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Oct 31

2018 Winners Announced

  • October 31, 2018
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The YABBA Award winners have been declared for 2018.

The YABBA Council is delighted that today at Mernda Central College 404 students, 27 Authors and Illustrators, plus 50 adults participated in the 33rd Annual YABBA Awards.

The Authors and Illustrators at the Awards on 31 October 2017 were

Adam Wallace
Alex Miles
Andy Griffiths
Belinda Murrell
Carole Wilkinson
Caz Goodwin
Claire Saxby
Coral Vass
Craig Smith

Dale Baker
Felice Arena
George Ivanoff
Hazel Edwards
Heath McKenzie
James Hart
Mark Wilson
Meredith Costain
Michael Panckridge

Michael Salmon
Nicky Johnston
R.A. Spratt
Serena Geddes
Sherryl Clark
Spider Lee
Sue Bursztynski
Tim Harris
Tony Wilson

The 2018 Winning Books Are

Congratulations to the authors, illustrators and publishers of the winning books.

Fiction for Years 7-9

The Fall

Written by Tristan Bancks

Published 2017 by Penguin Random House Australia

Fiction for Older Readers

The 91-Storey Treehouse

Written by Andy Griffiths

Illustrated by Terry Denton

Published 2017 by Pan Macmillan

Fiction for Younger Readers

Bad Guys: Intergalactic Gas

Written and Illustrated by Aaron Blabey

Published 2017 by Scholastic Australia

Picture Storybooks

Do Not Open This Book Again!

Written by Andy Lee

Illustrated by Heath McKenzie

Published 2017 by Lake Press

Additional Citations Presented on the Day

Graham Davey Citation

Meredith Costain
Author of 100’s of published books
Written across an array of genres
Great supporter of YABBA
Editor of Children’s literature magazines

Hall of Fame Induction

Our Australian Girl (Series)
Books in the Our Australian Girl series nominated include
Meet Grace – 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018
Meet Poppy – 2015
Nellie’s Quest –  2017
Rose in Bloom – 2017

We congratulate all the creators behind this amazing series of books.

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