Tom Fitzgibbon Award

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Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award
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Sponsored byStorylines
Country New Zealand
Reward(s) NZ$1,500
First award1996 (1996)
Website Official website

The Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award is a New Zealand award for writers of children's literature. The award is open only to previously unpublished writers for an original work of fiction intended for children between 7 and 13 years of age. It is given annually, when merited, to the author in partnership with Scholastic NZ. [1]

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About

The Tom Fitzgibbon Award (officially known as the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award) is a New Zealand literature award for previously unpublished writers who have written a manuscript for children aged between 7 and 13 years of age. The award comes with a cash prize, and the offer of publication (through Scholastic NZ).

Eligibility

To be eligible for the award, the entrant cannot have had any work of fiction published in print or digital format (provisos exist for small-run self-published works, and smaller pieces in magazines and journals). [1]

Winners

YearAuthorTitle
1996 Iona McNaughton [2] Summer of Shadows [3]
1997 Heather Cato [4] Dark Horses [5]
1998 Vince Ford [6] 2MUCH4U [7]
1999 Shirley Corlett [8] The Stolen [9]
2000 Alison Robertson [10] Knocked for Six [11]
2001no award
2002 Janet Pates [12] Mystery at Tui Bay [13]
2003 Jillian Sullivan [14] Shreve's Promise [15]
2004 Brigid Feehan [16] Stella Star [17]
2005 Heather McQuillan [18] Mind Over Matter [19]
2006 Vicki Simpson [20] Yo, Shark Bait! [21]
2007Kris Stanhope (published as Michael Fartarsky) [22] Why I Hate School [23]
2008 Elizabeth Hegarty [24] Salt River [25]
2009Anna Gowan [26] Hollie Chips [27]
2010 Leonie Agnew [28] Super Finn [29]
2011Kathy Taylor [30] Iris's Ukulele [31]
2012no award
2013Juliet Jacka [32] The Night of the Perigee Moon [33]
2014Suzanne Main [34] How I Alienated My Grandma [35]
2015Tom E. Moffatt [36] Barking Mad [37]
2016Anne Kayes [38] Tui Street Tales [39]
2017Christine Walker [1] The Short But Brilliant Career of Lucas Weed [40]
2018James T. Guthrie [1] Bullseye Bella [41]
2019no award
2020Belinda O'KeefeA Recipe for Disaster published as Partners in Slime [42]
2021Carol GardenKidnap at Mystery Island
2022Feana Tu’akoiA Perfect Failure, published as Lopini the Legend [43]
2023Claire AramakutuKoro's Star [44]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "McNaughton, Iona". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ McNaughton, Iona (1997). Summer of shadows. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   1869433599. OCLC   154725690.
  4. ↑ "Heather Cato". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Cato, Heather (1997). Dark horses. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   1869433866. OCLC   154649059.
  6. ↑ "Ford, Vince". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Ford, Vince (1999). 2MUCH4U . Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869434168. OCLC   47165500.
  8. ↑ "Corlett, Shirley". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Corlett, Shirley (2000). The stolen. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869434502. OCLC   52720544.
  10. ↑ "Robertson, Alison". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Robertson, Alison (2001). Knocked for six. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869433130. OCLC   78795170.
  12. ↑ "Pates, Janet". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  13. ↑ Pates, Janet (2003). Mystery at Tui Bay. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic New Zealand. ISBN   9781869435639. OCLC   155840701.
  14. ↑ "Sullivan, Jillian". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  15. ↑ Sullivan, Jillian (2004). Shreve's promise. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869436094. OCLC   156730046.
  16. ↑ "Feehan, Brigid". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  17. ↑ Feehan, Brigid (2005). Stella Star. Auckland [N.Z.]: Scholastic. ISBN   1869436741. OCLC   67402321.
  18. ↑ "McQuillan, Heather". New Zealand Book Council. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  19. ↑ McQuillan, Heather (2006). Mind over matter (1st ed.). Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869437428. OCLC   156698198.
  20. ↑ "Vicki Simpson". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  21. ↑ Simpson, Vicki (2007). Yo, shark bait!. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869438012. OCLC   156759268.
  22. ↑ "Kris Stanhope". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  23. ↑ Stanhope, Kris (2008). Why I hate school by Michael Fatarsky. Auckland [N.Z.]: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869438715. OCLC   191480029.
  24. ↑ "Elizabeth Hegarty". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  25. ↑ Hegarty, Elizabeth (2009). Salt River. Auckland [N.Z.]: Scholastic New Zealand. ISBN   9781869439088. OCLC   262282614.
  26. ↑ "Anna Gowan". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  27. ↑ Gowan, Anna (2010). Hollie Chips. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869439316. OCLC   503005162.
  28. ↑ "Leonie Agnew". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  29. ↑ Agnew, Leonie (2011). Super Finn. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781869439996. OCLC   698451314.
  30. ↑ "Kathy Taylor". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  31. ↑ Taylor, Kathy (2012). Iris's ukulele. Auckland, N.Z.: Scholastic. ISBN   9781775430544. OCLC   767650411.
  32. ↑ "Juliet Jacka". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  33. ↑ Jacka, Juliet. Night of the perigee moon. Auckland. ISBN   9781775432036. OCLC   871047131.
  34. ↑ "Suzanne Main". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  35. ↑ Main, Suzanne. How I alienated my grandma. Auckland. ISBN   1775433064. OCLC   904336704.
  36. ↑ "Local author a big kid at heart". New Zealand Herald. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  37. ↑ Moffatt, Tom E. Barking mad. Beavis, Paul, 1971-. Auckland. ISBN   9781775433743. OCLC   946520751.
  38. ↑ "Anne Kayes". Storylines. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  39. ↑ Kayes, Anne. Tui Street tales. Auckland. ISBN   1775434729. OCLC   978281779.
  40. ↑ Walker, Chrissie. The short but brilliant career of Lucas Weed. Auckland. ISBN   1775435083. OCLC   1016849188.
  41. ↑ Guthrie, James T. Bullseye Bella. Auckland. ISBN   1775435733. OCLC   1083235775.
  42. ↑ "Drawing inspiration from kids and slime". RNZ . 5 April 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  43. ↑ "Feana Tu'akoi". Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  44. ↑ "Claire Aramakutu". Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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