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The Bilson Award was established in 1988 in memory of historian and children's author Geoffrey Bilson. The annual prize of $1,000 has been made possible by the Canadian children's publishing industry, and is awarded to a Canadian author for an outstanding work of historical fiction for young people. It is administered by the Canadian Children's Book Centre.

1999:
1998:
1997: Janet McNaughton, To Dance at the Palais Royale
1996: Marianne Brandis, Rebellion: A Story of Upper Canada
1995: Joan Clark, The Dream Carvers
1994: Kit Pearson, The Lights Go on Again
1993: Celia Barker Lottridge, Ticket to Curlew
1992: No award given. 1991: Marianne Brandis, The Sign of the Scales
1990: Kit Pearson, The Sky Is Falling
1989: Martyn Godfrey, Mystery in the Frozen Lands
" ": Dorothy Perkyns, Rachel's Revolution
1988: Carol Matas, Lisa