cbca_shortlist



The **CBCA Book of the Year Awards** comprise six categories...
 * 1) **Picture Books** -suitable for an audience from birth to 18 years. Some books may be for more mature readers.
 * 2) **Early Childhood** -suitable for an audience in the pre-reading to early reading stage.
 * 3) **Younger Readers** -suitable for a younger audience able to read independently
 * 4) **Older Readers** -suitable for more mature readers able to cope with challenging themes and controversial characters
 * 5) **Eve Pownall Award for Information Books** -suitable for an audience from birth to 18 years. Some may be for more mature readers.
 * 6) **Crichton Award** for new Australian illustrators

To be eligible for consideration, book must be in print format and meet these criteria ...
 * Books must be published between 1 January and 31 December of the year preceding the announcement. So for the 2014 award, they needed to have been published in 2013.
 * Books must be available in Australia for purchase by the general public.
 * Books must be in the English language or bilingual texts where one language is English.
 * Books must meet one of the following five criteria to be entered:
 * Not previously published;
 * New picture book version of previously published text;
 * Retelling of traditional materials;
 * Anthology or collection, of which the greater part of the work has not previously been published in a single volume; or
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">substantially revised edition.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Creators (authors, illustrators, editors, and retellers) must be <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> A panel of judges assess the books and a Notables List is identified in April.. From this, the Shortlist is selected and released in May. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Reviews are available for the 2016 Notables in the CBCA online magazine Reading Time
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">An Australian citizen no matter where resident OR
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A person resident in Australia for at least two years prior to 31 December in the year of publication OR
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">A person who holds permanent residency status for Australia.
 * <span style="color: #eb1a33; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Notables 2016] **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Book Curator has a book of reviews available


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Shortlist 2016 **