Leila St John Award

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]

See also

References
  1. "The Leila St John Award". Children's Book Council Awards. Archived from the original on 2007-07-23. Retrieved 2007-07-31.
  2. "Leila St John and the Leila St John Award". Vic Branch, The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  3. "Kozlowski wins Leila St John Award". Books+Publishing. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
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