Hall of Fame

Books Nominated 5 Years

Never Won a YABBA

A Special Place in the Readers Hearts

YABBA Hall of Fame

Many great books are nominated each year, but only one can actually be the winner. Some books are nominated year in year out, but never get to win a YABBA Award.

Once a book has been nominated five times, but has yet to win a YABBA, we feel it deserves recognition for the special place it occupies in the hearts and minds of Victorian children.  That’s why we have the Hall of Fame.

These books have been inducted into the YABBA Hall of Fame over the years because they have been nominated five times but not won a YABBA.

Honour Roll

2004
Emily Rodda
Craig Smith
2004
Robin Klein
2004
Dorothy Wall
2004
May Gibbs
2004
John Marsden
2004
Bob Graham
2004
John Marsden
2004
Robin Klein
Noela Young
2004
Robin Klein
Melissa Webb
2004
Dann Max
Terry Denton
2004
Paul Jennings
Peter Gouldthorpe
2004
Thurley Fowler
2004
Colin Thiele
2004
Robin Klein
Rolf Heimann
2004
Andy Griffiths
Terry Denton
2004
Norman Lindsay
2004
Margaret Wild
Ann James
2004
Morris Gleitzman
2004
Graeme Base
2004
Robin Klein
Ann James
2004
Robin Klein
2004
Emily Rodda
Noela Young
2004
Ruth Park
2004
Mem Fox
Julie Vivas
2004
Emily Rodda
Geoff Kelly
2004
John Marsden
2004
John Marsden
2004
Colin Thiele
2004
John Marsden
2004
Emily Rodda
Noela Young
2004
Pamela Allen
2004
Marcia K. Vaughan
Pamela Lofts
2005
Jackie French
2008
Felice Arena
Phil Kettle
2011
Leigh Hobbs
2011
Morris Gleitzman
2011
Andy Griffiths
2014
John Flanagan
2016
Felice Arena
Garry Lyon
2018
Jane Godwin
Davina Bell
Rita Hart
Sally Rippin
Penny Matthews-
Sofie Laguna
Alison Lloyd
Gabrielle Wang
Sherryl Clark
2020
Johanna Bell
Dion Beasley
2022
Belinda Murrell