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 each year in Australia. They celebrate amazing books in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. These awards recognize Australian writers who create exciting stories. To be considered, a book must be published by an Australian writer between January 1 and December 31 of a given year. The winners are announced the following year.
The Aurealis Awards started in 1995 as a small gathering. Now, it's a big two-day event with over 200 people! Over the years, the awards have grown to include many different categories. These include awards for novels, short fiction, graphic novels, and children's books. Publishers like HarperCollins and Orbit support these awards, showing how important they are in the world of books.
A group of judges decides the winners. They look at all the nominated books and create a shorter list of finalists. Sometimes, if two books are equally good, they might both win! The judges are chosen by the Award's management team.
This article focuses on the award for children's fiction that is mostly told through pictures. This award has changed its name a few times. It started in 2001 as "best children's short fiction." In 2008, it became "best children's illustrated work/picture book." Then, in 2010, it was renamed "best children's fiction (told primarily through pictures)."
This award has now joined with the award for children's fiction told mostly through words. They are now both part of the Aurealis Award for best children's book.
Since 2001, some books have also received "honourable mentions" or were "highly commended." Out of 20 winners, Kim Gamble is the only person to have won this award twice. Anna Fienberg has been nominated the most times, with six nominations. Barbara Fienberg has been a finalist four times without winning.
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Aurealis Award for Best Children's Short Fiction
Winners and Nominees (2001–2007)
This table shows the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Short Fiction" award. The years listed are when the books were published. The awards ceremony always happens the next year.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Author(s) | Short story | Publisher or publication | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Honourable Mentions and Highly Commended Short Stories
This table lists books that received special mentions. The years are when the books were published.
* Highly commended
* Honourable mentions
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 show 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 table shows the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Illustrated Work/Picture Book" award. The years listed are when the books were published.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Author(s) | Illustrator(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 show 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 table shows the winners and nominees for the "Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures)" award. The years listed are when the books were published.
* Winners and joint winners
* Nominees on the shortlist
| Year | Writer(s) | Illustrator(s) | Work | Publisher | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
