Tessa Duder Award Explained

The Storylines Tessa Duder Award is a New Zealand award made to the author of a work of fiction for young adults aged 13 and above.

History

The Tessa Duder Award (officially known as the Storylines Tessa Duder Award) first began in 2010, in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers. It is now sponsored by Walker Books Australia. The award is named after New Zealand writer Tessa Duder in recognition of her outstanding contribution to children's literature, both as a writer and as a supporter and promoter of children's books and publishing.

The award comes with a cash prize and the offer of publication.

The award is presented at the Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day together with the Margaret Mahy Award and the announcement of the winners of the Tom Fitzgibbon Award, Joy Cowley Award and the Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book. This event is held in Auckland on the weekend closest to 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (and the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen).^[1]

Eligibility and conditions

• The award is open to all New Zealand writers, published and unpublished
• The award is made biennially; however, if no entry is judged to be of publishable standard, no award is made that year
• Manuscripts are submitted by the end of October; the award is announced the following March, and the winning manuscript is published the following year.

List of winners by year

2011: Hugh Brown;^[2] manuscript published as Reach^{[3] [4]}

Finalist in New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards 2013^[5]

2012: Rachel Stedman; manuscript published as A Necklace of Souls^[6]

Winner of Best First Book in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2014^[7]

2013: No award

2015: No award

2016: Gareth Ward;^[8] manuscript entitled The Sin Chronicles: New Blood, published as The Traitor and the Thief^[9]

Finalist in New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2018^[10]

2018: Tina Shaw;^[11] manuscript entitled Ursa^{[12] [13]}

2020: Cristina Sanders; manuscript entitled Displaced^[14]

2022: Leonie Agnew; manuscript published as The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp^[15]

See also

• List of New Zealand literary awards

External links

• Storylines Tessa Duder Award - with a list of prize winners

Notes and References

1. Web site: Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day – April 8, Auckland. NZSA The New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa. 20 December 2018.
2. Web site: Hugh Brown. February 2013. Storylines. 13 January 2019.
3. Web site: Success for Whitireia Children's Writers. 11 April 2011. Whitireia New Zealand. 13 January 2019.
4. Web site: Success for local writers. 23 April 2011. KC News. 13 January 2019.
5. Web site: New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards - finalists announced. 2 April 2013. Creative NZ. 13 January 2019.
6. Web site: Dunedin author among award finalists. Manins. Rosie. 8 April 2014. Otago Daily Times. 13 January 2019.
7. Web site: Past Winners by Year: 2014. New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. 13 January 2019.
8. Web site: Gareth Ward. Storylines. 13 January 2019.
9. Web site: Award gives validation. Hall. Linda. 10 April 2016. NZ herald. 13 January 2019.
10. Web site: 2018 Awards. New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. 13 January 2019.
11. Web site: Shaw, Tina. January 2017. New Zealand Book Council: Te Kaunihera Pukapuka o Aotearoa. 13 January 2019.
12. Web site: Storylines' Award Winners Announced at Margaret Mahy Awards Day, 8 April 2018. 10 April 2018. Booksellers NZ. 13 January 2019.
13. Web site: "Make a Hard Fist" - fighting off unwanted attention. 13 April 2018. Radio New Zealand. 13 January 2019.
14. Web site: Storylines Tessa Duder Award. 2020-08-11. www.storylines.org.nz.
15. Web site: Leonie Agnew . 2023-12-10 . Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust . en-NZ.