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 The prize is awarded for an unpublished manuscript of a story for children and young people or for an illustrated children's book, published in the preceding year.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