Selected Book Awards
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Academy of American Poets Fellowship Award
Awarded since 1946, the Fellowship's $25,000 stipend is granted to one
poet per year in recognition of distinguished poetic achievement.
Affiliation: Academy of American Poets
Latest Recipient: James McMichael (2007)
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards
Presented annually since 1953, The Jane Addams Book Awards are for books which "effectively promote the cause of peace, social justice, world community, and the equality of the sexes and all races as well as meeting conventional standards for excellence.
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Affiliation: Jane Addams Peace Association
Latest Recipients:
For Younger Children: The Escape of Oney Judge: Martha Washington's Slave Finds Freedom written and illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully
For Older Children: We are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner
http://home.igc.org/~japa/jacba/index_jacba.html
American Indian Youth Literature Award
First awarded in 2008, this award honors the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.
Affiliation: American Indian Library Association (AILA)
Latest Recipients:
Picture Book: Crossing Bok Chitto: A Choctaw Tale of Friendship and Freedom by Tim Tingle, Illustrated by Jeanne Rorex Bridge
Middle School: Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond by Joseph Medicine Crow
Young Adult: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
American Institute of Graphic Arts SEED Awards
The SEED Awards is a design competition to celebrate the best and the
brightest design in the Southeast. After judging over 500 entries the
competition is chronicled in a book featuring the winning work.
Affiliation: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Atlanta
Chapter
http://aiga-atl.org/event.jsp?navigation=12&content=325
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature
The Américas Award is given in recognition of U.S works of fiction, poetry, folklore, or selected non-fiction (from picture books to works for young adults) published in the previous year in English or Spanish that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere.
Affiliation: Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP)
Latest Recipients:
Josias, Hold the Book by Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
The Poet Slave of Cuba by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Sean Qualls.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/outreach/americas.html
Hans Christian Andersen Awards
“The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. The Author's Award has been given since 1956 and the Illustrator's Award since 1966.Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark is the Patron of the Andersen Awards. The nominations are made by the National Sections of IBBY and the recipients are selected by a distinguished international jury of children's literature specialists.”
Affiliation: International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
Latest Recipients: Margaret Mahy, Wolf Erlbruch
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=273
May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture
Recognizes an individual in children's literature, who then presents a lecture at a winning host site.
Latest Recipient: Walter Dean Myers
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.htm
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The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
This award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director
of the Association for Library Service to Children, a believer in the
importance of good books for children in translation from all parts
of the world. It is awarded to an American publisher for a children's
book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally
published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently
translated into English and published in the United States.
Affiliation: The Association for Library Service to Children
(ALSC), a division of ALA
Latest Recipient: VIZ Media, for Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe and translated by Alexander O. Smith (originally published in 2003.)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/
batchelderaward/batcheldercurr/batchelderaward.htm
This award honors Latino authors and illustrators whose work celebrates the Latino culture in children's books.
Affiliation: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and he National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (REFORMA)
Latest Recipients:
Illustrator: Los Gatos Black on Halloween illustrated by Yuyi Morales
Author: The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano
Best Books for Young Adults
The 15-member committee annually narrows down hundreds of submissions
into their official nominations meeting the criteria of both good literary
quality and popular reading appeal for teens, ages 12-18.
Affiliation: Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA),
a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/06bbya.htm
Black Caucus Literary Awards
The BCALA Literary Awards recognize outstanding works of Fiction and
Nonfiction by African American authors for adult audiences.
Affiliation: Black Caucus of the American Library Association
Latest Recipients:
Fiction: After, A Novel by Marita Golden
Nonfiction: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American
Dream by Barack Obama
Outstanding Contribution to Publishing: Legacy: Treasures of Black
History (National Geographic Press)
http://www.bcala.org/awards/literary.htm
Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry
The Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Prize for Poetry awards $10,000 every other year to the best book of American poetry published in the preceding two years.
