The CBCA Award for New Illustrator (previously Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration) is one of several awards presented annually by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA).
The award was originally set up from a legacy made to the Victorian Branch of the CBCA by Wallace Raymond Crichton in 1985. [1] The first award was presented in 1988. [2]
In 2019, the award transferred to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards and was renamed the CBCA Award for New Illustrator. It is managed by the national awards committee and funded by the CBCA Awards Foundation.
The CBCA Award for New Illustrator is for recognising new talent in the field of Australian children's book illustration. [1]
| Year | Illustrator | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Daniel Gray-Barnett | Grandma Z | [3] |
| 2020 | Jasmine Seymour | Baby Business | [4] |
| 2021 | Zeno Sworder | This Small Blue Dot | [5] |
| 2022 | Michelle Pereira | The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name | [6] |
| 2023 | Sally Soweol Han | Tiny Wonders | [7] |
| Year | Author | Title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Raymond Meeks | The Pheasant and the Kingfisher | |
| 1989 | Marilyn Pride | Australian Dinosaurs | |
| 1990 | Jeanie Adams | Pigs and Honey | |
| 1991 | Grace Fielding | Bip, the Snapping Bungaroo | |
| 1992 | Kim Gamble | The Magnificent Nose & Other Marvels | [8] |
| 1993 | Donna Leslie | Alitiji in Dreamland | |
| 1994 | Jenny Sands | Is it True Grandfather? | |
| 1995 | Astri Baker | I Wish I'd Gone to the Moon with Neil Armstrong | |
| 1995 | Geoff Kelly | Power and Glory | |
| 1996 | Anne Spudvilas | The Race | |
| 1997 | Sally Rippin | Fang Fang's Chinese New Year | |
| 1998 | Anna Pignataro | I'm in the Sky and I Can't Come Back | |
| 1998 | Shaun Tan | The Viewer | |
| 1999 | No winner | ||
| 2000 | Lorette Broekstra | Baby Bear goes to the Zoo | |
| 2001 | Caroline Magerl | Grandma's Shoes | |
| 2002 | Mini Goss | When Mum was Little | |
| 2003 | Naomi Mairou | The Dugong Meadow | |
| 2004 | Freya Blackwood | Two Summers | |
| 2005 | Declan Lee | Wings | |
| 2006 | Jeremy Geddes | The Mystery of Eilean Mor | |
| 2007 | Vince Agostino | When elephants lived in the sea | |
| 2008 | Anna Walker | Santa’s Aussie Holiday | |
| 2009 | Sarah Davis | Mending Lucille | |
| 2010 | Andy Geppert | Little Big Tree | |
| 2010 | Andrew Joyner | The Terrible Plop | |
| 2011 | Clare McFadden | The Flying Orchestra | |
| 2012 | Sara Acton | Ben & Duck | |
| 2013 | Marc Martin | A Forest | |
| 2014 | Graham Byrne | Big Red Kangaroo | |
| 2015 | Michael Camilleri | One Minute's Silence | [9] |
| 2016 | Allison Colpoys | The Underwater Fancy Dress Parade | [10] |
| 2017 | Van T. Rudd | The Patchwork Bike | [11] |
| 2018 | Rovina Cai | Tintinnabula | [12] |
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