The Alba Bouwer Prize () is a prize for outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer (1920âÂÂ2010), herself a three-time winner of the , instituted in 1956.