Affiliation: Library of Congress
Latest Recipient: Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower
Midwest by B.H. Fairchild (2004)
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/bobbitt.html
Book Sense of the Year Awards
“Book Sense independent booksellers from across the country nominate the books that they most enjoyed handselling to their customers throughout the year for inclusion in the monthly Book Sense Picks. The books on each list represent a combined national and local staff pick selection of booksellers' favorites from more than 1,200 independent bookstores with Book Sense.”
Affiliation: American Booksellers Association
Latest Recipients:
Adult Fiction :A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead/Penguin)
Adult Nonfiction: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (HarperCollins)
Children's Literature: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)
Children's Illustrated: Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)
Paperback: Not Awarded (2008)
http://www.bookweb.org/btw/awards/BSBY.html
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are given to outstanding children's
fiction, poetry, picture books, and non-fiction published in the United
States, but not necessarily by an American author or artist.
Affiliation: The Horn Book Magazine, The Boston Globe
Latest Recipients:
Picture:Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Fiction & Poetry:The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson
Nonfiction:The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr written and illustrated by Nicolas Debon
http://www.hbook.com/bghb/default.asp
British Science Fiction Association Awards
This award recognizes the best British Science Fiction works published
each year.
Affiliation: British Science Fiction Association
Latest Recipients:
Novel: Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Short Fiction: Lighting Out by Ken MacLeod from disLocations
Artwork: Cracked World by Andy Bigwood
Fiftieth Anniversary Award: Best Novel of 1958: Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss.
http://www.bsfa.co.uk/
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Randolph Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English
illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association
for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture
book for children.
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipient: The Invention of Hugo Cabret Flotsam illustrated by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
(2007)
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award
Given in recognition of an outstanding work for young people between
the ages of 13 and 18 by a Canadian author.
Affiliation: Canadian Library Association
Latest Recipient: The Blue Helmet by William Bell
http://www.cla.ca/awards/yac.htm
Carnegie Medal
The Carnegie Medal is awarded to an outstanding American video production
for children.
Affiliation: Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC),
a division of ALA
Latest Recipients: Producer Kevin Lafferty, executive producer John Davis, and co-producers, Amy Palmer Robertson and Danielle Sterling for Jump In! Freestyle Edition.
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/
carnegiemedal/carnegiecurrent/carnegiemedal.htm
Nan Chauncy Award (Australia)
Named after Nan Chauncy, a noted Tasmanian author of children’s books, this CBCA award been created to honor people who have made an outstanding contribution, over a period of years, to the field of Australian children's literature.
Affiliation: Australia Children's Book Council
Latest Recipient: Muriel Barwell
http://cbca.org.au/default.aspx?contentID=125
CILIP Carnegie Medal
The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by children's librarians
to an outstanding book for children and young people.
Affiliation: CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals
Latest Recipient: Just in Case by Meg Rosoff
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/home/index.php
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The Dial Award
The award was first presented in 1921 by Schofield Thayer, editor of
The Dial, a literary magazine. It was presented only eight times before
it was canceled in 1928 but in that time such notable authors as T.S.
Eliot, Van Wyck Brooks, E. E. Cummings, and Ezra Pound were named as
winners.
Affiliation: The Dial Magazine
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/dial/dialhist.htm
Drexel University/Free Library of Philadelphia Children’s Literature Citation
Established in 1963, the Drexel University/Free Library of Philadelphia Children’s Literature Citation is awarded to authors, illustrators, publishers and others who have made outstanding contributions to the field of literature for children. The recipient must hail from Philadelphia, or have contributed significantly to literature for children in the Philadelphia area.
Affiliation: Drexel University; Free Library of Philadelphia
Latest Recipient: Peter Catalanotto (2004)
http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/CS/GraduatePrograms/spec/children
Dromkeen Medal (Australia)
Recognizing a citizen for "recent work providing a significant contribution to the appreciation and development of children's literature."
Affiliation:Dromkeen
Latest Recipient: Walter McVitty
http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/medal.asp
The Frederick Douglass Prize
This $25,000 award recognizes the best book published each year written
about slavery, resistance and abolition.
