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4.30pm to 5.30pm

At each meeting we will have a featured topic, focusing on books for young people. Towards the end of the session, in the last ten minutes, we will consider participants recent adult reading. Opportunities offered by the SLAV Shelftalkers platform will be discussed. Lists will be made of all recommendations and posted on the SLAVconnects blog.

TERM ONE

Thursday February 15: Books worthy of reconsideration.

For our first meeting of 2024 we will look at under-rated books that are worthy of reconsideration – titles that are special, and still relevant, that might have been forgotten or overlooked. We will also engage with what everyone has been reading over the break both for young people and for personal reading. We look forward to reconnecting with everyone!

Wednesday March 20: Award winners.

We all purchase award winners for libraries but what are the titles that really work with young people? As part of this discussion, we will create a list of various awards and their relevance to school libraries – come along prepared to share.

TERM TWO

Wednesday May 15: Animals/Pets.

Animals often feature in children's and young adult books, sometimes they are the main character, sometimes the sidekick and best friend. In which books have animals stolen your heart? Do your students want to read about pets or wild animals? Note: Pets are welcome to join us during this session (and always).

Thursday June 20: STEM

Support your students and staff as we create a booklist of some of the best STEM fiction. Books that problem solve, books that include science, technology, engineering and maths but with a fictional twist.

TERM THREE

Wednesday August 7: Libraries and Bookshops

We love books, we love libraries, we love bookshops, let's put them together. What books have you read set in a library or bookshop? Maybe there was a character who is a librarian? Did you identify with them? Did you disagree? This month the theme is close to our hearts.

Thursday September 5 TBC

TERM FOUR

Thursday October 10: Historical Fiction Books are time machines to the past; we will discuss the books that have sent us back to another time. Maybe one in which we wish to linger, maybe one in which we are glad we are not there. Does a good read make you research the facts after reading? Are there some picture books that do this well too?

Thursday November 14: Desert Island Books

What would you take to a desert island if you can only take two books? A fiction and a non-fiction title. The rule is generally that you are also given the complete works of Shakespeare and a religious text of your choice. So, will it be a long book, a short book, a re-read or at TBR? Share with us your choice. Maybe others will make you change your mind. And what would your students take?

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The Yoto Carnegies are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.

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Key Dates for the Yoto Carnegies 2024

6 November 2023

2024 Nominations published

13 February 2024

2024 Longlist announcement

13 March 2024

2024 Shortlist announcement event at London Book Fair at 9.15AM GMT

2024 Shortlists revealed online at 9.45AM GMT

Shadowing Starts

March-June

Shadowing group reading, reviews and activities.
15-19 April 2024
Scholastic Schools Live Event Week

22 April 2024

Shadowers' Review Competition opens
23 April 2024
Yoto Carnegies Book Town Takeover in Sedbergh

7 May 2024

Shadowers' Choice Voting opens.
24 May 2024
Shadowers' Review Competition closes

5 June 2024, 5pm

Shadowers' Choice Voting closes

20 June 2024

2024 Medal and Shadowers' Choice Award Winners announced via a livestreamed ceremony.

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6 November 2023 2024 Nominations published 13 February 2024 2024 Longlist announcement 13 March 2024 2024 Shortlist announcement event at London Book Fair at 9.15AM GMT 2024 Shortlists revealed online at 9.45AM GMT Shadowing Starts March-June Shadowing group reading, reviews and activities.

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2021 WLA Book Award Posters are Now Available!

Due to taking our annual conference virtual due to COVID-19, the ScLD was unable to have book award nominee posters printed and available for sale. For 2021, the ScLD has decided to make the Award Posters available for FREE DOWNLOAD for you to print at your leisure. Recommended printing size is 16X20. We look forward to having physical posters available at the WLA Annual Conference next year in Bellevue!

Download the 2021 WLA Book Award Nominee Posters Here:
2021 Towner Nominee Poster 2021 Sasquatch Nominee Poster 2021 WCCPBA Nominee Poster 2021 Otter Nominee Poster
2021 Voting Information - Important Dates

Vote totals for all four WLA Book Awards will be due Friday, May 28, 2021. Winners will be announced Monday, June 7, 2021.

The School Library Division proudly sponsors four awards:

Informational text for grades 2-6, open nominations, committee selected, student voted.
The William C. Towner Award

The Towner Award is named after Bill Towner, longtime Seattle librarian and mentor to dozens of librarians. Bill was an outstanding teacher-librarian who worked with thousands of students from all backgrounds and taught all of them his love of literature. Bill showed us how caring teachers and librarians can make a difference.

