Among the awards that Heather Smith has won are: 

TD Canadian Children's Literature Award 2019

White Pine Award 2019

Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award 2018

BMO Winterset Award 2018

For individual awards and nominations by book, please scroll down.


Baygirl

Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year 2014

Shortlisted for:

OLA White Pine Award (Honour Book) 2014

The Agony of Bun O’Keefe

OLA White Pine Award 2019
Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award 2018
Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2017
Globe and Mail's 100 Best Books of 2017
Bank Street College Best Children's Books of The Year 2017
Toronto Public Library’s Great Reads for Youth 2018
USBBY Outstanding International Books 2018
Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2018
CanLit for Little Canadians' must-read Canadian YA books 2020
OLA Forest Teen Committee’s 2018 Summer Reading List

Shortlisted for:

CCBC Amy Mathers Teen Book Award 2018
CCBC Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People 2018

Angus All Aglow

OLA Top Ten Best Bets 2018
CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens 2019

Ebb & Flow

BMO Winterset Award 2018
TD Canadian Children's Literature Award 2019
USBBY Outstanding International Book Selection 2019
International Youth Library White Ravens Catalogue 2019
NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts 2019
Bank Street College Best Children's Books of The Year 2019
CCBC Best Books for Kids and Teens 2018

Shortlisted for:

Governor General’s Literary Award 2018
Silver Birch Award 2019
MYRCA Northern Lights Award 2020
Rocky Mountain Book Award 2020
SYRCA Diamond Willow Award 2019
Troybery Award 2019
IODE Violet Downey Book Award 2019

A Plan for Pops

ALA Rainbow List Top Ten 2020
Best Spiritual Book of the Year Selection 2019
BC Books for BC Schools Selection 2021
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection 2019
OLA Best Bets - Top Ten 2019

Shortlisted for:

OLA Blue Spruce Award 2020

The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award 2020
Freeman Book Award for Children's Literature on East and Southeast Asia 2019
Kirkus Best Books Selection 2019
SLJ Best Books Selection 2019
OLA Best Bets - Honorable Mention 2019
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People Selection 2020
USBBY Outstanding International Books List 2020
Bank Street College of Education Best Books 2019
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020
International Youth Library White Ravens Catalogue 2020

Shortlisted for:

Pacific Northwest Book Award 2019
BC & Yukon Book Prize Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize 2020
CCBC Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award 2020
Rocky Mountain Book Award 2021
Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year (Honour Book) 2020
OLA Forest of Reading Light Reads Great Stories 2021
OLA Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express Award 2021
Sakura Medal 2022

Barry Squires, Full Tilt

Globe and Mail’s Globe 100 Favorite Books 2020
CBC Books' Best Middle-Grade and Young Adult Books 2020
CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens 2020
OLA Best Bets 2020

Shortlisted for:

SYRCA Snow Willow Award 2020
CCBC Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People 2021

Longlisted for:

Dublin Literary Award 2022
BMO Winterset Award 2020