Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award. Winners 1994 to present.

Established in 1984 and named after the nom de travail of Canada's official hangman, Arthur Ellis Best Juvenile Crime Award are awarded annually by the Crime Writers of Canada. Crime Writers of Canada is Canada's national professional association of published authors of crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense and thriller fiction - both novels and short stories, true crime and genre. The book must be published within the preceding year by a Canadian resident, regardless of nationality, or a Canadian writer living abroad. In 1993, a category for best juvenile mystery was included.

		Winners 1994 - present
2007		Seán Cullen Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates. Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada), 2006.
2006		Vicki Grant Quid Pro Quo. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2005.
2005		Carrie Mac The Beckoners. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2004.
2004		Graham McNamee Acceleration. New York: Random House Children’s Books, 2003.
2003		Norah McClintock Break and Enter. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2002.
2002		Norah McClintock Scared to Death. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 2001.
2001		Tim Wynne-Jones The Boy in the Burning House. Toronto: Groundwood/Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
2000		Linda Bailey How Can a Brilliant Detective Shine in the Dark? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1999.
1999		Norah McClintock Sins of the Father. Markham, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1998.
1998		Norah McClintock The Body in the Basement. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1997.
1997		Linda Bailey How Can A Frozen Detective Stay Hot On The Trail? Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1996.
1996		Norah McClintock Mistaken Identity. Richmond Hill, ON: Scholastic Canada, 1995.
1995		James Heneghan Torn Away. Toronto: Viking, 1994.
1994		John Dowd Abalone Summer. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 1993.