Margaret Mahy Medal Award
This award is presented annually to a person who has made an especially significant contribution to children's literature, publishing or literacy, and honours New Zealand's leading author for children. Members of the Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand are asked to nominate contenders for the award, and a panel from the NZCLF selects the recipient. A ceremony is held in March each year where the recipient delivers the Margaret Mahy Lecture and is presented with the Margaret Mahy medal.
Recipients of the Margaret Mahy Medal are:
2008 Wayne Mills
University of Auckland education lecturer Wayne Mills, initiator of children’s literature quizzes in New Zealand and internationally
2007 Ken Catran writer
Teen Literature: Demons Old and New - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2007
2006 Robyn Belton illustrator
Gathering Images: The Stories Behind the Pictures - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2006
2005 David Hill writer
By the Book - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2005
2004 Pamela Allen - writer, illustrator
My Picture Books - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2004 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2004, Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2003 Jack Lasenby - writer
Changes and Origins - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2003 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2003, Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2002 Maurice Gee - writer
Creeks and kitchens - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2002 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2002, Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2001 Sherryl Jordan - writer
Journeys of the heart - The Margaret Mahy Lecture 2001 (published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2001, Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
2000 Gavin Bishop - writer, illustrator
Kia Ora, Professor Cole - The Margaret Mahy Lecture - 2000
(published in The Inside Story: Year Book 2000, Children's Literature Foundation of New Zealand)
1999 Lynley Dodd - author and illustrator
Writing the pictures and painting the words - The Margaret Mahy Lecture
(published in The Inside Story, New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1999)
1998 William Taylor - writer, reviewer
A strange way for an adult male to be making a living - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1998)
1997 Ann Mallinson - publisher (Mallinson Rendel)
From a Trickle to a River - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1997)
1996 Tessa Duder - writer, reviewer
Learning to Swim in the Deep - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1996)
1995 Elsie Locke - author, ardent advocate for New Zealand children's literature
You Must Do it Better - Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1996)
1994 Betty Gilderdale - author, reviewer, lecturer
Some Cautionary Tales: The Margaret Mahy Lecture (published in New Zealand Children's Book Foundation Year Book, 1997)
1993 Joy Cowley - writer, lecturer
Influences: The 1993 Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children's Book Foundation, 1993
1992 Dorothy Butler - author, bookseller, reviewer, lecturer and authority on children's books
Telling Tales: The 1992 Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children's Book Foundation, 1993
1991 Margaret Mahy - writer, speaker
Surprising Moments: The Inaugural Margaret Mahy Award Lecture, NZ Children's Book Foundation, 1991