The Margaret Mahy Award, officially the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award, is a New Zealand literary prize presented to a person who has made a significant contribution to children's literature, publishing or literacy.[1] [2] [3] Presented annually since 1991 by the Storylines Childrens Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand, the award is named in honour of its first recipient, Margaret Mahy.
The Saturday closest to International Children's Book Day (unless this is during Easter) is called "Margaret Mahy Day" by the trust, during which they present the Margaret Mahy Award, as well as other awards.[4] The recipient delivers a lecture during the ceremony, known as the "Margaret Mahy Lecture", which is subsequently published in the trust's yearbook, The Inside Story.[5]
| Year | Name | Lecture publication title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Surprising Moments | ||
| 1992 | Telling Tales | ||
| 1993 | Influences | ||
| 1994 | Some Cautionary Tales | ||
| 1995 | For Children You Must Do it Better | ||
| 1996 | Learning to Swim in the Deep | ||
| 1997 | From a Trickle to a River | ||
| 1998 | A Strange Way for an Adult Male to be Making a Living! | ||
| 1999 | Writing the Pictures and Painting the Words | ||
| 2000 | Kia Ora Professor Cole | ||
| 2001 | Journeys of the Heart | ||
| 2002 | Creeks and Kitchens | ||
| 2003 | Changes and Origins | ||
| 2004 | My Picture Books | ||
| 2005 | By the Book | ||
| 2006 | Gathering Images: The Stories Behind the Pictures | ||
| 2007 | Teen Literature: Demons Old and New | ||
| 2008 | Reading Aloud is Allowed | ||
| 2009 | Andrew Crowe | Creative Non-Fiction | |
| 2010 | Barbara Larson | Grazing the Longacre | |
| 2011 | Legends of the Swamp | ||
| 2012 | Where Do Ideas Come From? | ||
| 2013 | Bill Nagelkerke | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | |
| 2014 | When the Bowsprit Get Mixed with the Rudder | ||
| 2015 | Everyone Has A Story | ||
| 2016 | Making it up as I go along, or Finding the Cornerstones of Creativity | ||
| 2017 | Stories Out Loud | ||
| 2018 | |||
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | [6] | ||
| 2021 | Julia Marshall | [7] | |
| 2022 | Diana Noonan | [8] | |
| 2023 | James Northcliffe | [9] |