Steven Herrick, Love, Ghosts & Nose Hair: a verse novel for young adults (University of Queensland Press)
Catherine Jinks, Pagan's Scribe (Omnibus Books)
Victor Kelleher, Fire Dancer (Penguin Books Australia)
David Metzenthen, Johnny Hart's Heroes (Penguin Books Australia)
James Moloney, A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove (University of Queensland Press)
Wendy Orr, Peeling the Onion (Little Ark/Allen & Unwin)
Libby Gleeson (ill. Ann James), Hannah Plus One (Penguin Books Australia)
Elizabeth Honey (ill. William Clarke), Don't Pat the Wombat (Little Ark/Allen & Unwin)
Diana Kidd, I Love You, Jason Delaney (HarperCollins Publishers Aust.)
Robin Morrow (comp.) (ill. Stephen Michael King), Beetle Soup (Scholastic Australia)
Emily Rodda, Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal (Omnibus Books)
Wayne Harris (text Allan Baillie), DragonQuest (Scholastic Australia)
Elizabeth Honey, Not a Nibble (Little Ark/Allen & Unwin)
Ann James (text Margaret Wild), The Midnight Gang (Omnibus Books)
David Mackintosh (text Gillian Rubinstein), Sharon, keep your hair on! (Random House)
Julie Vivas (text Ana Zamorano), Let's Eat! (Omnibus Books)
Gordon Cheers and Julie Silk (ill. Marjorie Crosby-Fairhall), Killer Plants (Penguin Books Australia)
Damien Lovelock (ill. Craig Smith), Soccer - great moments great players in world football (Little Ark/Allen & Unwin)
Kellie McDonald, Antarctica (Reed Library - Cardigan St.)
Weldon Owen Publishing, Reptiles (Little Ark/Allen & Unwin)