Awards & Accolades

Awards

Aurealis awards:

• Green Monkey Dreams, YA short story, 1997
• Greylands, YA novel, 1998
• Dream Walker (by IC, illustrated by Steven Wollman), YA short story, 2002
• Alyzon Whitestarr, Golden Aurealis novel, 2006
• Alyzon Whitestarr, YA novel, 2006

The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards:

• The Red Wind, Younger Readers Book of the Year, 2011
• The Gathering, Book of the Year for Older Readers (joint winner), 1994
• The Farseekers: the Obernewtyn Chronicles, Book of the Year for Older Readers (Honour Book), 1991

3M Talking Book Award – (NSW):

• Scatterlings, Talking Book, 1992

Children’s Peace Literature Award (PEACE):

• The Gathering, Best Book (joint winner), 1993

W.A. Young Readers Book Award (WAYRA):

• The Gathering, YA (second place), 1994

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, Stories:

• Greylands, YA division, 1997

Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature shortlist:

• Billy Thunder and the Night Gate, 2001

ABPA Book Design Awards:

• Little Fur: the Legend of Little Fur, Fiction, 2006

Nance Donkin Literary Award, 2011

Nominations/shortlists

Aurealis awards:

• Ashling, YA novel, 1996
• Green Monkey Dreams, fantasy short story, 1997 
• Darkfall: Book One of the Legendsong, fantasy novel, 1998
• Little Fur: The Legend Of Little Fur, children’s long fiction, 2006
• A Fox Called Sorrow, children’s novel, 2007
• A Mystery of Wolves, children’s long fiction, 2008
• The Stone Key, YA novel, 2009
• Night School (by IC & Anne Spudvilas), children’s fiction, 2011
• Metro Winds, collection, 2013
• “The Stone Witch” ( part of Under My Hat Random House), fantasy short story, 2013
• Kingdom of the Lost, Book 2: Cloud Road, children’s fiction, 2014

Ditmar Awards:

• Darkfall: Book One of the Legendsong, Australian long fiction, 1998

The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards:

• Obernewtyn: The Obernewtyn Chronicles, Book of the Year for Older Readers, 1988

Grants

• Several Australia Council grants over the years
• Film Australia grant for Greylands

Isobelle has received numerous other grants both for writing, travel and research.