Icelandic Children's Book Prize

The Icelandic Children's Book Prize (Íslensku barnabókaverðlaunin) is a literary prize which is awarded annually (when sufficiently good entries present themselves) by the Verðlaunasjóði íslenskra barnabóka, established by the author Ármann Kr. Einarsson in conjunction with the publisher Vaka-Helgafell in 1985. The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year. The winning book is then published by Vaka-Helgafell (now part of Forlagið) during the autumn. On two occasions (1995 and 2006), two books have won the award.

Winners

• 2017 - Elísa Jóhannsdóttir with Er ekki allt í lagi með þig? (What‘s Wrong With You?)
• 2016 - Inga M. Beck with Skóladraugurinn (The School Ghost)
• 2015 - Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir with Skuggasaga – Arftakinn (A Story of Shadows – The Successor)
• 2014 - Guðni Líndal Benediktsson with Leitin að Blóðey (The Search for Blood-Isle)
• 2013 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
• 2012 - Kjartan Yngvi Björnsson og Snæbjörn Brynjarsson, Hrafnsauga
• 2011 - Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir, Flugan sem stöðvaði stríðið
• 2010 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Ertu Guð, afi?
• 2009 - Guðmundur Brynjólfsson, Þvílík vika
• 2008 - Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson, Steindýrin
• 2007 - Hrund Þórsdóttir, Loforðið
• 2006 - Margrét Tryggvadóttir og Halldór Baldursson, Sagan af undurfögru prinsessunni og hugrakka prinsinum hennar
• 2006 - Héðinn Svarfdal Björnsson, Háski og hundakjöt
• 2005 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
• 2004 - Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir, Leyndardómur ljónsins
• 2003 - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Biobörn
• 2002 - Harpa Jónsdóttir, Ferðin til Samiraka
• 2001 - Gunnhildur Hrólfsdóttir, Sjáumst aftur...
• 2000 - Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, Leikur á borði
• 1999 - No prize awarded because no entry was strong enough.
• 1998 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Heljarstökk afturábak
• 1997 - Þorgrímur Þráinsson, Margt býr í myrkrinu
• 1996 - Ingibjörg Möller, Grillaðir bananar
• 1995 - Herdís Egilsdóttir, Veislan í barnavagninum
• 1995 - Þórey Friðbjörnsdóttir, Eplasneplar
• 1994 - Guðrún Hafdís Eiríksdóttir, Röndóttir spóar
• 1993 - Elías Snæland Jónsson, Brak og brestir
• 1992 - Friðrik Erlingsson, Benjamín dúfa
• 1991 - Iðunn Steinsdóttir, Gegnum þyrnigerðið
• 1990 - Karl Helgason, Í pokahorninu
• 1989 - Heiður Baldursdóttir, Álagadalurinn
• 1988 - Kristín Loftsdóttir, Fugl í búri
• 1987 - Kristín Steinsdóttir, Franskbrauð með sultu
• 1986 - Guðmundur Ólafsson, Emil og Skundi

See also

• Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize
• West Nordic Council's Children and Youth Literature Prize