1986
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Choysa/QE11 Arts Council Bursary for Children's Writers
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1987
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NZ Children's Book of the Year - Alex
NZ Library Association Esther Glen Medal - Alex
American Libraries Association Notable Book (Young Adult list) - In
Lane Three, Alex Archer (American title of Alex) |
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1989
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QE 11 Arts Council Travel Grant, for
American convention of International Reading Association, New Orleans/research
in Italy.
AIM Children's Book of the Year - Alex
in Winter
NZ Library Association Esther Glen Medal - Alex
in Winter |
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1990
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New Zealand Commemorative Medal
Queen Elizabeth 11 Arts Council Special Writing
bursary |
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1991
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First Writer-in-Residence at University
of Waikato, Hamilton
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1993
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AIM Children's Book of the Year (Senior
Fiction) - Songs for Alex
LIANZA Esther Glen Medal - third - Songs
for Alex
Australia-New Zealand Literary Exchange Fellow -
4-week promotional tour of eight Australian cities |
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1996
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Margaret Mahy Medal - NZ Children's
Book Foundation award for a distinguished contribution to children's
literature
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2002
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LIANZA Russell Clark Award to illustrator
Anton Petrov for A Book of Pacific
Lullabies, edited by Tessa Duder
Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial
Fellowship, 2003, awarded November 2002 |
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2005
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Gaelyn Gordon Award
Night Race to
Kawau (Oxford University Press, 1982, currently Puffin)
was the 2005 winner of the prestigious Gaelyn Gordon Award for
a Much-Loved book given by Storylines: Children's Literature Foundation
of New Zealand.
The award, much prized by authors, goes annually
to a book which did not win a New Zealand award at the time of
publication but has proved itself with children and the market
place by remaining in print for more than five years. Night
Race to Kawau has remained in print for 25 years so far,
mostly as a paperback with Penguin New Zealand. Previous winners
include Elsie Locke, Joy Watson, Pamela Allen, David Hill and Betty
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2007
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Artists to Antarctica Fellowship.
This fellowship is made annually to two artists from all disciplines (writers, painters, musicians etc) to visit Scott Base and environs for two weeks during early summer.
It is sponsored jointly by Antarctica New Zealand and Creative New Zealand. Applicants submit outlines of proposed work, and require medical clearance to travel.
As well as these two artists, an Invited Artist may also travel to the ice at the same time.
Other writers since the instigation of regular awards in 1997 have been Margaret Mahy, poets Bill Manhire, Chris Orsman and Bernadette Hall, and novelist Lawrence Fearnley.
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2008
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Honorary Doctorate, University of Waikato.
This award, for Tessa’s contribution over 30 years to literature, youth and the community, was conferred by the Chancellor of Waikato University, the Rt. Hon. Jim Bolger and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Roy Crawford, at a graduation ceremony at the Founders Theatre, Hamilton.
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