Tom Fitzgibbon Award

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{{Infobox award

| name = Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award

| image = Tom Fitzgibbon Award logo.png

| imagesize = 300px

| sponsor = Storylines

| year = {{Start date|df=yes|1996}}

| country = New Zealand

| reward = {{Currency|1500|NZD}}

| website = [https://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Storylines+Tom+Fitzgibbon+Award/ Official website]

}}

The Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award is a New Zealand award for writers of children's literature. The award is open only to previously unpublished writers for an original work of fiction intended for children between 7 and 13 years of age. It is given annually, when merited, to the author in partnership with Scholastic NZ.{{cite web|title=Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Storylines+Tom+Fitzgibbon+Award/|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

About

The Tom Fitzgibbon Award (officially known as the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award) is a New Zealand literature award for previously unpublished writers who have written a manuscript for children aged between 7 and 13 years of age. The award comes with a cash prize, and the offer of publication (through Scholastic NZ).

== Eligibility ==

To be eligible for the award, the entrant cannot have had any work of fiction published in print or digital format (provisos exist for small-run self-published works, and smaller pieces in magazines and journals).

Winners

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Author

!Title

1996

|Iona McNaughton{{cite web|title=McNaughton, Iona|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/mcnaughton-iona/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Summer of Shadows{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154725690|title=Summer of shadows|last=McNaughton|first=Iona|date=1997|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=1869433599|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=154725690}}

1997

|Heather Cato{{cite web|title=Heather Cato|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+A-C/More+in+Profiles+Profiles+A-C+temp/Heather+Cato.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Dark Horses{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154649059|title=Dark horses|last=Cato|first=Heather|date=1997|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=1869433866|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=154649059}}

1998

|Vince Ford{{cite web|title=Ford, Vince|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/ford-vince/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|2MUCH4U{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/2much4u0000ford|title=2MUCH4U|first=Vince|last=Ford|date=1999|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869434168|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=47165500|url-access=registration}}

1999

|Shirley Corlett{{cite web|title=Corlett, Shirley|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/corlett-shirley/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|The Stolen{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52720544|title=The stolen|first=Shirley|last=Corlett|date=2000|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869434502|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=52720544}}

2000

|Alison Robertson{{cite web|title=Robertson, Alison|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/robertson-alison/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Knocked for Six{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78795170|title=Knocked for six|first=Alison|last=Robertson|date=2001|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869433130|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=78795170}}

2001

|no award

|

2002

|Janet Pates{{cite web|title=Pates, Janet|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/pates-janet/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Mystery at Tui Bay{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155840701|title=Mystery at Tui Bay|first=Janet|last=Pates|date=2003|publisher=Scholastic New Zealand|isbn=9781869435639|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=155840701}}

2003

|Jillian Sullivan{{cite web|title=Sullivan, Jillian|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/sullivan-jillian/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Shreve's Promise{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156730046|title=Shreve's promise|first=Jillian|last=Sullivan|date=2004|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869436094|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=156730046}}

2004

|Brigid Feehan{{cite web|title=Feehan, Brigid|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/feehan-brigid/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Stella Star{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67402321|title=Stella Star|last=Feehan|first=Brigid|date=2005|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=1869436741|location=Auckland [N.Z.]|oclc=67402321}}

2005

|Heather McQuillan{{cite web|title=McQuillan, Heather|url=http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writer/mcquillan-heather/|website=New Zealand Book Council|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Mind Over Matter{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156698198|title=Mind over matter|first=Heather|last=McQuillan|date=2006|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869437428|edition= 1st|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=156698198}}

2006

|Vicki Simpson{{cite web|title=Vicki Simpson|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+N-S/More+in+Profiles+N-S/Vicki+Simpson.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Yo, Shark Bait!{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156759268|title=Yo, shark bait!|first=Vicki|last=Simpson|date=2007|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869438012|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=156759268}}

