Margaret Mahy Medal Award
This award is presented annually to a person who has made an especially significant contribution to children’s literature, publishing or literacy, and honours New Zealand’s leading author for children. Members of the Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand are asked to nominate contenders for the award, and a panel from the NZCLF selects the recipient. A ceremony is held in March each year where the recipient delivers the Margaret Mahy Lecture and is presented with the Margaret Mahy medal.
Recipients of the Margaret Mahy Medal are:
2010
Barbara Larson, publisher. For her “continuing personal commitment to publishing high quality novels for teenagers”
2009
Andrew Crowe writer, photographer. The first non-fiction writer to win this award, Andrew Crowe is a natural history writer and photographer.
2008
Wayne Mills lecturer University of Auckland education lecturer Wayne Mills, initiator of children’s literature quizzes in New Zealand and internationally
2007
Ken Catran writer Teen Literature: Demons Old and New - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2007
2006
Robyn Belton illustrator Gathering Images: The Stories Behind the Pictures - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2006
2005
David Hill writer By the Book - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2005
2004
Pamela Allen - writer, illustrator My Picture Books - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2004 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2004, Storylines: Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2003
Jack Lasenby - writer Changes and Origins - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2003 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2003, Storylines: Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2002
Maurice Gee - writer Creeks and kitchens - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2002 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2002, Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2001
Sherryl Jordan - writer Journeys of the heart - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2001 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2001, Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2000
Gavin Bishop - writer, illustrator Kia Ora, Professor Cole - The Margaret Mahy Lecture - 2000 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2000, Children’s Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
1999
Lynley Dodd - author and illustrator Writing the pictures and painting the words - The Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in The Inside Story, New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1999)
1998
William Taylor - writer, reviewer A strange way for an adult male to be making a living - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1998)
1997 Ann Mallinson - publisher (Mallinson Rendel) From a Trickle to a River - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1997)
1996
Tessa Duder - writer, reviewer Learning to Swim in the Deep - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1996)
1995
Elsie Locke - author, ardent advocate for New Zealand children’s literature You Must Do it Better - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1996)
1994
Betty Gilderdale - author, reviewer, lecturer Some Cautionary Tales: The Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children’s Book Foundation Year Book, 1997)
1993
Joy Cowley - writer, lecturer Influences: The 1993 Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children’s Book Foundation, 1993
1992
Dorothy Butler - author, bookseller, reviewer, lecturer and authority on children’s books Telling Tales: The 1992 Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children’s Book Foundation, 1993
1991
Margaret Mahy - writer, speaker Surprising Moments: The Inaugural Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children’s Book Foundation, 1991