The Hoffman Award is presented to the highest ranked Australian author in the Younger Readers category.

During the period of 1998-2000 it was awarded to the highest ranked West Australian author.

2011 Ned Kelly and the Green Sash Mark Greenwood

2010 Pearl Verses the World Sally Murphy

2009 Jack’s Island Norman Jorgensen

2008 Red Dragon/Andrew Lansdown

2007 Nathan Nuttboard Family Matters/Anthony Eaton

2006 Shah/Liliana Stafford

2005 Babies Bite/Geoff Havel

2004 Secrets in the Tingle Forest/Louise Schofield

2003 Chiko : Through the Starting Flags/Liliana Stafford

2001 Selby Surfs/Duncan Ball

2000 Surf’s Up/Diana Chase

1999 Blueback/Tim Winton

1998 Someone lLike Me/Elaine Forrestal

1997 Selby Supersnoop/Duncan Ball

1996 Where the Whales Swim/Victor Kelleher

1995 Undone! More Mad Endings/Paul Jennings

1994 Unbearable!/Paul Jennings

1993 Gumboots and Other Risks/Gillian Barnett

1992 Uncanny!/Paul Jennings

1991 The Paw Thing/Paul Jennings

1989 The Ghost and the Gory Story/Duncan Ball

1986 Hating Alison Ashley/Robin Klein

1982 The Cockroach that Wrote a Symphony/Trevor Todd