The Eilis Dillon Award
The Eilis Dillon Award, introduced five years ago, goes to the author of an outstanding first children’s book. Eilis Dillon had a long association with the Bisto Book of the Year Awards, having been a chairwoman of the Irish Children’s Book Trust in 1989 when the awards were established.
| Year | Title | Author |
| 2008/2009 | Anila's Journey | Mary Finn |
| 2007/2008 | The Thing with Finn | Tom Kelly |
| 2006/2007 | A Swift Pure Cry | Siobhán Dowd |
| 2005/2006 | Snakes’ Elbows | Deirdre Madden |
| 2004/2005 | An Bhó Riabhach | Siobhón Ní Shíthigh |
| 2003/2004 | Amach | Alan Titley |
| 2002/2003 | Gyrfalcon | Grace Wells |
| 2001/2002 | Adam's Starling | Gillian Perdue |
| 2000/2001 | The Lost Orchard | Patrick Deeley |
| 1999/2000 | Fierce Milly | Marilyn McLaughlin |
| 1998/1999 | Dea-Scéala | Caitrona Hastings |
| 1997/1998 | It’s a jungle out there | Ed Miliano |
| 1996/1997 | The Guns of Easter | Gerard Whelan |
| 1995/1996 | Lockie and Dadge | Frank Murphy |
| 1994/1995 | Melody for Nora | Mark O’Sullivan |
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