Leila St John Award facts for kids
The Leila St John Award is an annual award presented in the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards by the Victorian branch. The award was first made in 1999.
The CBCA Victoria Branch established the award in recognition of the Leila St John, a founding member in the branch. St John was very active in the branch activities and appeals.
To see the history of the CBCA and other CBCA Awards, see: List of CBCA Awards
Award category and description
The Leila St John Award is awarded for services to children's literature in Victoria.
List of winners
Annual winners of the award have been:
- 1999 — Bea Fincher
- 2000 — Moira Robinson
- 2001 — joint awards
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- Ann Haddon
- Ann James
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- 2002 — Margaret Dunkle
- 2003 — Kay Keck
- 2004 — award not made
- 2005 — Nell Bell
- 2006 — award not made
- 2007 — Anne Hanzl
- 2008 — Pam Macintyre
- 2009 — Albert Ullin OAM
- 2010 — Pam Horsey
- 2011 — Eileen Nelson
- 2012 — award not made
- 2013 — Kim Yeomans
- 2014 — Jo Goodman
- 2015 — Dr Virginia Lowe
- 2016 — Geri Coughlin
- 2017 — Geraldine Woolnough
- 2018 — Kathy Kozlowski
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