Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Aurealis Award for best children's fiction (told primarily through pictures) |
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| Presented by | Chimaera Publications, Conflux Inc |
| Country | Australia |
| First awarded | 2001 |
The Aurealis Awards are special prizes given out every year in Australia. They celebrate amazing books in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. These awards are for Australian writers and artists. To win, a book must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the year before the awards. The awards ceremony happens the next year. What started as a small gathering has grown into a big two-day event.
Since 1995, the Aurealis Awards have honored many types of "speculative fiction." This means stories that imagine things that aren't real, like magic, future technology, or monsters. There are awards for science fiction, fantasy, and horror. There are also awards for books for young adults, short stories, and even graphic novels. Publishers like HarperCollins and Orbit support these awards. This shows how important they are in the world of books.
A group of judges decides who wins the awards. They look at a long list of books first. Then, they pick a shorter list of finalists. Sometimes, two books might be so good that they both win. But usually, the judges try to pick just one winner. The judges are chosen by the award's management team.
This article focuses on the award for children's fiction told mostly through pictures. This award started in 2001. Back then, it was called "best children's short fiction." In 2008, its name changed to "best children's illustrated work/picture book." Then, in 2010, it became "best children's fiction (told primarily through pictures)." Sometimes, books also get "honorable mentions" or are "highly commended." These are like special shout-outs for great work.
Out of 20 winners, Kim Gamble is the only person to have won this award more than once. He has won twice! Anna Fienberg has been nominated the most times, with six nominations. Barbara Fienberg has been a finalist four times but hasn't won. This award has now joined with the award for children's fiction told mostly through words. They are now one award called best children's book.
Contents
Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction
Winners and Nominees (2001-2007)
This section lists the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Short Fiction" award. The years show when the book was first available. The awards ceremony always happened the next year.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Author(s) | Short story | Publisher or publication | Ref |
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| 2001 | Jackie French* | Café on Callisto | Koala | |
| Kim Caraher | Zip Zap | Random House Australia | ||
| Claire Carmichael | Saving Aunt Alice | Random House Australia | ||
| Christine Harris | Hairy Legs | Random House Australia | ||
| 2002 | Anna Fienberg* & Kim Gamble* | Tashi and the Haunted House | Allen & Unwin | |
| Terry Denton | The Golden Udder | Allen & Unwin | ||
| Justin D'Ath | The Two Natalies | Reel Trouble, Spinouts Sapphire (Longman) | ||
| Andrew Chapman | In the Blink of an Eye | Reel Trouble, Spinouts Sapphire (Longman) | ||
| Gary Crew & Marc McBride | Old Ridley | Hodder | ||
| 2003 | Natalie Jane Prior* | Lily Quench and the Lighthouse of Skellig Mor | Hodder Headline Australia | |
| Duncan Ball | Emily Eyefinger and the Balloon Bandits | HarperCollins | ||
| Roseanne Hawke | Wolfchild | Lothian | ||
| Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg | Tashi and the Royal Tombs | Allen & Unwin | ||
| Natalie Jane Prior* | Lily Quench and the Magicians' Pyramid | Hodder Headline Australia | ||
| 2004 | Gary Crew* & Steven Wollman* | Beneath the Surface | Hodder | |
| Stephen Axelsen | The Very Messy Inspection | Random House | ||
| Duncan Ball | Emily Eyefinger and the Ghost Ship | HarperCollins | ||
| Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg | There Once Was a Boy Named Tashi | Allen & Unwin | ||
| Gregory Rogers | The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard | Allen & Unwin | ||
| 2005 | Stephen Axelsen* | Piccolo & Annabel 2: The Disastrous Party | Random House Australia | |
| Goldie Alexander | The Space Gypsies | The School Magazine 7 | ||
| Stephen Axelsen | Piccolo & Annabel 3: The Stinky Cheese Gypsies | Random House Australia | ||
| Gary Crew & Jeremy Geddes | The Mystery of Eilean Mor | Lothian | ||
| 2006 | Jane Godwin* | The True Story of Mary Who Wanted to Stand on Her Head | Allen & Unwin | |
| Margaret Wild* & Anne Spudvilas* | Woolvs in the Sitee | Penguin | ||
| Victor Kelleher & Stephen Michael King | The Magic Violin | Penguin | ||
| 2007 | Marc McBride* | World of Monsters | Scholastic Australia | |
| Briony Stewart* | Kumiko and the Dragon | UQP | ||
| Luke Edwards | Ock Von Fiend | Omnibus Books | ||
| Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg | Tashi and the Mixed Up Monster | Allen & Unwin |
Honorable Mentions and Highly Commended Stories
This table lists books that received special mentions. The years show when the book was first available. The awards ceremony always happened the next year.
