Award Explanations*

Began: 1991, but children's award added in 1993. Changed its name in 2000 to Book Sense. Children's award divided into illustrated and non-illustrated awards in 2001.

Frequency: Annually.
Decided by: American Booksellers Association
Awarded to: "honor the 'hidden treasures' that ABA bookstore members most enjoyed recommending to their customers during the previous year."
Date Awarded: Summer
http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/3433.html
http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/370.html

Began: 1946, but divided into Older Readers, 1959; Younger Readers,1982 ; Picture,

1956.

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: Australian Children's Book Council

Awarded to: Author must be an Australian or be a resident of Australia.

Date Awarded: August

Began: 1971

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: Canadian Association of Children's Librarians, a division of the Canadian

Library Association

Awarded to: Outstanding Canadian illustrator, or permanent resident of Canada, of a

children's book published in Canada during the previous calendar year which is suitable

for children up to age 14. The text of the book must be worthy of the illustrations

Date Announced: May-June

Date Awarded: June-July, during the Canadian Library Association Annual

Conference.

Published in: Children's Books in Print

http://www.cla.ca/awards/afhgwinners.htm

Began: 1988

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: American Institute of Physics

Awarded to: Articles, booklets, or books on physics and astronomy intended for children

preschool to fifteen years of age published in the preceeding year

Date Announced:

Date Awarded:

Published in:

http://www.aip.org/aip/writing/winchild.html

Began:

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: American Library Association - Association for Library Service to Children

(ALSC)

Awarded to: A group award given to 63-90 books (63 from 1999; 90 from 2002).

Chapter books and picture books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age

levels (through age 14) of especially commendable quality and creativity, and must be

published in the United States during the year preceding the Midwinter Meeting.

Date Awarded: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print, Bowker

Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awards.html

Began:

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: American Library Association - Young Adult Library Services Association

(YALSA)

Awarded to: A large group award of 70-85 books recommended to young adults. The

ten best of these are in the Ten Best Books for Young Adults list (TBBYA). A general

list of fiction and non-fiction titles that are recommended for ages 12-18 published

between September 1 and December 31 of the following year.

Date Awarded: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/

Began: 1967; non-fiction, 1976; illustration, 1976; fiction,1976.

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: Independent panel of 3 judges, new each year, selected by Horn Book

editors in consultation with Boston Globe representative.

Sponsored by: The Boston Globe and The Horn Book magazine

Awarded to: Books must have been published in U.S. during the designated period

(July 1 to June 30), but authors need not be American citizens.

Date Announced: Summer (May, June, July)

Date Awarded: Awarded in the Fall at Boston Athenaeum.

Published in: issue of Jan/Feb issue Horn Book, Children's Books in Print

http://www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml

Began: 1990

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by:

Decided by:

Awarded to: Author, who must be a citizen or resident of Ireland the book was published

in the previous year in Ireland.

Date Announced:

Date Awarded: May

Published in:

Began: 1938

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: American Library Association - Association for Library Service to

Children (ALSC)

Decided by: Awards Committee of the Children's Services Division

Awarded to: Artist, who must be a citizen or resident of the United States and book

published in the previous year in United States.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Date Awarded: June-July at ALA Annual Conference

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print, Bowker

Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

Began: 1937

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: British Library Association, Youth Libraries Group

Decided by:

Awarded to: Author of a children's book of outstanding merit written in English and

published first or concurrently in the United Kingdom in the preceding year. (Carnegie

Medal winner of 1998 was published in 1998 and awarded in 1999.)

Date Awarded: Summer

Published in: Children's Books in Print, Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade

Almanac

http://www.cilip.org.uk/practice/awards.html

Began: 1980

Began: Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Canadian Library Association

Decided by:

Awarded to: The author of the best children's book published in Canada. The author

must be a citizen or resident of Canada.

Date Announced: May-June

Date Awarded: June-July, during the Canadian Library Association Annual

Conference.

Published in:

http://www.cla.ca/awards/yawinners.htm

Began: 1947

Began: Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Canadian Library Association

Decided by:

Awarded to: The author of the best children's book published in Canada. The author

must be a citizen or resident of Canada.

Date Announced: May-June

Date Awarded: June-July, during the Canadian Library Association Annual

Conference.

