This page is
under construction. I intend to compile a comprehensive list of
awards gained by Australian YA novels / writers, in the secondary
or "older readers" categories, from approximately 1988
- 2000.
Children's Book Council (Aust) -
Older Readers
CBC S/L 2000
- Earls, Nick.1999 48 Shades of Brown,Ringwood,
Victoria: Penguin. *WINNER
- Barnes, Helen.1999 Killing Aurora,
Ringwood,Victoria:Penguin. *HONOUR
- Fienberg, Anna.1999 Borrowed Light,
St.Leonards,NSW: Allen & Unwin. *HONOUR
- Hartnett,Sonya.1999 Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf,Ringwood,Victoria:
Viking.
- McRobbie, David.1999 Tyro…,Penguin.
- Metzenthen, David.1999 Stony Heart Country…Penguin.
CBC S/L 1999
- Gwynne, Phillip. 1998 Deadly Unna? Ringwood,
Victoria: Penguin. *WINNER
- Walker, Sarah. 1998 Camphor Laurel. Pan
Macmillan. *HONOUR
BOOK
- Clarke, Judith. 1998 Night Train.Ringwood,
Victoria: Penguin. *HONOUR
BOOK
- Disher, Gary. 1998 The Divine Wind. Sydney, NSW:
Hodder Headline.
- Hartnett, Sonya. 1998 All My Dangerous Friends. Ringwood,
Victoria: Penguin Books.
- Herrick, Steven. 1998 A Place Like This. UQP.
CBC S/L 1997
- Orr, Wendy. 1996 Peeling the
Onion. St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.*HONOUR BOOK
Children's Literature Peace
Prize
- Dodger, Libby Gleeson (1991)
COOL
The Cross Pen Prize for YA
fiction
- Killing Aurora,
Helen Barnes (2000)
- Deadly Unna?,
Phillip Gwynne (1999)
CROW
The Diabetes Australia
Alan Marshall Prize for Children's Literature Studies
- So Much to Tell You,
John Marsden (1988)
- Strange Objects,
Gary Crew (1991)
- The White Guinea Pig,
Ursula Dubosarsky (1994)
- Songman, Alan
Baillie (1995)
IBBY
- Dodger, Libby Gleeson (1991)
The Sheaffer Pen Prize for YA
fiction
- Night Train,
Judith Clarke (1998)
- Pagan's Scribe,
Catherine Jinks (1997)
- Sleeping Dogs,
Sonya Hartnett (1996)
WAYRBA
- Burning for Revenge,
John Marsden (1999)
- Guitar Highway Rose,
Brigid Lowry (1999 - Hoffman Award for Older Readers)
YABBA
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