The Esther Glen Award, or LIANZA Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award, is the longest running and the most renowned literary prize for New Zealand children's literature.
The prize was called into being in memory of New Zealand writer Alice Esther Glen (1881–1940) who was the first notable author of children's books there. It has been awarded yearly (with some exceptions) since 1945 by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) to a New Zealand author "for the most distinguished contribution to New Zealand literature for junior fiction".
1945: Stella Morice, The Book of Wiremu
1947: A. W. Reed, Myths and Legends of Maoriland
1950: Joan Smith, The Adventures of Nimble, Rumble and Tumble
1959: Maurice Duggan, Falter Tom and the Water Boy
1964: Lesley C. Powell, Turi, The Story of a Little Boy
1970: Margaret Mahy, A Lion in the Meadow
1973: Margaret Mahy, The First Margaret Mahy Story Book
1975: Eve Sutton and Lynley Dodd, My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes
1978: Ronda Armitage, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
1979: Joan de Hamel, Take the Long Path
1981: Katherine O’Brien, The Year of the Yelvertons
1982: Margaret Mahy, The Haunting
1983: Anne de Roo, Jacky Nobody
1984: Caroline Macdonald, Elephant Rock
1985: Margaret Mahy, The Changeover
1986: Maurice Gee, Motherstone
1988: Tessa Duder, Alex
1989: Jack Lasenby, The Mangrove Summer
1990: Tessa Duder, Alex in Winter
1991: William Taylor, Agnes the Sheep
1992: Tessa Duder, Alessandra: Alex in Rome
1993: Margaret Mahy, Underrunners
1994: Paula Boock, Sasscat to Win
1995: Maurice Gee, The Fat Man
1996: Janice Marriott, Crossroads
1997: Kate De Goldi, Sanctuary
1998: David Hill, Fat, four-eyed and useless
2001: Margaret Mahy, 24 Hours
2002: Alison Robertson, Knocked by six
2003: David Hill, Right where it hurts
2004: Ken Catran, Jacko Moran, sniper
2005: Bernard Beckett, Malcolm and Juliet
2006: Elizabeth Knox, Dreamhunter
2007: Bernard Beckett, Genesis: A Novel
2008: Mandy Hager, Smashed
2009: Fleur Beale, Juno of Taris
2010: Richard Newsome, The Billionaire’s Curse
2011: Diana Menefy, Shadow of the Boyd
2012: Barbara Else, The travelling restaurant
2013: Rachael King, Red Rocks
2014: Joy Cowley, Dunger
2015: Leonie Agnew, Conrad Cooper's last stand
