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Awards
- Aurealis Awards
The Aurealis Awards recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.
www.aurealisawards.com/index.htm
- Australian
Children's Book of the Year Awards (Children's Book Council of Australia)
The official site for the Awards lists current and previous winning and shortlisted titles for each year from 1946 to the present along with links to notable titles, the history of the awards, and information about judging.
From 2003, reviews of shortlisted titles, with curriculum application statements, are available on the Library Services Website.
cbca.org.au/index.htm
- BILBY
Awards
The Bilby Awards are Queensland's children's choice awards. They are run
by the Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch).
www.pa.ash.org.au/cbc/bilbyawards/
- Carnegie
and Kate Greenaway Medals (CILIP)
These British awards are for an outstanding book for children and young
people (the Carnegie Medal) and for an outstanding book in terms of illustration
for children and young people (The Kate Greenaway Medal).
www.cilip.org.uk/aboutcilip/medalsandawards/
- The
John Newbery Medal (ALSC)
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/%2fnewberymedal/newberymedal.htm
- The
Randolph Caldecott Medal (ALSC)
The Caldecott Medal is awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished
American picture book for children.
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
- YABBA
– Young Australians' Best Book Award
YABBA is devoted to promoting Australian fiction to children. The YABBA
awards are presented annually and children choose the books awarded. Awards
are in 3 sections: Picture Story Books, Fiction for Younger Readers, Fiction
for Older Readers.
home.vicnet.net.au/~yabba/
Challenges
- Online Readers Cup
As part of the Online Literature Festival, Education Queensland's Learning Place is conducting an Online Readers' Cup for primary students and their teachers, based on the CBCA 2007 Shortlist.
www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=35354
- The MS Readathon
The MS Readathon encourages students to record all of their reading during June, while getting sponsorship from family and friends to support Australians living with Multiple Sclerosis.
www.msreadathon.org.au
- The Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge begins in May.
education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge/
- The Queensland Readers Cup
Teams of four students from Years 6/7 and Years 8/9 compete in regional finals by reading five or six set titles. As a team they answer questions on each of the books. The winning team goes on to the state finals in Brisbane to represent their region..
www.cbc.org.au/qld/rcup.htm
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