Affiliation: Gilder Lehrman Center
Latest Recipient: Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after
Slavery by Rebecca J. Scott
http://www.yale.edu/glc/events/2006.htm
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The Margaret A. Edwards Award
Established in 1988, this award honors an author's lifetime achievement
for writing books that have been popular over a period of time. It recognizes
an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and
addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships,
society, and in the world.
Affiliation: Sponsored by School Library Journal and administered
by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division
of ALA
Latest Recipient: Orson Scott Card
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/
margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.htm
Arthur Ellis Award
The Arthur Ellis Awards are named after Canada's official hangman. Awards are presented in six categories for works in the crime genre published for the first time in the previous year by authors living in Canada, regardless of their nationality, or by Canadian writers living outside of Canada.
Affiliation: The Crime Writers of Canada (CWC).
Latest Recipients:
Best Short StoryVicki Cameron, “Lady in Violet Satin” in Storyteller (Fall 2006)
Karl El-Koura, “The Curious Case of the Book Baron” in Storyteller (Spring 2006)
Barbara Fradkin, “Voices from the Deep” in Dead in the Water (RendezVous Press)
Jennifer Geens, “Canadian Diamonds” in Storyteller (Summer 2006)
Dennis Richard Murphy, “Fuzzy Wuzzy” in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (August 2006)
Best Non-Fiction
Edward Butts, The Desperate Ones: Forgotten Canadian Outlaws (Dundurn Press)
Guy Lawson & William Oldham, The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)
Mike McIntyre, To the Grave: A Spectacular RCMP Sting (Great Plains Publications)
Brian O’Dea, High: Confessions of a Pot Smuggler (Random House Canada)
Linda Spalding, Who Named the Knife (McClelland & Stewart)
Best Juvenile
Marty Chan, The Mystery of the Graffiti Ghoul (Thistledown Press)
Sean Cullen, Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates (Penguin Canada)
L.M. Falcone, The Devil, The Banshee and Me (Kidscan Press)
Norah McClintock, Tell (Orca)
Monique Polak, All In (James Lorimer)
Best Crime Writing in French
Because of the low number of submissions to this category, unfortunately, there is no French award for 2007.
Best First Novel
Glen Bonham, The Elvis Interviews (Battlefield Publishing)
Anne Emery, Sign of the Cross (ECW Press)
Stephen Kimber, Reparations (HarperCollins Canada)
Grant McCrea, Dead Money (Random House Canada)
David Russell, Deadly Lessons (Rendezvous Press)
Best Novel
Linwood Barclay, Lone Wolf (Bantam/RHC)
Emma Cole, Every Secret Thing (Allison & Busby)
Barbara Fradkin, Honour Among Men (RendezVous Press)
Kathy Reichs, Break No Bones (Scribner/Simon & Schuster)
Peter Robinson, Piece of My Heart (McClelland & Stewart)
Best Unpublished First Crime Novel (the Unhanged Arthur)
Jennifer Hemstock, Murder in a Cold Climate
Meika Erinn McClurg, Ego Tenderloin
Rosemary McCracken, Last Date
Phyllis Smallman, Margarita Nights
Kevin Thornton, Condemned
http://www.crimewriterscanada.co
Empire State Award
First presented in 1990 by the Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association, the Empire State Award is a one-time award presented to a living author or illustrator currently residing in New York State.
Affiliation: The Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association
Latest Recipient: Donald Crews
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=411
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Eleanor Farjeon Award (United Kingdom)
Awarded to an individual in recognition of his or her distinguished
contribution to the world of children's books. Winner is chosen from nominations from members of the Children's Book Circle.
Affiliation: Children's Book Circle
Latest Recipient: Wendy Cooling
Carolyn W. Field Award
This award was established in 1983 by the Youth Services Division of
the Pennsylvania Library Association. A Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania,
Carolyn Wicker Field retired in 1983 from the Free Library of Philadelphia
where she served as Coordinator of Work with Children for 30 years
Affiliation: Pennsylvania Library Association
Latest Recipient: Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/booknook/topicbooklists/fieldaward.html
Frost Medal
This award recognizes "distinguished lifetime service to American poetry."
