Percy FitzPatrick Award

The Percy FitzPatrick Award, in recognition of author Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, was initiated in 1970 for the best South African children's book in English.{{Cite web |title=Awards and Prizes - English Academy of Southern Africa |date=12 May 2020 |url=https://englishacademy.co.za/awards-and-prizes/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |language=en-ZA}}[http://artsare.com/booknew/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=137 Announcement of the Winner of the English Academy Percy Fitzpatrick Prize For Youth Literature]

Initiated in 1970 by the South African Library Association (SALA), initially only books written and published in South Africa could qualify. Since most children's authors published with international publishers, there were few acceptable submissions in the early years. In 1977, it was decided to broaden the criteria to include books written by South Africans, or from a South African perspective.

In 1980, SALA became the South African Institute of Librarianship and Information Science (SAILIS), and its Committee for Children's Books became responsible for the awards until its disbandment in 1998. Since then, the awards have become the responsibility of the English Academy of South Africa.{{cn|date=August 2021}}

In 2014 Kagiso Lesego Molope became the first Black author to win the award.{{cn|date=October 2018}}

Winners

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! Year

! Book

! Name

rowspan="2"|2022

|Luntu Masiza

|Penny Latimer

Sea Star Summer

|Sally Partridge

2020

| Sing Down the Stars

| Nerine Dorman

2018

| Fault Lines

| Joanne MacGregor{{cite news |last1=Malec |first1=Jennifer |title=English Academy of Southern Africa Awards winners announced |url=https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2019/08/27/the-jrb-daily-english-academy-of-southern-africa-awards-winners-announced/ |accessdate=18 June 2020 |publisher=The Johannesburg Review of Books |date=27 August 2019}}

2016

| The Mark

| Edyth Bulbring{{cite news |last1=Malec |first1=Jennifer |title=English Academy of Southern Africa Award winners announced |url=https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2017/08/30/the-jrb-daily-english-academy-of-southern-africa-award-winners-announced/ |accessdate=18 June 2020 |publisher=The Johannesburg Review of Books |date=30 August 2017}}

2014

| This Book Betrays My Brother

| Kagiso Lesego Molope{{cite news |title=PERCY FITZPATRICK PRIZE FOR YOUTH LITERATURE AWARDED TO KAGISO LESEGO MOLOPE |url=https://www.georgeherald.com/Entertainment/Article/percy-fitzpatrick-prize-for-youth-literature-awarded-to-kagiso-lesego-molope-20170711 |accessdate=18 June 2020 |publisher=George Herald |date=13 November 2014}}

2012

| Melly, Fatty and Me

| Edyth Bulbring{{cite web | url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2013/05/30/edyth-bulbring-wins-percy-fitzpatrick-prize-plus-all-the-english-academy-award-winners/ | title=Edyth Bulbring Wins Percy FitzPatrick Prize (Plus: All the English Academy Award Winners) }}

2010

| Daniel Fox and the Jester's Legacy

| Andy Petersen{{cite web |url=http://www.englishacademy.co.za/awards.html |title=About the English Academy |accessdate=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215172344/http://www.englishacademy.co.za/awards.html |archivedate=2009-02-15 }}

2008

| Superzero

| Darrel Bristow-Bovey

2006

| Savannah 2116 AD

| Jenny Robson

2004

| The eighth man

| Michael Williams

2002

| Skyline

| Patricia Schonstein Pinnock