The BILBY Awards are organised annually by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia.[1] The name of the award, BILBY, is an acronym of 'Books I Love Best Yearly'.[2]
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.
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 [see below].
Currently there are three categories:
Note: Before 2001, this award was called the "Early Childhood" (1990–1999), "Picture Book" (1998–1997) and "Read Alone" (1996–1990) awards.
| Year | Author | Book | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Superfudge | Winner | ||
| 1991 | Winner | |||
| 1992 | Unreal! | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Winner | |||
| 1994 | Undone! | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Winner | |||
| 1996 | Where's Wally? | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Bamboozled | Winner | ||
| 1998 | Winner | |||
| 1999 | Gasp! | Winner | ||
| 2000 | Grandad's Teeth | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Where's Wally? | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Buffy – An Adventure Story | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Winner | |||
| 2004 | Winner | |||
| 2005 | Old Tom's Holiday | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Baby Boomsticks | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Ugly fish | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Diary of a Wombat | Winner | ||
| 2009 | The Twits | Winner | ||
| 2010 | Zac Power: Poison Island | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library! | Winner | ||
| 2012 | The Cat in the Hat | Winner | ||
| 2013 | Bamboozled | Winner | ||
| 2014 | Art & Max | Winner | ||
| 2015 | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! | Winner | ||
| 2016 | The Book With No Pictures | Winner | ||
| 2017 | Aaron Blabey[3] | Pig the Pug | Winner | |
| 2018 | Andy Lee, illus. Heath McKenzie | Do Not Open This Book | Winner |
Note: Before 1997, this award was called the "Read Aloud Award".
| Year | Author | Book | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Matilda | Winner | ||
| 1991 | Winner | |||
| 1992 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Blabber Mouth | Winner | ||
| 1994 | Fantastic Mr Fox | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Winner | |||
| 1996 | When the Wind Changed | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Matilda | Winner | ||
| 1998 | Polar, the Titanic Bear | Winner | ||
| 1999 | Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase | Winner | ||
| 2000 | Just Stupid! | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Harry Potter series | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Just Crazy! | Winner | ||
| 2003 | Winner | |||
| 2004 | Just Disgusting! | Winner | ||
| 2005 | Winner | |||
| 2006 | Just Crazy! | Winner | ||
| 2007 | The Cat on the Mat Is Flat | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Just Shocking! | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Pencil of doom! | Winner | ||
| 2010 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Winner | |||
| 2012 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Winner | ||
| 2013 | The 26-Storey Treehouse | Winner | ||
| 2014 | Eric Vale, Epic Fail | Winner | ||
| 2015 | The 52-Storey Treehouse | Winner | ||
| 2016 | The 65-Storey Treehouse | Winner | ||
| 2017 | The 76-Storey Treehouse | Winner | ||
| 2018 | The 91-Storey Treehouse | Winner |
| Year | Author | Book | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Winner | |||
| 1991 | Winner | |||
| 1992 | Where's Wally? | Winner | ||
| 1993 | Flowers in the Attic | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Looking for Alibrandi | Winner | ||
| 1996 | Jurassic Park | Winner | ||
| 1997 | Winner | |||
| 1998 | Tomorrow, When the War Began | Winner | ||
| 1999 | Bumface | Winner | ||
| 2000 | Looking for Alibrandi | Winner | ||
| 2001 | Harry Potter series | Winner | ||
| 2002 | Winner | |||
| 2003 | Various authors | Two of a Kind series | Winner | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Winner | ||
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Winner | ||
| 2006 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Winner | ||
| 2007 | Eragon | Winner | ||
| 2008 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Winner | ||
| 2009 | Twilight | Winner | ||
| 2010 | New Moon | Winner | ||
| 2011 | Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief | Winner | ||
| 2012 | The Hunger Games | Winner | ||
| 2013 | Winner | |||
| 2014 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Winner | ||
| 2015 | The Maze Runner | Winner | ||
| 2016 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay | Winner | ||
| 2017 | Ransom Riggs | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Winner | |
| 2018 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Winner |
| Year | Author | Book | Citation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Midnite | Winner | ||
| 1995 | Winner | |||
| 1996 | Winner |