Published in: Children's Books in Print

http://www.cla.ca/awards/boycwinners.htm

Began: 1969

Frequency: Annually. 1999 winner is announced in 1999 and was published in 1998.

Decided by: American Library Association - Social Responsibilities Round Table

Awarded to: Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose

distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American

Dream" for books published in the preceeding year.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print, Bowker

Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac

http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/index.html

Began: 1998

Frequency: Annually. 1999 winner is announced in 1999 and was published in 1998.

Decided by: Cooperative Children's Book Center, School of Education, University of

Wisconsin-Madison.

Awarded to: the text of the best picture book for young children (0-7 years) originally

written in English, published in the United States in the preceding year.

Date Announced:

Published in:

http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/zolotow.htm

Began: 1961

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Mystery Writers of America

Decided by: Mystery Writers of America

Awarded to: Best juvenile mystery of the preceeding year.

Date Awarded: April/May

Published in: Children's Books in Print, Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade

Almanac

http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards.html

http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/main.shtml

Began: 1989

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Mystery Writers of America

Decided by: Mystery Writers of America

Awarded to: Best young adult mystery of the preceeding year.

Date Awarded: April

Published in:

http://www.mysterywriters.org/awards.html

http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/main.shtml

Began: 1945

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by:

Decided by: Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA)

Awarded to: New Zealand author for the most distinguished contribution to literature for

children or young adults published in the previous year.

Date Awarded:

Published in:

http://lib.cce.ac.nz/nzcba/estherg/

Began: 1979

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

Decided by: New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

Awarded to: Australian author for the most distinguished contribution to literature for young

adults published in the previous year.

Date Awarded: May

Published in:

http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/

Began: 1950

Frequency: Annually. Award for 1998 is announced in November 1998 for a book

published in 1998.

Sponsored by:

Decided by: Canada Council

Awarded to: Canadian citizens, whether published in Canada or elsewhere, who wrote

the best English-language & best French-language children's text and children's

illustration published from September 1 to September 30 of the following years,

distributed and available in Canada.

Date Awarded: November

Published in: Children's Books in Print

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/

Began: 1974

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Decided by: Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

Awarded to: "Golden Kite Statuettes û for fiction, non-fiction, picture book text, and

picture-illustration û are awarded each year to the most outstanding children's books

published during that year and having been written or illustrated by members of the

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators."

Date Awarded: Decided in April, given in July

Published in:

http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm

Began: 1967

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: The Guardian

Decided by: panel of authors and the review editor for The Guardian's children's books

section

Awarded to: British or Commonwealth author for outstanding work of fiction first

published in the United Kingdom during the preceeding year.

Date Awarded: late March

Published in:

http://www.booktrusted.com/handbook/prizes/guardian.html

Began: 1953 Frequency: Annually. Award for 1998 is announced in 1999.

Sponsored by: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Jane

Addams Peace Association Decided by: Youth Libraries Group

Awarded to: The children's book of the previous year that "most effectively promotes

peace, social justice, world community and the equality of the sexes and all races." Date Announced: September 6 Date Awarded: October Published in: Children's Books in Print

http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/addams/list.htm

Began: 1956. First award given in 1957 for book published in 1956.

Frequency: Annually. Award for 1998 is given in 1999 for work published in 1998.

Decided by: British Library Association , Youth Libraries Group

Awarded to: The most distinguished work in the illustration of children's books first

published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year.

Date Awarded: Summer

Published in: Children's Books in Print, Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade

Almanac

http://www.cilip.org.uk/practice/awards.htmlfs

Began: 1982

Frequency: Was annually but now defunct. Last award given 1999.

Decided by:

Awarded to: The award is made to the author and illustrator of a children's book which

combines excellence in both text and illustration. Entries for the award must have been

published during the preceding year.

Administered by: Book Trust

Date Awarded: December

Published in:

http://www.booktrusted.com/handbook/prizes/maschler.html

Began: 1966

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children

(ALSC)

Awarded to: U.S. publisher responsible for the English-language edition of the work

published in the preceeding year for a work originally published in a foreign language.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print, Bowker

Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac

http://www.ala.org/alsc/batch.html

Began: 2000

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Booklist

Decided by: American Library Association - Young Adult Library Services Association

(YALSA)

Awarded to: An outstanding title of fiction or non-fiction published for young adults,

defined as 12-18 years, inside or outside the U.S. from the proceeding year January 1

to December 31.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Conference

Date Awarded: June-July at ALA Annual Conference

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz/

Began: 1950.