The Sasquatch Award
Novels for grades 4-6, open nominations, committee selected, student voted.

Twelve great books are nominees. But only one will win. Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders can participate in the voting process by reading at least two of the nominees.

The Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (WCCPBA)

Picture book award for grades K-3, open nominations, committee selected, student voted.

The Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award was started in 1982. All Washington state students in public and private schools, from kindergarten through third grade in Washington State are welcome to vote. Students hear all 20 nominated picture books, read by their library teacher and/or classroom teacher and participate in literature activities for each book.

The OTTER (Our Time To Enjoy Reading) Award

For transitional readers in grades 1-3, open nominations, committee selected, student voted.

The idea for this award was born at nErDCamp Bellingham in February of 2015. The original OTTER co-chairs, Arika Dickens and Monica Hodges, met at the free book table and started chatting about the need for a good list of new transitional chapter books with maybe an award, like the Sasquatch Award, but for younger students. They exchanged Twitter information, piloted the program in their own districts, and applied for the award through WLMA (now WLA School Library Division).

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Due to taking our annual conference virtual due to COVID-19, the ScLD was unable to have book award nominee posters printed and available for sale. For 2021, the ScLD has decided to make the Award Posters available for FREE DOWNLOAD for you to print at your leisure. Recommended printing size is 16X20.

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Evergreen Teen Book Award - Washington State Young Adult Review Group

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Washington State teen readers choose their favorite YA book from a list determined by a committed group of young adult librarians.

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Named in honour of late young-adult author and prize manager, Gabrielle Williams, the Gab Williams Prize is chosed by teen readers (aged 14-18) who are participants in the Readings Teen Advisory Board.

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Completely Normal (and Other Lies) by Biffy James (HGCP) is the winner of the inaugural Gab Williams Prize.

Readings established the Gab Williams Prize in addition to its annual Readings Prizes to acknowledge the contribution of Australian young adult authors and honour previous prize manager and young adult author Gabrielle Williams, who passed away in early 2023.

Unlike the Readings Prize winners, who are chosen by panels of Readings booksellers, the Gab Williams Prize is chosen by teen readers aged between 14 and 18, all of whom are participants in the Readings Teen Advisory Board. As the 2023 winner, James receives $1000.

Readings chair Mark Rubbo said: 'The Gab Williams Prize is a way we can acknowledge Gab's contribution to the Australian literary scene and celebrate the genre of writing she was synonymous with-young adult literature. We are all very excited to be recognising her through this prize, and importantly, supporting new and emerging authors within the young adult category of which she was a passionate advocate.'

Olivia Campbell chaired the teen judge panel, which also included Anahatt Kaur Chhina, Jasper Elkins, Poppy Holden, Navya Satish Kumar, Stella Quon, Ione Rawlings-Way, Charlotte Ross and Scarlett Schmerlaib. Campbell said James had created a cast of characters 'who are fully realised and alive'. 'Through them, she explores family, friendship, first love and grief with empathy and (what we hope will become a trademark) gentle humour. Made of tears, laughter, and the long draws of life in between, Completely Normal is a true joy to read and reread,' said Campbell.

Said James of the win: 'To be awarded this prize in Gab Williams' name is so utterly humbling and absolutely wonderful, in the most bittersweet way. And, despite being a person who writes stuff, I actually don't have the words to express the emoting that's happening. Gab Williams made authors from Melbourne real for me. I honestly don't think I could have written my book without her, and I want to say thank you. Not only to Gab, but also to her colleagues, and her family. Because god knows, I wouldn't be writing this now if it wasn't for mine.'

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Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

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The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

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The ACLF is thrilled to be able to offer a very special Australian Children's Laureate Library Card design FREE to all Australian libraries!

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This is a new and exciting way to encourage more young people to join the library, PLUS we have lots of other Laureate Library resources ready to download.

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Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction 2023

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Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction 2023

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On Saturday 15 October, at an event in London, we announced the winner of this year's prize: Jiaqi Kang for .

Thank you to all of those who entered this year's White Review Short Story Prize, sponsored by RCW.

We're delighted to announce this year's shortlist, which is available to read online now:
Click on the title to read the story
We hope you enjoy reading the shortlisted stories as much as we did.

