This annual R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature competition, run-by the Writers Guild of Alberta, recognizes excellence in writing by an author who has been resident in Alberta for at least twelve of the previous eighteen months. The winner receives a leather-bound copy of his/her book and a $500 cash award. The award alternates yearly between picture and chapter books.
2010 -Linda Smith (Grande Prairie)—The Broken Thread, Coteau Books
| 2009 | Hazel Hutchins, Mattland. Co-authored by Gail Herbert. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto: Annick Press, 2008. | |
| 2008 | Katherine Holubitsky, The Big Snapper. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2006. | |
| 2007 | Dale Auger Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon: A Cree Story for Children. Surrey, BC: Heritage House, 2006. | |
| 2006 | Colleen Heffernan A Kind of Courage. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2005. | |
| 2005 | Joan Marie Galat Dot to Dot in the Sky: Stories of the Moon. Illustrated by Lorna Bennett. Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 2004. | |
| 2004 | Glen Huser Stitches. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003. | |
| 2002 | Katherine Holubitsky Last Summer in Agatha. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2001. | |
| 2001 | Anita Horrocks Topher. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 2000. | |
| 2000 | Barbara Demers Willa's New World. Regina: Coteau Books, 1999. | |
| 1999 | Anita Horrocks What They Don't Know. Toronto: Stoddart Kids, 1998. | |
| 1998 | Hazel Hutchins The Prince of Tarn. Toronto: Annick Press, 1997. | |
| 1997 | Don Trembath The Tuesday Cafe. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 1996. | |
| 1996 | Tololwa Mollel Big Boy. Illustrated by E. B. Lewis. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1995. | |
| 1995 | Beth Goobie Mission Impossible. Red Deer, AB: Red Deer College Press, 1994. | |
| 1994 | David Bly The McIntyre Liar. Edmonton: Tree Frog Press, 1993. | |
| 1992 | Monica Hughes The Crystal Drop. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1992. | |
| 1991 | Hazel Hutchins A Cat of Artimus Pride. Toronto: Annick Press, 1991. | |
| 1990 | Jan Hudson Dawn Rider. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1990. | |
| 1989 | Don Meredith Dog Runner. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1989. | |
| 1988 | William Pasnak Under the Eagle's Claw. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1988. | |
| 1987 | Marilyn Halvorson Nobody Said It Would Be Easy. Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1987. | |
| 1986 | Monica Hughes Blaine's Way. Toronto: Irwin Publishing, 1986. | |
| 1985 | Cora Taylor Julie. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1985. | |
| 1984 | William Pasnak In the City of the King. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1984. | |
| 1983 | Monica Hughes Space Trap. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1983. | |
| 1982 | Monica Hughes Hunter in the Dark. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1982. |