Affiliation: The Poetry Society of America
Latest Recipient: John Hollander (2007)
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards_frsh.html
Fulbright Fellowship
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries
for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing,
advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary
schools.
Affiliation: Fulbright Foundation
http://www.iie.org/cies/about_fulb.htm
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Geisel Medal
This award, established in 2004, recognizes authors and illustrators
of beginning reader books.
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipient: There Is a Bird on Your Head! written and illustrated by Mo Willems
The Gold Dagger for Fiction
The Crime Writers' Association Dagger Awards are one of Britain's most
well recognized crime fiction awards. The Gold Dagger is given to the
most outstanding crime novel each year.
Affiliation: The Crime Writer's Association
Latest Recipients: Sue Grafton
http://www.thecwa.co.uk./index.php
The Golden Kite Awards
The Golden Kite Award, first given in 1973, is the only major children's book award presented by one's peers, and, therefore, is one of the most respected and coveted honors in the field.
Affiliation: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Latest Recipients:
Fiction: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Nonfiction: Muckrakers by Ann Bausum
Picture Book Text:Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers
Picture Book Illustration: Little Night illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Kate Greenaway Medal
The Kate Greenaway Medal was established by The Library Association in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for children. It is named after the popular nineteenth century artist known for her fine children's illustrations and designs.
Affiliation: CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals
Latest Recipient: The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon by Mini Grey (2007)
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/
Guggenheim Fellowships
Guggenheim Fellowships provide authors with the opportunity to travel
and to use their time as freely and creatively as possible.
Affiliation: Guggenheim Foundation
http://www.gf.org/index.html
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Virginia Hamilton Literary Award
Recognizing an American author or illustrator whose books demonstrate artistic excellence and make a significant contribution to the field of multicultural literature for children and adolescents.
Affiliation: Kent State University Virginia Hamilton Conference
http://dept.kent.edu/virginiahamiltonconf/
O.B. Hardison, Jr., Poetry Prize
Founded in 1991, the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize is the only major American prize to celebrate a poet’s excellence in both poetry and teaching. The winner receives $10,000, and is honored with a ceremony and reading at the Folger.
Affiliation: Folger Shakespeare Library
Latest Recipient: David Wajahn (2007)
http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=548
The O. Henry Prize Stories
The O. Henry Awards, established in 1918 in memory of William Sidney
Porter (pseudonym O. Henry), are cash prizes given annually to American
or Canadian short story authors.
Affiliation: Anchor Books
Latest Recipients:
multiple winners
(2007)
http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/#
The Katherine Hepburn Medals
Awarded by Bryn Mawr College, the Katherine Hepburn Medals honor “women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of the four-time-Oscar-winning actress.” The medals, to be awarded annually, were first given in 2006.
Affiliation: Bryn Mawr College - Katherine Houghton Hepburn Center
Latest Recipients: Lauren Bacall, Blythe Danner
http://www.brynmawr.edu/hepburn/medalists.php
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award
This award honors quality poetry written for young people.
Affiliation: Lee Bennett Hopkins, The Pennsylvania Center for the Book, the University Libraries, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians' Association
Latest Recipient: Carole Boston Weatherford (2008)
http://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/hopkins/index.html
The Hugo Award
also known as Science Fiction Achievement Award
The Hugo Award was named in honor of Hugo Gernsback, "The Father of
Magazine Science Fiction." Fourteen are awarded each year. Winners are
determined by nominations from and the popular vote of the membership
of WSFS. In general, a Hugo Award given in a particular year is for
work that appeared in the previous calendar year. Only the winners of
the Novel, Novella, Novelette and Short Story are listed here. Please
see the official site for a listing of all winners.
Affiliation: World Science Fiction Society (WSFS)
Latest Recipients:
Novel: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Novella: "The Concrete Jungle" by Charles Stross
Novelette: "The Faery Handbag" by Kelly Link
Short Story: "Travels with My Cats" by Mike Resnick (2005)
http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html
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The IMPAC Award
The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind. It involves libraries from all corners of the globe, and is open to books written in any language. The Award is administered by Dublin City Public Libraries.