* Highly commended
* Honourable mentions
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher | Ref |
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| 2001 | Paul Collins | Movie World | HarperCollins (Longman) | |
| Andrew Whitmore | Ark of Dreams The Ark of Dreams | Black Dog Books | ||
| 2004 | John Marsden* | Roomful of Magic A Roomful of Magic | Pan Macmillan |
I Publisher names in parentheses mean the specific part of the publishing company that released the book.
Aurealis Award for Best Children's Illustrated Work/Picture Book
Winners and Nominees (2008-2009)
This section lists the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Illustrated Work/Picture Book" award. The years show when the book was first available. The awards ceremony always happened the next year.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Author(s) | Illustrator(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
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| 2008 | Richard Harland* | Laura Peterson* | Escape!, Under Siege, Race to the Ruins, The Heavy Crown (The Wolf Kingdom series) | Omnibus Books | |
| Anna Fienberg & Barbara Fienberg | Kim Gamble | Tashi and the Phoenix | Allen & Unwin | ||
| Ian Irvine | David Cornish | Thorn Castle, Giant's Lair, Black Crypt, Wizardry Crag (The Sorcerer's Tower series) | Omnibus Books | ||
| Sally Morgan with Ezekiel, Ambelin and Blaze Kwaymullina | Adam Hill | Curly and the Fent | Random House Australia | ||
| Richard Tulloch | Terry Denton | Twisted Tales | Random House Australia | ||
| 2009 | Pamela Freeman* | Kim Gamble* | Victor's Challenge | Walker Books Australia | |
| Graeme Base | Enigma | Penguin (Viking) | |||
| Anna Fienberg | Kim Gamble | Tashi and the Golem | Allen & Unwin | ||
| Dan McGuiness | Pilot and Huxley | Omnibus Books | |||
| Gregory Rogers | The Hero of Little Street | Allen & Unwin |
I Publisher names in parentheses mean the specific part of the publishing company that released the book.
Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures)
Winners and Nominees (2010 onwards)
This section lists the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures)" award. The years show when the book was first available. The awards ceremony always happened the next year.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Writer(s) | Illustrator(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
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| 2010 | Sonya Hartnett* | Lucia Masciullo* | The Boy and the Toy | Viking Press | |
| Isobelle Carmody | Anne Spudvilas | Night School | Viking Press | ||
| Luke Davies | Inari Kiuru | Magpie | ABC Books | ||
| Julie Hunt & Sue Moss | Gaye Chapman | Precious Little | Allen & Unwin | ||
| David Richardson | Steven Hunt | The Cloudchasers | ABC Books | ||
| 2011 | Christopher Cheng* | Sarah Davis* | Sounds Spooky | Random House | |
| Aaron Blabey | Aaron Blabey | The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon | Viking Press | ||
| Norman Jorgensen | James Foley | The Last Viking | Fremantle Press | ||
| Tom Taylor | James Brouwer | The Deep: Here Be Dragons | Gestalt Publishing | ||
| Margaret Wild | Andrew Yeo | Vampyre | Walker Books | ||
| 2012 | Graeme Base* | Graeme Base | Little Elephants | Viking Penguin | |
| Gary Crew | Ross Watkins | The Little Boy Who Grew into a Tree | Penguin Group Australia | ||
| Gary Crew | Den Scheer | In the Beech Forest | Ford Street Publishing | ||
| Mark Wilson | Mark Wilson | Inside the World of Tom Roberts | Lothian Children's Books |