2007

|Kris Stanhope (published as Michael Fartarsky){{cite web|title=Kris Stanhope|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+N-S/More+in+Profiles+N-S/Kris+Stanhope.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Why I Hate School{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191480029|title=Why I hate school by Michael Fatarsky|last=Stanhope|first=Kris|date=2008|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869438715|location=Auckland [N.Z.]|oclc=191480029}}

2008

|Elizabeth Hegarty{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Hegarty|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+D-H/More+in+Profiles+D-H/Elizabeth+Hegarty.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Salt River{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/262282614|title=Salt River|first=Elizabeth|last=Hegarty|date=2009|publisher=Scholastic New Zealand|isbn=9781869439088|location=Auckland [N.Z.]|oclc=262282614}}

2009

|Anna Gowan{{cite web|title=Anna Gowan|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+D-H/More+in+Profiles+D-H/Anna+Gowan.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Hollie Chips{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503005162|title=Hollie Chips|last=Gowan|first=Anna|date=2010|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869439316|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=503005162}}

2010

|Leonie Agnew{{cite web|title=Leonie Agnew|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+A-C/Leonie+Agnew.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Super Finn{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/698451314|title=Super Finn|last=Agnew|first=Leonie|date=2011|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781869439996|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=698451314}}

2011

|Kathy Taylor{{cite web|title=Kathy Taylor|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+T-Z/Kathy+Taylor.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Iris's Ukulele{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767650411|title=Iris's ukulele|last=Taylor|first=Kathy|date=2012|publisher=Scholastic|isbn=9781775430544|location=Auckland, N.Z.|oclc=767650411}}

2012

|no award

|

2013

|Juliet Jacka{{cite web|title=Juliet Jacka|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+I-M/Juliet+Jacka.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|The Night of the Perigee Moon{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/871047131|title=Night of the perigee moon|first=Juliet|last=Jacka|isbn=9781775432036|location=Auckland|oclc=871047131}}

2014

|Suzanne Main{{cite web|title=Suzanne Main|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+I-M/More+in+Profiles+I-M/Suzanne+Main.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|How I Alienated My Grandma{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/904336704|title=How I alienated my grandma|last=Main|first=Suzanne|isbn=1775433064|location=Auckland|oclc=904336704}}

2015

|Tom E. Moffatt{{cite news|title=Local author a big kid at heart|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=11692554|accessdate=7 March 2018|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=2016-08-13}}

|Barking Mad{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/946520751|title=Barking mad|last=Moffatt|first=Tom E.|others=Beavis, Paul, 1971-|isbn=9781775433743|location=Auckland|oclc=946520751}}

2016

|Anne Kayes{{cite web|title=Anne Kayes|url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/Storylines+Profiles/Profiles+I-M/More+in+Profiles+I-M/Anne+Kayes.html|website=Storylines|accessdate=7 March 2018}}

|Tui Street Tales{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/978281779|title=Tui Street tales|last=Kayes|first=Anne|isbn=1775434729|location=Auckland|oclc=978281779}}

2017

|Christine Walker

|The Short But Brilliant Career of Lucas Weed{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016849188|title=The short but brilliant career of Lucas Weed|last=Walker|first=Chrissie|isbn=1775435083|location=Auckland|oclc=1016849188}}

2018

|James T. Guthrie

|Bullseye Bella{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1016849188|title=Bullseye Bella|last=Guthrie|first=James T.|isbn=1775435733|location=Auckland|oclc=1083235775}}

2019

|no award

|

2020

|Belinda O'Keefe

|A Recipe for Disaster{{Cite web|date=2020-04-05|title=Drawing inspiration from kids and slime|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018741581/drawing-inspiration-from-kids-and-slime|access-date=2020-08-11|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}

2021

|Carol Garden

|Kidnap at Mystery Island

2022

|Feana Tu’akoi

|A Perfect Failure, published as Lopini the Legend{{Cite web |title=Feana Tu'akoi |url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/search-profiles/feana-tuakoi-2/profiles/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust |language=en-NZ}}

2023

|Claire Aramakutu

|Koro's Star{{Cite web |title=Claire Aramakutu |url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/search-profiles/claire-aramakutu/profiles/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust |language=en-NZ}}

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