Affiliation: IMPAC and Dublin City Libraries
Latest Recipient: Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson (2007)
http://www.impacdublinaward.ie/index.htm
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Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature
Recognizes a distinguished body of work by a NY children's book author.
Affiliation: School Library Media Section of the NY Library Association - NYLA
Latest Recipient: Richard Peck
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=632
Ezra Jack Keats Award
This award is given each year to an outstanding new author and illustrator
of children's books.
Affiliation: Ezra Jack Keats Foundation, New York Public Library
Latest Recipients:
Author: Mary Ann Rodman for My Best Friend
Illustrator: Yunmee Kyong for Silly Chicken
http://www.nypl.org/press/2006/ezrajackkeats06.cfm
Coretta Scott King Awards
The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott
King Task Force of the American Library Association's Social Responsibilities
Round Table. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent
whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation
of the "American Dream."
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipients:
Author: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrator: Let it Shine written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
New Talent: Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It written by Sundee T. Frazier
http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.cfm
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James Laughlin Award
The James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a poet's second book. It is the only second-book award for poetry in the United States. Offered since 1954, the award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936. It carries an award of $5,000 and the promise of purchase of 10,000 volumes of their work.
Affiliation: Academy of American Poets
Latest Recipient: Human Dark with Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy (2007)
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/109
Lannan Literary Awards
The Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships were established in 1989 to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality. Over the last 18 years, through its Awards and Fellowships program, the Foundation has awarded 161 writers and poets over $11 million. The awards recognize writers who have made significant contributions to English-language literature.
Affiliation: Lannan Foundation
Latest Recipients:
Poetry: Bruce Weigl
Nonfiction: Tim Flannery
Fiction: Kathryn Davis
http://ee.lannan.org/lf/lit/awards-and-fellowships/
Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Astrid Lindgren is Sweden’s favorite author and one of the world’s most popular. She passed away in 2002 at the age of 94. To honor her memory and promote children’s and youth literature around the world, the Swedish government has founded an international prize in her name. The award, of five million Swedish crowns, is the world’s largest for children’s and youth literature, and the second-largest literature prize in the world.
Affiliation: Swedish Arts Council
Latest Recipient: Sonya Hartnett
http://www.alma.se/default_a.aspx?id=247&epslanguage=EN
Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award
The Ludington award is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the educational paperback business. Recipients receive a framed certificate and EPA presents a $2,500 check to the charity of their choice.
Affiliation: Educational Paperback Association
Latest Recipient: Anita Silvey
http://www.edupaperback.org/award.cfm
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James Madison Book Award
The James Madison Book Award is given each year to the book that best represents excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to children in elementary school and to middle-schoolers.
Latest Recipient:A Dangerous Engine: Benjamin Franklin, from Scientist to Diplomat by Joan Dash
http://www.jamesmadisonbookaward.org/
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize honors the memory of Lenore Marshall (1897-1971), a poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist. Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year.
Affiliation: Academy of American Poets and The Nation
Latest Recipient: Grave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970–2005 by
Alice Notley
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/108
Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature
Honoring a body of work which is inspirational to Canadian youth.
Affiliation:
Writer's Trust of Canada
Latest Recipient: Martha Brooks
http://www.writerstrust.com/programs_apa_vickymetcalf.html
The Mother Goose Award
This award provided £1000 to the most exciting newcomer to children's
book illustration among authors in the United Kingdom. First awarded
in 1979, it was given for the last time in 1999.
Affiliation: The Books for Your Children Book Club
http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/prizes/prizes.php4?action=2&przid=24
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The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature
The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature is a relatively new life-time achievement award. The long-standing annual NSK Neustadt Prize for authors of works for adults can be awarded to a writer from any nation.
Affiliation: The University of Oklahoma and "World Literature Today"
Latest Recipient: Claribel Alegría
http://www.worldliteraturetoday.com/
The National Book Award
The National Book Award seeks to increase the popularity of reading,
and to enhance the public's awareness of exceptional American books.
