Young People's History Prize

Last updated:  02 April 2024
Submissions open

The Young People’s History Prize ($15,000) is for a work that increases the understanding and appreciation of history by children and/or young adults.

2024

Submissions open

The Young People’s History Prize ($15,000) is for a published book or ebook, publically screened or broadcasted film, television or radio program, DVD, podcast or website — fiction or non-fiction.  The work should increase the understanding and appreciation of history by children and/or young adults.

Past winners

2023

Book cover
    Winner
The Goodbye Year
Emily Gale
Text Publishing

2022

The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale
    Winner
The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale
Aunty Shaa Smith , Neeyan Smith, Uncle Bud Marshall with Yandaarra including Sarah Wright, Lara Daley and Paul Hodge
Allen & Unwin

2021

Tell Me Why for Young Adults
    Winner
Tell Me Why For Young Adults
Archie Roach
Simon & Schuster

2020

Book cover The Good Son
    Winner
The Good Son
Pierre-Jacques Ober, Jules Ober, and Felicity Coonan
Candlewick Press

2019

Book cover image of The Upside Down History of Down Under
    Winner
The Upside-down History of Down Under
Alison Lloyd and Terry Denton
Penguin Books Australia

2018

book cover image of the fighting stingrays
    Winner
The Fighting Stingrays
Simon Mitchell
Penguin Random House Australia

2017

Maralinga's Long Shadow Cover image
    Winner
Maralinga’s Long Shadow
Christobel Mattingley
Allen & Unwin

Award Information

Annual

The Young People's History Prize is awarded as a part of the NSW Premier's History Awards.

Learn more

$15,000

For more information, please contact the Awards team.

awards@sl.nsw.gov.au

Phone: (02) 9273 1767, or alternatively (02) 9273 1770.