Feather hare award

The Spring Bunny Prize , advertised by Design Austria in cooperation with the Main Association of Austrian Book Trade and the International Institute for Youth Literature, awarded from 1996 to 2002 the best book covers in children's and youth literature. The prize was endowed with 3,000 euros.

Feather hares

The feather rabbits were founded in 1991 by Winfried Opgenoorth and Gerda Anger-Schmidt . They are a relaxed community of children's book authors based in Vienna . Since it was founded, established and newly added authors and illustrators from the children's book sector have met every first Monday of the month in Café Florianihof for a monthly jour fixe . The purpose of the monthly meeting is to exchange ideas and experiences and to talk to like-minded people. Every now and then, small trips and celebrations are organized together.

Award winners

• 1996 Nurmi, the bear by Stefan Slupetzky
• 1996
  • 1st place: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne with illustrations by Doris Eisenburger
  • 2nd place: The sea fire by Wolfgang Hohlbein with illustrations by Doris Eisenburger
  • Benni and the seven lions by Heinz Janisch with illustrations by Gabriele Kernke
• 1997 Lars Elling
• 1998 Emma Pippifilippi by Maria Blazejovsky
• 1999 Andrej Dugin , Olga Dugina
• 2001
  • 2nd place: Legends from Tyrol by Friedl Hofbauer with illustrations by Dominic Groebner
• Whack boom! by Heinz Janisch with illustrations by Helga Bansch
• 2002
  • Expert jury
    • 1st place: Ms. Maikäfer flies by Martin Auer with illustrations by Linda Wolfsgruber
    • 2nd place: How the camel got to its hump by Rudyard Kipling with illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger
    • 3rd place: The zoo is fun by Sigrid Laube with illustrations by Maria Blazejovsky
  • Jury of critics
    • 3rd place: Luzi by Martin Auer , illustrations by Linda Wolfsgruber
    • 3rd place: Vienna city guide for children with illustrations by Sibylle Vogel
  • Children's jury
    • Martin Selle

successor

The Spring Hare Prize was replaced in 2003 by the Romolus Candea Prize .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Winfried Opgenoorth's website accessed on February 1, 2016