | Winging It | Renaissance Press |
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