Nan Chauncy Award

Nan Chauncy Award

The Nan Chauncy Award was initially established as a quinquennial awards and is now presented biennially in the Children's Book Council Awards.[1]

The award was established to honour Nan Chauncy, who is recognised as a significant Tasmanian author.[2]

Contents

Award Category and Description

The Nan Chauncy Award is to recognise a person’s outstanding contribution to the field of children’s literature in Australia.[1]

List of Nan Chauncy Award Winners

  • 1983 - Marcie Muir
  • 1988 - Joyce Oldmeadow
  • 1993 - Laurie Copping
  • 1998 - Walter McVitty
  • 2000 - Belle Alderman
  • 2002 - Maurice Saxby
  • 2004 - Margaret Hamilton
  • 2006 - Muriel Barwell
  • 2008 - Margaret Wild

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ a b "The Nan Chauncy Award". Children's Book Council Awards. http://www.cbc.org.au/vic/award.html#nan. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  2. ^ "Nan Chauncy (1900 - 1970), Author". Tasmanian Government website. http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/nan_chauncey.html. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 

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