Joy cowley award
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The Joy Cowley Award was established by Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand in 2002 to honour the outstanding contribution to children's literature by Joy Cowley
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The Award is for a picture book manuscript, of no more than 1000 words, for children 0-7 or 7 – 13 years and is awarded annually, when merited. It consists of an award of NZ$1500 with an offer of publication by Scholastic New Zealand.
Entries close October 31 each year. The award is announced each year in March and the book published the following year. The entrants must be residents of New Zealand.
Joy Cowley
Cassia "Joy" Cowley, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand author of novels, short stories, and children's fiction.Her first novel, Nest in a Fallen Tree , was converted into the 1971 film The Night Digger by Roald Dahl...
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The Award is for a picture book manuscript, of no more than 1000 words, for children 0-7 or 7 – 13 years and is awarded annually, when merited. It consists of an award of NZ$1500 with an offer of publication by Scholastic New Zealand.
Entries close October 31 each year. The award is announced each year in March and the book published the following year. The entrants must be residents of New Zealand.
| Year | Author | Book | |
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| 2003 | Julie Leibrich | The Biggest Number in the Universe | |
| 2004 | Jean Prior | The Waka | |
| 2005 | Kyle Mewburn | Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! | |
| 2006: | Moira Wairama | The Puppet Box | |
| 2007 | no award | ||
| 2008 | Michelle Osment | Tiny Miss Dott and Her Dotty Umbrella | |
| 2009 | June Peka | Magpie Mischief | |
| 2010 | Lucy Davey | Out of Bed, Fred! | |
| 2011 | Sarah Johnson |