Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series

Winners and nominees

1990s

1994

• Roger Fredericks and Louise Moon - Street Cents
• Richard Mortimer - AIDScare/AIDsCare
• David Preston - Are You Afraid of the Dark?
• Leila Basen - Ready or Not
• S.M. Molitor, Don Arioli, and Morton Ritts - The Busy World of Richard Scarry

  1995

• Roger Fredericks and Louise Moon - Street Cents
• David Preston - Bonjour Timothy
• Steve Westren - Groundling Marsh
• David Finley - Jim Henson's Dog City
• Frazer McArter - Madison
• Michael Mercer - Nilus the Sandman: The First Day

  1996

• Marlene Matthews - The Composer's Specials
• Scott Peters - Are You Afraid of the Dark?
• Billy Brown and Dan Angel - Goosebumps
• Chris Haddock - Heck's Way Home
• Heather Conkie - My Mother's Ghost
• Sugith Varughese - On My Mind

  1997

• Susin Nielsen - The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
• John Acorn - Acorn: The Nature Nut
• Heather Conkie - Flash Forward
• Robert C. Cooper - Flash Forward
• Vicki Grant - Theodore Tugboat

  1998

• Raymond Storey - The Inventors' Specials
• Edwina Follows - Ready or Not
• Karen Walton - Straight Up
• Heather Conkie - The Inventors' Specials
• Marty Chan - The Orange Seed Myth and Other Lies Mothers Tell

  1999

• Pete Sauder and Ian James Corlett - Rolie Polie Olie
• Dennis Foon - Jenny and the Queen of Light
• John Pellatt and Kenn Scott - Ned's Newt
• Victoria Grant - Scoop and Doozie
• Louise Moon - Street Cents

  2000s

2000

• Victoria Grant - Scoop and Doozie
• John van Bruggen - Franklin
• Robert Mills - Ruffus the Dog
• Avrum Jacobson, Christel Kleitsch, and Phoebe Gilman - Something From Nothing
• Heather Conkie - The Artists' Specials

  2001

• Gerard Lewis - Mentors
• Ian Weir - Edgemont
• Alex Pugsley - I Was A Sixth Grade Alien
• Vito Viscomi - Yvon of the Yukon

  2002

• Ali Marie Matheson and Jon Cooksey - The Santa Claus Brothers
• Bruce Kalish -
• Suzanne Bolch and John May - Our Hero
• Sib Ventress - The Famous Jett Jackson
• Matthew Salsberg - Big Wolf on Campus

  2003

• Peter Lauterman - The Zack Files
• Tassie Cameron and Jackie May - Fast Food High
• Conni Massing - Mentors
• Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott - Moville Mysteries

  2004

• Jason Hopley and Jamie Shannon - Nanalan
• Shelley Scarrow, James Hurst, and Nicole Demerse - '
• Ian Weir - Edgemont
• Jennifer Cowan - Edgemont
• John Van Bruggen - Jacob Two-Two
• Robert C. Cooper - The Impossible Elephant''

  2005

• Derek Schreyer - 15/Love
• Jana Sinyor and Heather Conkie - Dark Oracle
• Mary Crawford and Alan Templeton - King
• Ramelle Mair, David Acer, and Barry Julien - Mystery Hunters
• Jordan Wheeler - renegadepress.com

  2006

• Jordan Wheeler - renegadepress.com
• Steven Westren - Dragon
• Bob McDonald and Ken Hewitt-White - Heads Up!
• Richard Elliott and Simon Racioppa - Jane and the Dragon
• Dennis Heaton - Naughty Naughty Pets

  2007

• Sara Snow - renegadepress.com
• Sean Cullen - Grossology
• Gary Wheeler - Jacob Two-Two
• Ramelle Mair and David Acer - Mystery Hunters
• Trevor Cameron -

  2008

• Robert Pincombe, Shelley Hoffman, and Karen Moonah - Iggy Arbuckle
• Terry McGurrin - 6Teen
• Bob McDonald - Heads Up!
• Emily Andras - Instant Star
• Dennis Jackson -

  2009

• Steven Westren - My Friend Rabbit
• Richard Clark - Grossology
• Victor Nicolle, Dennis Heaton, and Sandy Flanagan - Jibber Jabber
• Jeff Biederman - Life with Derek
• Sean Jara - The Latest Buzz

  2010s

2010

• Trevor Cameron -
• Sheila Dinsmore and John De Klein - Busytown Mysteries
• Scott Fellows - Johnny Test
• Myra Fried and Steve Wright - Majority Rules!
• Duncan McKenzie, Jerry Schaefer, Gary Pearson, and Carolyn Taylor - That's So Weird!

  2011

• Simon Racioppa and Richard Elliott - Spliced
• Sean Cullen - Almost Naked Animals
• Michael Grassi -
• Anita Kapila - How to be Indie
• Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and Davila LeBlanc - League of Super Evil

  2012

• Frank van Keeken - Wingin' It
• Paul Gardner - Gisèle's Big Backyard
• Dennis Jackson and Melanie Jackson -
• Terry McGurrin - Scaredy Squirrel
• Alex McIntosh - Things You Need To Know

  2013

• Ramona Barckert -
• Steve Westren - Almost Naked Animals
• Lisa Hunter - Finding Stuff Out
• Terry McGurrin - Scaredy Squirrel
• Claire Ross Dunn - Wingin' It

  2014

• Matt Huether -
• J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures
• Michael Markus and Tim Stubinski - If I Had Wings
• Alejandro Alcoba and Carling Tedesco - The Next Step
• Phil Ivanusic-Vallée - Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion

  2015

• Matt Huether -
• J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Annedroids
• Edward Kay - Finding Stuff Out
• Jesse Shamata, Evany Rosen, and Eric Toth - Gaming Show
• Tim McKeon - Odd Squad

  2016

• Alejandro Alcoba -
• J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms - Annedroids
• Adam Barken - Bruno & Boots: Go Jump In The Pool
• Tim McKeon - Odd Squad
• Ken Cuperus - The Stanley Dynamic

  2017

• Adam Peltzman and Tim McKeon, Odd Squad: "Drop Gadget Repeat/20 Questions"
• Susan Coyne, L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: Fire and Dew
• Sarah Glinski, ': "#IRegretNothing"
• Matt Huether, ': "#ImSleep"
• Rachael Schaefer, The Next Step: "A New Regime"

  2018

• Mark De Angelis and Leah Gotcsik, Odd Squad: "Where There's a Wolf, There's a Way / New Jacket Required"
• Claire Cappelletti, Finding Stuff Out: "The Nose Knows"
• J. J. Johnson, Christin Simms and Nathalie Younglai, Dino Dana: "A Dino Never Forgets / Claw and Order"
• Penelope Laurence, Finding Stuff Out: "Noisy Bodies"
• Karen McClellan, The Next Step: "Twinkle Toes"

  2019

• Christin Simms, Amish Patel and J.J. Johnson, Dino Dana: "Dino Prints"
• Kate Hewlett, Backstage: "Not for Sale"
• Vivian Lin, Bajillionaires: "Good Whale Hunting"
• Sarah Glinski, Holly Hobbie: "The Mad Muralist"
• Cole Bastedo, Holly Hobbie: "The Rabble Rouser"