The Awards Foundation was set up to raise $1 million to fund prizes for the Children's Book of the Year Awards in perpetuity.
Donations to the CBCA Awards Foundation are tax deductible and can be sent to:
PO Box 172 Blackheath NSW 2785 ph: 02 9630 2424 or 02 4787 8492
fax: 02 9630 2594
Download a Donation Form
The original prize for the Children's Book of the Year Awards was a camellia if the winner was female or a handshake if male. Government funding supported the Awards for some time (1966-1988). This was followed by commercial sponsorship (Angus & Robertson, Penguin Books Australia, Collins Dove and Franklin Watts in 1988; Myer-Grace Bros. 1989-1993; Angus & Robertson 1994; Reed Books Australia, Australia Post and Social Book Clubs 1995) which made it possible to offer substantial monetary prizes of up to $10,000 per category to the authors and illustrators of winning and honour books. Extreme difficulty in finding commercial sponsorship for the Awards prize money led to a decision, at the end of 1995, to set up the Awards Foundation with the aim of collecting $1,000,000 to enable the CBCA to support the Awards prizes at their previous level in perpetuity.
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