Gouden Griffel

The Gouden Griffel (Golden Stylus) is an award given to authors of children's or teenagers' literature in the Netherlands.

Only novels written in Dutch are eligible for the gouden griffel.

However, the runner-up awards (Silver griffels) can also be given to translated works.

Aside from these, the Gouden Penseel (golden paintbrush) is awarded to the best illustrated children's books (with silver penseel as a runner-up), and since 1997 the Gouden Zoen (golden kiss, with silver as a runner-up) is awarded to the best books for teenagers.

The inaugural winner was Rindert Kromhout for Soldaten huilen niet ("Soldiers don't cry"); there was also a Gouden Lijst for a translated boek, Mal Peet's Tamar.

Els Pelgrom and Thé Tjong-Khing receiving the Gouden Griffel and Gouden Penseel awards respectively (1985).
Polygoon newsreel on the Kinderboekenweek 1974.
Jaap ter Haar , received the "Gouden Griffel" award with the children's book The world of Bear Ligthart .
Thea Beckman receives an award for children's book Crusade in jeans .
The Golden Brush went to writer and illustrator Wim Hofman for his book Koning Wikkepokluk de merkwaardige zoekt een rijk.