Nominations!

Students may nominate up to 4 books

NOMINATIONS CLOSED Friday, April 5, 2024

“... the students loved looking for their favourite book in the library. This process created a lot of enthusiastic conversation amongst the students. ”
— Rebecca Newton, Teacher Librarian, St Patrick's Primary School

SELECTION CRITERIA

  1. The book must be AUSTRALIAN

  2. The book must have been published in the last ten years

  3. The book must not be a previous winner*.  A complete list of previous winners can be found below.

  4. Nominations must be for a specific title e.g. Selby Surfs not Selby books.  

    *Once five books from the same series have won a REAL Award (YABBA and KOALA), the series is no longer eligible for nomination.

Tally your school or library's nominations using this form and email to the KOALA Council or use the online nominations form for individual student submissions.

NOMINATIONS INSPIRATION

The nomination stage is a great way for students to say what they like to read. It’s also an opportunity to broaden their awareness, knowledge and appreciation of Australian children’s literature. The nomination stage can sometimes be challenging for students to generate their own lists: Is it Australian? Has it won before? Is it less than 10 years old?

To keep the shortlists fresh and share what is eligible, the following lists and resources can be useful when displaying and promoting the nomination stage in your Library.

How to encourage student nominations

  • Learn about KOALA with this Kahoot quiz

  • Create a display outlining the Nominating Process

  • Display eligible Australian books with nomination forms

  • Use the latest CBCA's Notables and other lists for recent titles to display 

  • Submit Library circulation records for the most popular Australian titles in your school

  • Look at previous KOALA winners full list (or past 10 years) and compare with CBCA winners

  • Discuss favourite Australian books with students

  • Class bulk loan of Australian picture books for teachers to read

  • Students could receive a KOALA bookmark or sticker for nominating

  • NEW Not sure how to get kids to nominate, or too busy to do it this term? Check out this handy guide for Softlink/Oliver users to quickly generate a usage report with your most popular Australian titles

Nomination resources to print