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The BILBY Awards are organised annually by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. The name of the award, BILBY, is an acronym of 'Books I Love Best Yearly'.

These awards are children's choice awards. Each year Queensland children are asked to nominate their favourite book that they have read in the past year; only the winners from the previous two years are excluded from nomination. The nominations are made in three readership categories (see below). The nomination process is the first phase of the awards.

In each category, around five of the most popularly nominated books are grouped into shortlists. In the second phase of the awards students are encouraged to read the books from the list in their readership category and vote for their favourite title. The book receiving the most votes is declared the winner in its category.

Award category and description

Prior to 1997 there were three Awards categories for primary school readers – Read Alone, Read Aloud and Read Australian – and one category for Secondary. In 1997 a readership format was introduced, though the Early Readers category was first called the Picture Book category, then the Early Childhood category .

Currently there are three categories:

• Early Readers – for books for readers under 8 years old
• Younger Readers – for books for readers between 8 and 12 years old
• Older Readers – for books for readers over 12 years old.

List of BILBY Award winners

Early Readers Award

Note: Before 2001, this award was called the "Early Childhood" (1990–1999), "Picture Book" (1998–1997) and "Read Alone" (1996–1990) awards.

Younger Readers Award

Note: Before 1997, this award was called the "Read Aloud Award".

Older Readers Award

Read Australia Award

See also

• List of Australian literary awards
• List of CBCA Awards

Notes

1. ^ "What are the BILBY awards?". Children's Book Council of Australia (Qld Branch) Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
2. Mem: 11124904. "BILBY Awards 2018 shortlists announced | Books+Publishing". Retrieved 2022-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. ^ "BILBY Awards 2017 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2022-04-02.

References

• Bilby Award website
• Bilby Award website - Previous Winners
• CBCA Awards

• Children's Book Council of Australia
• Australian literary awards