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Tessa Duder Award

The Storylines Tessa Duder Award is a New Zealand award made to the author of a work of fiction for young adults aged 13 and above.

History edit

The Tessa Duder Award (officially known as the Storylines Tessa Duder Award) first began in 2010, in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers. It is now sponsored by Walker Books Australia. The award is named after New Zealand writer Tessa Duder in recognition of her outstanding contribution to children's literature, both as a writer and as a supporter and promoter of children's books and publishing.

The award comes with a cash prize and the offer of publication.

The award is presented at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day together with the Margaret Mahy Award and the announcement of the winners of the Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend closest to 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (and the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen).[1]

Eligibility and conditions edit

  • The award is open to all New Zealand writers, published and unpublished
  • The award is made biennially; however, if no entry is judged to be of publishable standard, no award is made that year
  • Manuscripts are submitted by the end of October; the award is announced the following March, and the winning manuscript is published the following year.

List of winners by year edit

2011: Hugh Brown;[2] manuscript published as Reach[3][4]

Finalist in New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2013[5]

2012: Rachel Stedman; manuscript published as A Necklace of Souls[6]

Winner of Best First Book in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2014[6][7]

2013: No award

2015: No award

2016: Gareth Ward;[8] manuscript entitled The Sin Chronicles: New Blood, published as The Traitor and the Thief[9]

Finalist in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2018[10]

2018: Tina Shaw;[11] manuscript entitled Ursa[12][13]

2020: Cristina Sanders; manuscript entitled Displaced[14]

2022: Leonie Agnew; manuscript published as The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp[15]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day – April 8, Auckland". NZSA The New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Hugh Brown". Storylines. February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Success for Whitireia Children's Writers". Whitireia New Zealand. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Success for local writers". KC News. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ^ "New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards - finalists announced". Creative NZ. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b Manins, Rosie (8 April 2014). "Dunedin author among award finalists". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Past Winners by Year: 2014". New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Gareth Ward". Storylines. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. ^ Hall, Linda (10 April 2016). "Award gives validation". NZ herald. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  10. ^ "2018 Awards". New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  11. ^ "Shaw, Tina". New Zealand Book Council: Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa. January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Storylines' Award Winners Announced at Margaret Mahy Awards Day, 8 April 2018". Booksellers NZ. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  13. ^ ""Make a Hard Fist" - fighting off unwanted attention". Radio New Zealand. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Storylines Tessa Duder Award". www.storylines.org.nz. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Leonie Agnew". Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

External links edit

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