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 The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year.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