Leila St John Award
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The Leila St John Award is an annual award presented in the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards by the Victorian branch.[1] 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.[1]
List of winners
Annual winners of the award have been:[2]
- 1999 — Bea Fincher
- 2000 — Moira Robinson
- 2001 — joint awards
- Ann Haddon
- Ann James
- 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[3]
- 2019 — not awarded due to COVID-19[4]
- 2020 — Christine Oughtred[5]
- 2021 — Paul Collins
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Leila St John Award". Children's Book Council Awards. Archived from the original on 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
- ^ "Leila St John and the Leila St John Award". Vic Branch, The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Kozlowski wins Leila St John Award". Books+Publishing. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Annual Report 2020/2021" (PDF). The Children's Book Council of Australia, Victoria. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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