National Awards

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Jane Addams Children’s Book Award
www.janeaddamspeace.org
Annually awarded by the Jane Addams Peace Association to the children's book that "most effectively promotes peace, social justice, world community and the equality of the sexes and all races."

Aesop Prize
www.afsnet.org/sections/children/
Given annually by the Children’s Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society to books for children and young adults, both fiction and nonfiction, that “enhance the reader’s understanding of folklore” and “reflect the culture and worldview of the people whose folklore is the focus of the book.”

Africana Book Award
www.africanstudies.org/asa_childbook.html
Awarded annually by the African Studies Association to outstanding books about Africa

American Indian Youth Literature Award
www.ala.org
Awarded to the best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians.

Américas Awards
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CLACS/aa/index.html
Awarded annually by the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs to honor titles published in the United States that authentically and engagingly portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States.

May Hill Arbuthnot Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/
arbuthnothonor/arbuthnothonor.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to a distinguished individual who will prepare and deliver a paper which makes a significant contribution to the field of children's literature.

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
www.apalaweb.org/awards/awards.htm
Awarded by the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) to books that promote Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage.

Audie Awards
www.audiopub.org/audies-gala.asp
Recognizes excellence in audio publishing.

Audiobook Hall of Fame Award
www.audiopub.org
Recognizes a lasting contribution to the audiobook industry.

The Bank Street College of Education Awards
www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/awards.html
Awarded annually by the Bank Street School's Children's Book Committee to outstanding titles in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward/index.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the publisher of the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States

Beacon of Freedom Award
www.wrl.org/BOFA/home.html
Presented annually by the Williamsburg Regional Library and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation to an author whose work introduces American history, from Colonial times through the Civil War, to children in a historically accurate and engaging manner.

Pura Belpré Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/index.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to Latino writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience.

Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards
www.hbook.com/bghb/
Awarded annually for excellence in literature for children and young adults.

Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/
caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book.

Carnegie Medal
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/
carnegiemedal/carnegieterms/carnegiemedal.htm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for excellence in children’s video.

Christopher Award
www.christophers.org/
Awarded annually by the Christophers to books of literary distinction which "affirm the highest values of the human spirit."

Edgar Awards
http://theedgars.com/
Recognizes the best mystery writing of the year.

Margaret A. Edwards Award
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/margaretaedwards/margaretedwards.htm
Awarded annually by the American Library Assocation (ALA) to an author for a lifetime contribution in writing books of enduring popularity with teenagers.

Will Eisner Comic Industry Award
www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_main.shtml
Awarded annually to honor the best publications in the comics industry.

2008	Best Publication for Kids Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 and Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (both Archaia) by David Petersen Best Publication for Teens Laika (First Second) by Nick Abadzis

Sid Fleischman Humor Award
www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Awarded annually to an SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) author whose work exemplifies excellence in humor writing.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/geiselaward/index.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for outstanding books for beginning readers.

Giverny Award
www.15degreelab.com/award06.html
Awarded annually by the 15 Degree Laboratory at Louisiana State University to a distinguished children’s science picture book.

Golden Duck Award
www.goldenduck.org/winners.php
For excellence in children’s science fiction literature.

Golden Kite Award
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) to outstanding books written or illustrated by SCBWI members.

Gryphon Award
www.lis.uiuc.edu/~ccb/gryphon.html
Awarded annually by the Center for Children's Books at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana to the author of an outstanding English language work of fiction or non-fiction for which the primary audience is children in grades K–4.

Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award
www.dddcec.org/secondarypages/dollygray/Dolly_Gray_Children's_Literature_Award.html
Awarded biennially by the Council for Exceptional Children to a work of children's fiction that portrays individuals with developmental disabilities.

Lee Bennett Hopkins Award for Children’s Poetry
http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/hopkins/workingLBH3.html
Awarded annually to an American poet or anthologist for the most outstanding new book of children's poetry.

Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Book Award
www.ezra-jack-keats.org/bookawards/index.html
Awarded annually by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation to “recognize and encourage authors and illustrators new to the field of children's books.”

Kerlan Award
http://special.lib.umn.edu/clrc/kerlan/awards.php#3
Awarded annually “in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children’s literature and in appreciation for generous donation of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children’s literature.”

Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults that demonstrate sensitivity to "the true worth and value of all beings."

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award

Laureate for Children's Poetry
www.poetryfoundation.org
Honors a living poet for excellence in and commitment to writing poetry for children.

Los Angeles Times Book Prize
www.latimes.com/extras/bookprizes
Awarded annually by the Los Angeles Times.

Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award
http://www.edupaperback.org/award.cfm
Awarded annually by the Educational Paperback Association.

MacArthur Fellowship Award
www.macfound.org
Awarded annually by the Los Angeles Times, the fellowship honors "extraordinary originality and dedication in...creative pursuits."

James Madison Book Award
www.jamesmadisonbookaward.org/
Awarded annually to honor “excellence in bringing knowledge and understanding of American history to readers ages five to fourteen.”

William C. Morris Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/morris/morrisaward.cfm
Awarded annually to a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.

Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association Regional Book Award
www.mountainsplains.org/regionalbookawards.aspx
Chosen to honor outstanding books which are set in the mountains and plains region.

National Book Award in Young People's Literature
www.nationalbook.org
Awarded annually by the National Book Foundation to the year's most distinguished book for young people.

National Outdoor Book Award
www.isu.edu/outdoor/books/index.html
Awarded annually to “encourage outstanding writing and publishing in the outdoor field.”

NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature
www.ou.edu/worldlit/NSK/NSK.htm
Awarded biennially by the University of Oklahoma and its quarterly, World Literature Today, to an accomplished contemporary writer of children’s literature.

Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/
newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Sterling North Legacy Award
Awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of childen's literature.

Andre Norton Award
Given to recognize outstanding science fiction and fantasy for young adults.
www.sfwa.org/awards/2007/index.html

Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
www.scottodell.com/odellaward.html
Awarded annually to a work of historical fiction set in the Americas.

Odyssey Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/odyssey/odyssey.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for excellence in audiobook production for children or young adults.

Once Upon a World Children's Book Award
www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=fwLYKnN8LzH&b=242746
Given annually by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to a book for six- to ten-year-olds that promotes the themes of tolerance, diversity, human understanding, and social justice.

PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/281
Awarded annually by PEN to an author of children's or young-adult fiction whose “work is of high literary caliber but has not yet attracted a broad readership.”

Pennsylvania Center for the Book
A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy
www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/FamilyLit
Awarded to recognize picture books that "best fulfill the goals of family literacy programs across the nation: to create lifelong readers and lovers of books, and start with the youngest audience — preschool children.

Phoenix Award
http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix_award.html
Given annually to a children's book that did not win a major award at the time of publication twenty years earlier, but that continues to inspire young readers.

Michael L. Printz Award
www.ala.org/yalsa/printz
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to a book that best exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.

Regina Medal
www.cathla.org/awards_regina.php
Awarded annually by the Catholic Library Association for “continued, distinguished contribution to children’s literature without regard to the nature of the contribution.”

Schneider Family Book Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/schneideraward/schneiderfamily.cfm
Given to honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/sibertmedal/index.cfm
Awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the most distinguished informational book.

Sydney Taylor Book Award
www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/st_books.htm
Awarded annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries "to outstanding books of positive Jewish content."

Washington Post-Children’s Book Guild Award for Nonfiction
www.childrensbookguild.org
Awarded annually by the Washington Post and the Children's Book Guild of Washington DC to an author or illustrator whose total body of work has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children

E.B. White Read Aloud Book Award
www.abfc.com/ebwhite.html
Awarded annually by the Association of Booksellers for Children to “reflect the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E.B White in his classic books for children.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/wildermedal/index.cfm
Awarded biennially by the American Library Association (ALA) to an author or illustrator whose books have made a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.

Willa Award
http://www.womenwritingthewest.org/willaaward.html
Awarded annually by Women Writing the West to an outstanding book set in the West that features women’s stories.

Young Adults’ Choices
www.reading.org/resources/tools/choices_young_adults.html
Annually awarded by International Reading Association and selected by young readers across the country. The annotated list of honored titles is published in the fall issue of list of the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy.

Charlotte Zolotow Award
www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/zolotow.asp
Awarded annually to the author of the best picture book text published in the United States.