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: National Book Foundation

Decided by:

Awarded to: Fiction or non-fiction published in the United States, hwere the author(s) is

a US citizen published between December 1 and November 30 of the following year.

Date Announced:

Date Awarded: November

Published in: Publisher's Weekly

http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html

Began: 1922

Frequency: Annually.

Decided by: American Library Association - Association for Library Service to Children

Awarded to: "Author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for

children published in the U.S. during the preceeding year. Authors must be citizens or

residents of the U.S.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Date Awarded: June-July at the ALA Conference

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print, Bowker

Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

Began: 1972

Frequency: Annually

Decided by: Book Review Committee of the National Council for the Social Studies

Awarded to: Books written for K-8. "The selection committee looks for books that

emphasize human relations, represent a diversity of groups and are sensitive to a broad

range of cultural experiences, present an original theme or a fresh slant on a traditional

topic, are easily readable and of high literary quality, and have a pleasing format and, when

appropriate, illustrations that enrich the text." Published in the preceeding year.

Date Announced:

Date Awarded: April/May

Published in: May/June issue of Social Education

http://www.socialstudies.org/resources/notable/

Began: 1952

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: New York Times

Decided by: Panel of three judges (the children's book editor, an artist, and a critic)

Awarded to: Books published in the U. S.

Date Awarded: Mid-November

Published in: Mid-November special supplement of New York Times Book Review

Began: 1990

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: National Council of Teachers of English

Decided by: Committee on the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Awarded to: K-8 non-fiction published in the United States during the previous calendar

year.

Date Awarded: November at the Books for Children Luncheon at the Annual NCTE

Convention

Date Announced: Spring Conference

Published in: Language Arts, Nov. issue

http://www.ncte.org/elem/pictus/

Began: 1973

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by:

Decided by: book review panel appointed by the National Science Teachers Association

(NSTA) and assembled in cooperation with the Children's Book Council (CBC). NSTA and

CBC have cooperated on this bibliographic project since 1973.

Date Announced:

Date Awarded:

Published in: March issue of Science and Children, Science Scope, and The Science

Teacher

http://www.nsta.org/ostbc

Began: 1996

Frequency: Every two years (even-numbered years).

Decided by: American Library Association - Association for Library Service to Children

(ALSC) and the National Association to Promote Library Services to the Spanish Speaking

(REFORMA).

Awarded to: Latino writers and illustrators whose work best exemplifies authentic cultural

experiences in children's works of literature.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention

Date Awarded: June-July at ALA Annual Conference

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal, Children's Books in Print

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awards.html

Began: 1985

Frequency: Annual

Decided by: Children's Literature Association

Awarded to: Awarded to a book originally published in English twenty years previously that

did not receive a major award at the time of its publication.

Date Announced:

Date Awarded:

Published in:

http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/Phoenix.html

Began: 1999

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

Decided by: New South Wales Ministry for the Arts

Awarded to: Australian author for the most distinguished contribution to literature for

children adults published in the previous year.

Date Awarded: May

Published in:

http://www.arts.nsw.gov.au/

Began: 1976. First awarded in 1978.

Frequency: Annually

Sponsored by:

Decided by: Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

Awarded to: "New Zealand illustrator responsible for the most distinguished illustrations for

a children's or young adult's book. Non-fiction as well as fiction titles are eligible."

Date Awarded:

Published in:

http://lib.cce.ac.nz/nzcba/clark/

Began: 1976. Split off into two awards (picture and YA- fiction or non-) in 1994

Frequency: Annually

Sponsored by: Ruth Schwartz Foundation and Ontario Arts Council

Decided by: Canadian Booksellers Association (for initial nominees) and representative

children (for winners)

Awarded to: "Two awards are presented annually, one for picture books ($3,000) and one

for young adult/middle readers ($2,000). The short list of books is selected by the

Canadian Booksellers Association, and the winners are chosen by juries of school children,

from a school selected by the Ontario Arts Council."

Date Announced: May

Date Awarded: June, at Children's Day Luncheon hosted by the Canadian Booksellers

Association

Published in:

http://www.arts.on.ca/english/foundation/awards/schwartz.htm

Began: 1985

Frequency: Annual

Sponsored by: Nestle

Decided by: Shortlist decided by a panel of judges. Winners decided by children from the

shortlist.

