The Betty Gilderdale Award, also known as the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, is a New Zealand award given to an individual for outstanding service to children's literature and literacy. Before 2000 the award was known as the Children's Literature Association's Award for Services to Children's Literature. It was renamed in honour of the children's author Betty Gilderdale.
Recipients of the award received a cash prize of $2000 and deliver the Storylines Spring Lecture.
Previous recipients of the award include: YearNameTitle of Lecture1990Eve Sutton1991Dorothy Butler1992Elsie Locke1993Jo Noble1994Ron Bacon1995 colspan=2 1996Graham BeattieA Fortunate Life1997Diane Hebley & Gary HebleyA Goose, a Gander and a Clutch of Eggs1998Phyllis JohnstonAn Impressionable Age1999Betty GilderdaleThe Effects of Post-Modernism on Children’s Literature2000 colspan=2 2001Veda PicklesFriends and Relatives2002Barbara MurisonTapestries 1931-20022003Jean BennettChildren’s Literature is a Community Event, and the Dangers of Dragons2004Ray RichardsDo You Know the Way to Castor Bay? A Life in Publishing and Children’s Books2005John McKenzieChildren’s Literature as an Academic Study: A Perilous Space?2006Frances PlumptonClimbing the Magic Faraway Tree2007Kāterina MatairaCreativity and Expression.2008Lois RoutAnecdotal Meanderings2009 colspan=2 2010Glyn StrangeGetting in Behind2011Ruth McIntyre and John McIntyre2012Gerri Judkins2013Trevor AgnewThe Reviewer Reviewed. 2014Robyn Southam2015Trish BrookingPast to present: Navigating New Zealand Children’s Literature.2016Rosemary Tisdall A Life of Privilege2017Maureen Crisp2018Jeannie SkinnerFor the Love of Libraries2019Crissi BlairA Tour of my Bookshelves2020Lorraine OrmanStory and Serendipity2021Sarah ForsterA changing landscape of 'good' books2022Libby LimbrickIn Praise of Storylines – and Reading for Pleasure2024Joy SellenDiscovering Treasure: New Zealand Stories for Young Readers2025Bob DochertyFrom Page to Imagination: A Life Shaped By Children's Books
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