THE
MARY VAUGHAN JONES AWARD
The Mary Vaughan Jones Award is presented once every three
years to a person who has made an outstanding contribution
to children’s books in Wales over a considerable
period of time.
Prize: A silver trophy
depicting characters from Mary Vaughan Jones’s books,
and made by Canolfan Aur Tregaron (The Tregaron Gold Centre).
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Winners
2006
Mair Wynn Hughes
2003 Elfyn Pritchard
2000 J Selwyn Lloyd
1997 Roger Boore
1994 W J Jones
1991 T Llew Jones
1988 Emily Huws
1985 Ifor Owen
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Mair Wynn Hughes (right),
the winner of the Mary Vaughan Jones
Award, 2006.
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Mary
Vaughan Jones (1918-1983)
This award was established as a tribute to Mary Vaughan
Jones, one of the main benefactors of children’s
literature in Wales.
Mary Vaughan Jones was a gifted infants’ teacher,
and her contribution to Welsh education as a teacher and
lecturer was considerable. Her main contribution, however,
was to children’s literature – for over a period
of thirty years. Although she was crippled with arthritis
and mainly confined to her home, she continued to write
for the younger age-group right up until her death. She
published over 40 books and was a regular contributor
to the Urdd magazines.
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