This is a prize hosted by publisher Vaka-Helgafell. It is awarded to the winner of a yearly manuscript competition. The winning manuscript, chosen by a panel of judges, is consequently published. The prize was last awarded in 2021.
From 2025, the prize will be awarded under a new name, Sólfaxi - the Icelandic Children's Book Prize, where only unpublished manuscripts of illustrated books are requested.
2021
Ólafur Gunnar Guðlaugsson: Ljósberi (Lightbringer)
2020
Rut Guðnadóttir: Vampírur, vesen og annað tilfallandi (Vampires and Other Bothersome Stuff)
2019
Snæbjörn Arngrímsson: Rannsókn á leyndardómum eyðihússins (An Investigation into the Mystery of the Abandoned House)
2018
Birkir Blær Ingólfsson: Stormsker
2017
Elísa Jóhannsdóttir: Er ekki allt í lagi með þig? (What‘s Wrong With You?)
2016
Inga M. Beck: Skóladraugurinn (The School Ghost)
2015
Ragnheiður Eyjólfsdóttir: Skuggasaga – Arftakinn (A Story of Shadows – The Successor)
2014
Guðni Líndal Benediktsson: Leitin að Blóðey (The Search for Blood-Isle)
2013
No award given
2012
Kjartan Yngvi Björnsson and Snæbjörn Brynjarsson: Hrafnsauga (Raven's Eye)
2011
Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir: Flugan sem stöðvaði stríðið (The Fly That Stopped the War)
2010
Þorgrímur Þráinsson: Ertu guð, afi? (Are You God, Grandpa?)
2009
Guðmundur Brynjólfsson: Þvílík vika (What a Week)
2008
Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson: Steindýrin (The Stone Animals)
2007
Hrund Þórsdóttir: Loforðið (The Promise)
2006
Margrét Tryggvadóttir and Halldór Baldursson: Sagan af undurfögru prinsessunni og hugrakka prinsinum hennar (The Story of the Beautiful Princess and Her Brave Prince)
Héðinn Svarfdal Björnsson: Háski og hundakjöt (Danger and Dog's Meat)
2005
No award given
2004
Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir: Leyndardómur ljónsins (The Lion's Secret)
2003
Yrsa Sigurðardóttir: Biobörn (BIO Children)
2002
Harpa Jónsdóttir: Ferðin til Samiraka (The Trip to Samiraka)
2001
Gunnhildur Hrólfsdóttir: Sjáumst aftur... (See You Again ...)
2000
Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir: Leikur á borði (Play on a Table)
1999
No award given
1998
Guðmundur Ólafsson: Heljarstökk afturábak (Backflip)
1997
Þorgrímur Þráinsson: Margt býr í myrkrinu (Lurking in the Dark)
1996
Ingibjörg Möller: Grillaðir bananar (Grilled Bananas)
1995
Herdís Egilsdóttir: Veislan í barnavagninum (The Party in the Baby Carriage)
Þórey Friðbjörnsdóttir: Eplasneplar (Apple Lobes)
1994
Guðrún H. Eiríksdóttir: Röndóttir spóar (Stripey Whimbrels)
1993
Elías Snæland Jónsson: Brak og brestir (Cracks and Creaks)
1992
Friðrik Erlingsson: Benjamín dúfa (Benjamin Dove)
1991
Iðunn Steinsdóttir: Gegnum þyrnigerðið (Through the Thorn Hedge)
1990
Karl Helgason: Í pokahorninu (Up His Sleeve)
1989
Heiður Baldursdóttir: Álagadalurinn (The Valley of Spells)
1988
Kristín Loftsdóttir: Fugl í búri (A Bird in a Cage)
1987
Kristín Steinsdóttir: Franskbrauð með sultu (White Bread With Jam)
1986
Guðmundur Ólafsson: Emil og Skundi (Emil and Skundi)