Affiliation: National Book Foundation
Latest Recipients:
Fiction:Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Nonfiction: Legacy of Ashes: the History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
Poetry: Time and Materials by Robert Hass
Young People's Literature:The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
http://www.nationalbook.org/nbathisyear.html
National Outdoor Book Awards
The National Outdoor Book Awards, sponsored by the Association of Outdoor
Recreation and Education and by the Idaho State University, honor the
best in outdoor publishing and writing in nine categories.
Affiliation: Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education,
Idaho State University
Latest Recipients:
multiple
winners (2006)
http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/books/books06.htm
The Newbery Medal
The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the Association for Library
Service to Children, to the author of the most distinguished contribution
to literature for children.
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipient: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Sterling North Legacy Award for Excellence in Children's Literature
Named after the late author of the Newbery Honor Book, RASCAL,this award celebrates the 100th anniversary of Sterling North's birth. It recognizes North's dedication to excellence in children's books.
Affiliation: Edgerton Book Festival
Latest Recipient: Kevin Henkes
Notable Children's Books
The Notable Children's book list contains books worthy of note or notice
that are important, distinguished or outstanding. As applied to children's
books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable
quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction,
information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (through age 14)
that reflect and encourage children's interests in exemplary ways.
Affiliation: The Association for Library Service to Children
and American Library Association
Latest Recipients:
multiple winners (2007)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/
notablecbooklist/currentnotable.htm
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Odyssey Award
This award recognizes the best audiobook for children and young adults, ages birth to eighteen.
Latest Recipients: Jazz by Live Oak Media
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/odysseyaward/Odysseyaward.htm
Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award
The only independent guide to the best toys, books, DVDs, and music for kids.
Latest Recipients:
multiple
winners (2007)
http://www.toyportfolio.com/PlatinumAwards/Index.asp
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The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is an award designed to be independent
of the demands of the publishing industry, free from all constraints
of sales and marketing, free to flow from the judgment of a writer's
peers. One is awarded annually to the best work of fiction by an American
author.
Affiliation: Folger Shakespeare Library, PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Latest Recipient: The Great Man by Kate Christensen
The Philip K. Dick Awards
Following the death of noted science fiction author, Philip K. Dick,
this award was established to honor his memory and recognize distinguished
science fiction published in the United States.
Affiliation: The Philadelphia Science Fiction Society
Latest Recipient: Spin Control by Chris Moriarty (2007)
http://www.philipkdickaward.org
Michael L. Printz Award
The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
Affiliation: American Library Association and the Young Adult
Library Services Association (a member group of ALA)
Latest Recipient: The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/
printzaward/Printz,_Michael_L__Award.htm
The Prix Aurora Award
The Aurora is given to the best English and French language science
fiction works written in Canada.
Affiliation: The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association
Latest Recipients:
multiple winners
http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora
The Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize, established in 1904 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer,
awards 21 prizes annually in Journalism, Fiction, Drama, History, Biography
or Autobiography, Poetry, General Non-fiction, and Music. Only the winners
of the Fiction, Poetry, and General Nonfiction are listed here. Please
see the official site for a list of all winners.
Affiliation: The Pulitzer Prizes, Columbia University
Latest Recipients:
Fiction:The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Poetry: Failure by Philip Schultz
General Non-fiction: The Years of Extermination by Saul Friedlander
The Pushkin Prize
Established in 1988 to honor poet Aleksandr Pushkin, this prize honors
young Russian and Scottish authors for excellent creative writing portfolios.
Affiliation: Russian Federation of Arts and Letters
Latest Recipients: Elizaveta Alekseeva, Alexander Lambton, Felix Levin (2007)
http://www.pushkinprizes.net/
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Regina Medal
The Regina Medal award, established in 1959 and sponsored by the Catholic Library Association, is administered by the Children’s Library Services Section through the Regina Medal Committee at the will of the Catholic Library Association Executive Board. The medal honors an individual’s continued contribution to children’s literature.
