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 The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year.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