Administered by: Book Trust

Awarded to: Divided into three age categories: (under 5, 6-8 and 9-11), submitted by

publishers, and "awarded annually to a work of fiction or poetry for children written in

English by a UK citizen, or an author resident in the UK in the year ending 31 October."

Date Announced: December

Date Awarded:

Published in:

http://www.booktrusted.com/nestle/prize.html

Began: 2001

Frequency: Annually

Sponsored by:

Decided by: Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American

Library Association

Awarded to: the US the author (citizen or resident) of the most distinguished

informational book published during the preceding year in the United States.

Date Announced: ALA Mid-Winter Conference (January/February)

Published in:

http://www.ala.org/alsc/sibert.html

Began: 1981, but not awarded until 1984

Frequency: Annually

Sponsored by: Scott O'Dell Foundation

Decided by: An advisory committee

Awarded to: Titles published in English for children or young adults by a U. S. publisher,

and be set in the New World (North, Central, or South America) published in the

previous year.

Date Awarded: Winter

Published in: Children's Books in Print, January-March Publisher's Weekly

http://www.scottodell.com/sosoaward.html

Began:1985

Frequency: Annually.

Sponsored by: Society of School Librarians International

Decided by: Seven committees, each with five members from SSLI, review and decide

winners in seven categories. Winners of a year are drawn from Aug 1 of the previous year

through July 31 of awarding year (Aug 1, 2001-July 31, 2002 for 2002 awards).

Awarded to: Awards go to authors for books from ages K-12 (categories are divided by

age) for books published anywhere in the world in the given time period.

Date Awarded: November-ish at annual conference

Published in: Teacher Librarian

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ssli.htm

Began: First awarded in 1969 for book published in 1968. Established by Ralph Taylor.

Frequency: Annually

Decided by: Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

Awarded to: The authors of the most distinguished contributions to Jewish children's

literature published in the preceeding year. STA 1998 was published in 1997 or 1998 and

awarded June 1999.

Date Announced: January

Date Awarded: June each year at the AJL Annual Convention.

Purpose: To honor outstanding books of positive Jewish content for children.

Published in: Children's Books in Print

http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awardsscholarships_files/taylor_book.htm

Began:

Frequency: Annually

Decided by: YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Committee.

Funded by:

Awarded to: A group award for the best ten books to appear on the much larger list, Best

Books for Young Adults (BBYA). A list of the best ten books in the Best Books for Young

Adults list of fiction and non-fiction titles that are recommended for ages 12-18 published

between September 1 and December 31 of the following year.

Date Announced: Jan-Feb at ALA Mid-Winter Convention Winner is announced late in

March.

Date Awarded:

Purpose:

Published in: March issue of School Library Journal

http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/2003top10best.html

Began: 1952 by Emporia State University and Ruth Garver Gagliardo

Frequency: Annually

Decided by: the Book Selection Committee which includes representatives from

educational institutions in Kansas as well as Kansas educational and professional

organizations concerned with children.

Funded by: In part by the Trusler Foundation.

Awarded to: "To be eligible for inclusion on the annual White Awards Master Lists, a book

must have been first published in English in the United States, Canada or Mexico within

the calendar year immediately preceding the year when the Master Lists are selected. Only

books by authors who reside in the United States, Canada or Mexico are eligible for

inclusion on the Master Lists. Fiction, poetry and non-fiction are eligible. Textbooks,

anthologies and translations are not eligible. " Criteria considered by Book Selection

Committee members in selecting titles for the Master Lists include qualities of originality

and vitality, clarity, factual accuracy in the case of non-fiction, sincerity of the author and

respect for the reader as well as acceptance by children. After reading two books from the

master list for that grade (3rd-5th and 6th-8th), a child may vote.

Date Announced: Voting takes place in February. Winner is announced late in March.

Date Awarded:

Purpose:

Published in:

http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/index.htm

Began: 1972

Frequency: Annually

Sponsored by: Whitbread Breweries

Decided by: Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland.

Awarded to: well-written, enjoyable book for children of seven and up, written by a British

author

Date Announced: January

Date Awarded: January

Published in: previous year

http://www.whitbread-bookawards.co.uk/