Ena Noël Award 2024 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the biennial Ena Noël Award has been announced by the Australian branch of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).
The shortlisted authors and illustrators are:
Author
- Reece Carter for A Girl Called Corpse (A&U)
- Meg Gatland-Veness for When Only One (Pantera)
- Jess McGeachin for Kind (A&U)
- Kirli Saunders for Our Dreaming (Scholastic)
- Holden Sheppard for The Brink (Text)
- Rhiannon Williams for Dusty in the Outwilds (Hardie Grant)
Illustrator
- Gabriel Evans for A Friend for George (Puffin)
- Sally Soweol Han for Tiny Wonders (UQP)
- Sher Rill Ng for Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (Working Title Press)
- Michelle Pereira for The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name (Hardie Grant)
- Jeremy Worrall for Etta and the Shadow Taboo (Hardie Grant).
Established in 1994, the Ena Noël Award is awarded to young Australian emerging writers and illustrators under the age of 35 who have had books published in the two years prior to the award closing date. This is the first year the award will be presented to both an author and illustrator, after IBBY announced the change to two prizes last year, in recognition of the importance of visual literacy and the role that illustration plays in complementing the textual narrative in children’s and young people’s literature.
The winners will be announced on International Children’s Book Day, 2 April 2024.
The previous Ena Noël Award was presented to Gary Lonesborough for his debut YA novel The Boy from the Mish (A&U).
More details about the award is available on the IBBY Australia website.
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