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Winners

2024

A01 - Picture Book - Preschool

Final Judge: Cathy Vallance, UQP

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Shaye Wardrop

In A Hug

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Karyn Savage

My Pet Archie

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Sue Scott

The Most Magnificent Sheep

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Amanda Burrell

Ferdie and Flip

A02 - Picture Book - Primary School

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Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

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Seetha Dodd

Oscar Goes Wild

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Lindsay Fletcher

Perfectly Ordinary

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Pamela Ueckerman

Scotts Octopus Blues

A03 - Picture Book - Primary - Non-Fiction

Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

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Jevita Nilson

New Life

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Paul Rodriguez

Sea Search

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Billie Rooney

Crab Walk

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Susan Hancy

Mud Soldier

A04 - Chapter Book - Younger Readers

Final Judge: Coral Huckstep, Affirm Press

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Susan Hancy

The Holiday Diaries - Book 1 - Yeti Spaghetti

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Jevita Nilson

Frankie and Tiny: Quest for the Invisiberry

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Danielle Cerin

Eric Strangely Curse

A05  - Chapter Books - Older readers

Final Judge: Kate Wenban, Scholastic

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Bethany Loveridge

The Coin Clipper

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Susan Hancy

First Girl in Space

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Susan Yardley

Slipstream

A06 - Young Adult

Final Judge: Luna Soo, Hardie Grant

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Hannah Gardner

Our Place

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R.M.Little

Saltwater and Ash

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Susan Hancy

Artificial Revolution

A10 - Stories for Adults

Final Judge: Clive Hebard, Penguin Random House Australia

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Margaret Riseley

In Deep (Sh..)Water

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Alison Richards

A Small Cemetary

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Sandy Verschoor

Shark Bait

H01 - Hatchlings - Picture Books

Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

Suwan L

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A Pond Where Art Lives

Joshua M

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Nosy Nessie

Zali R

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Doughnut the Furious Cat

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Suwan L

A Pond Where Art Lives

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Joshua M

Nosy Nessie

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Zali R

Doughnut the Furious Cat

H02 - Hatchlings - Chapter Books & YA Novels

Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

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Jacob B

The Cursed Land

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Cody E

Hunters and Hunted

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Lucy E

Mind Murder

H10 - Under 18s - Stories for Adults

Final Judge: Clive Hebard, Penguin Random House Australia

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Lily D

The Eighth Day

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Magnus O

Loving Miranda

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Tzivia F

The butterfly that carries guilt on her shoulder

CYA - Published

Final Judge: Clare Hallifax, Walker Books

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Tina Strachan

Unheard

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Kate Foster & Dee White

Mirrors

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Elizabeth Pulsford

Shell for Seymour, Roly-Poly, The Disposables and the awful truth

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Michelle Wilson

Dingos Flawsome Christmas, Shell Shopping, The Red Rug

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Kate Foster

A River's Voice

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Steve Heron

Nube the Newest Little Cloud, Baitu and the Jade Rabbit, Shoo Roo

Hatchlings Illustrations

Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

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Ayla J

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Motion in the ocean

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Ella Z

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The Motion of Narratives

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Adelaide D

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Where to Next?

A10

Aspiring Illustrations

Final Judge: Nicola Santilli, Allen & Unwin

Liam J
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Kristian Aus

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Rollercoaster

Liam J
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Kruti Desai

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Story Time - Puppet show

Liam J
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Lauren Saunders

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We raced over fields

Published Illustrations

Final Judge: Clare Hallifax, Walker Books

Lara Porter

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Liam J
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All the wheels go round and round.

Annabelle Hale

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Liam J
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In Motion

Jennifer Horn

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Liam J
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On The Move

Louis Decrevel

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Liam J
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The Wolf Sniffled

Sarah Turner

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Liam J
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The Pursuit

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