Affiliation: Catholic Library Association
Latest Recipient: Vera B. Williams
http://www.cathla.org/awards_regina.php
The Russian Booker
The Russian Booker is modeled after the UK's Booker prize, and honors
the highest achievement in Russian novel writing each year.
Affiliation: United Distillers and Vintners, the Booker Prize
UK
Latest Recipient: Matisse by Aleksandr Ilichevskii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Booker_Prize
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Schneider Family Book Award
The Schneider Family Book Award honors an author or illustrator for
a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience
for child and adolescent audiences in three age categories.
Affiliation: Donated by Katherine Schneider Ph.D. and administered
by the American Library Association
Latest Recipients:
Best Picture Book for Young Children: Kami and the Yaks written by Andrea Stenn Stryer, illustrated by Bert Dodson
Middle School Award: Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Teen Award: Hurt Go Happy written by Ginny Rorby
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Awards17&template=/
ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=86591
Science in Society Book Award (Canada)
Recognizing outstanding contributions to science writing.
Affiliation: Canadian Science Writers' Association - CSWA
Latest Recipient: Robin Marantz Henig for Pandora's Baby: How the First Test-Tube Babies Sparked the Reproductive Revolution
http://www.nasw.org/awards/2005/index.htm
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award, established in 2001,
is awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational
book published during the preceding year. The award is named in honor
of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound
Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois, and is sponsored by the company.
Affiliation: Association for Library Service to Children and
American Library Association
Latest Recipient: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain written and illustrated by Peter Sís
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/sibertmedal/Sibert_Medal.htm
Shelley Memorial Award
The Shelley Memorial Award of more than $3,500, established by the will
of the late Mary P. Sears, is given to a living American poet selected
with reference to genius and need.
Affiliation: The Poetry Society of America
Latest Recipient: Kimiko Hahn (2007)
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards_frsh.html
Stonewall Book Award
(formerly known as American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgendered Book Award)
First awarded in 1971, the Stonewall Book Awards are the first literary
awards recognizing books that relate to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgenedered
experience.
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipients:
Literature: Grief by Andrew Holleran
Nonfiction: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
http://www.ala.org/ala/glbtrt/stonewall/stonewallbook.htm
Sydney Taylor Book Award
This award is given for the most outstanding books of Jewish content
for children. The award is named in honor of the late Sydney Taylor,
author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family books about a Jewish immigrant
family at the turn of the twentieth century.
Affiliation: Association of Jewish Libraries
Latest Recipients:
Younger Readers: Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky
Older Readers: Julia’s Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber
Teens: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm
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USM Medallion
Affiliation: University of Southern Mississippi
Latest Recipient: Eve Bunting
http://www.usm.edu/slis/bookfest.htm
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Western Heritage Award
Western Heritage Awards are given to literature, film and television
that endeavor to preserve the Western Heritage of the United States.
Only the winners of the Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry awards are listed
here. Please see the official site for a list of all winners.
Affiliation: National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum
Latest Recipients:
multiple
winners
http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/e_awar_winn.html
Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the AmericanLibrary Association, the Laura Ingalls WilderAward was first given to its namesake in1954. The award, a bronze medal, honors anauthor or illustrator whose books, published inthe United States, have made, over a period ofyears, a substantial and lasting contribution toliterature for children.
Affiliation: American Library Association
Latest Recipient: James Marshall
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/
literaryawds/wildermedal/wildermedal.htm
Wordcraft Circle Award
Recognizing commitment and contributions to ensuring voices of Native writers and storytellers past, present and future are heard throughout the world.
http://www.nativewiki.org/The_Wordcraft_Circle_of_Native_Writers_and_Storytellers
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Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature
The Award for Young Readers' Literature was inaugurated in 1991 and is given annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. In 1992, it was permanently named in honor of Anne V. Zarrow. Its purpose is to give formal recognition, on behalf of the Tulsa County community, to nationally acclaimed authors who have made a significant contribution to the field of literature for children and young adults.
Affiliation: The Tulsa Library Trust
Latest Recipient: Kate DiCamillo