This judges of this year's Short Story Prize are Julia Armfield, Ka Bradley, Rosanna Mclaughlin and Matt Turner. We will be announcing the winner of the prize in October.

The White Review Short Story Prize, sponsored by RCW, is an annual short story competition for emerging writers. T he prize awards £2,500 to the best piece of short fiction by a writer resident in Britain & Ireland who has yet to secure a publishing deal, and it is supported by the RCW Literary Agency.

This year, the prize will be judged by Julia Armfield, Ka Bradley, Rosanna Mclaughlin and Matt Turner. The judges will be looking for short stories that explore and expand the possibilities of the form. We encourage submissions from all literary genres, and there are no restrictions on theme or subject matter. We would only emphasise that the prize was founded to reward ambitious, imaginative and innovative approaches to creative writing.

The winning story will be published in a print issue of THE WHITE REVIEW. Shortlisted writers will have their work published online.

Submissions are open to residents of the UK and Ireland from 4 April 2022, and will close at 17:00 on 9 May 2022.

THE WHITE REVIEW will offer 100 free entries to writers on low incomes. If you are a low-income writer and would like to apply for free entry, please read the additional low-income entry guidelines below.

Previous winners are Claire-Louise Bennett, Ruby Cowling, Owen Booth, Sophie Mackintosh, Nicole Flattery, Julia Armfield, Vanessa Onwuemezi, Elizabeth O'Connor and RZ Baschir. They have gone on to secure publishing deals with Hamish Hamilton, Picador, Fitzcarraldo Editions, Fourth Estate, Bloomsbury, Boiler House Books and The Stinging Fly.

In 2013, the inaugural White Review Short Story Prize was judged by novelist Deborah Levy, agent Karolina Sutton and editor Alex Bowler and won by Claire-Louise Bennett for 'The Lady of the House'.

In 2014, the second White Review Short Story Prize was judged by novelist Kevin Barry, agent Anna Webber and editor Max Porter and won by Ruby Cowling for 'Biophile'.

In 2017, the prize was judged by editor Mitzi Angel, novelist Joe Dunthorne, and writer and critic Jon Day. The UK & Ireland Prize was won by Nicole Flattery for 'Track'. The North American Prize was won by Kristen Gleason for 'The Refugee'

In 2018, the prize was judged by novelist Chloe Aridjis, novelist Sam Byers, editor Anne Meadows, agent Sophie Scard, and eljka Marošević. It was won by THE WHITE REVIEWeditor Ž Julia Armfield for 'The Great Awake'.

In 2019, the prize was judged by Chris Power, Michal Shavit and agent Sophie Scard. It was won by Vanessa Onwuemezi for 'At the Heart of Things'.

In 2020, the prize was judged by Omar Robert Hamilton, Kishani Widyaratna, and Sophie Scard. It was won by Elizabeth O'Connor for 'Woman with a White Pekingese'.

In 2021, the prize was judged by Preti Taneja, Laurence Laluyaux, Tamara Sampey-Jawad and Skye Arundhati Thomas. It was won by RZ Baschir for 'The Chicken'.

Julia Armfield is the author of the short story collection salt slow and the novel Our Wives Under the Sea. Her work has been published in Granta, Lighthouse, Analog Magazine, Neon Magazine and Best British Short Stories 2019 and 2021. She was longlisted for the Deborah Rogers Prize 2018 and was the winner of The White Review Short Story Prize 2018. In 2019, she was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year award. salt slow was longlisted for the Polari Prize 2020 and the Edge Hill Prize 2020 and was shortlisted for the London Magazine Prize for Debut Fiction 2020. She won a Pushcart Prize in 2020.

Ka Bradley is an editor at Penguin Press.

Rosanna Mclaughlin is an editor at The White Review.

Matt Turner is an agent at RCW.

The deadline for submissions is: 17:00 9 May 2022 (GMT/EST). No entries will be considered if submitted after this deadline.

Please read these eligibility and entry rules carefully before beginning the online entry process. Submission of an entry is taken as acceptance of the entry rules.

To enter the Prize, you must first buy an entry from The White Review Shop.
STEP ONE - PRIZE PAYMENT ENTRY
You must then enter your payment reference number, contained in the payment receipt, into the form below, along with your entry.

STEP TWO - SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY - BELOW

Submissions are now closed.

The shortlist will be announced in August 2022. For any queries not covered below, please email: prizes@thewhitereview.org .

The White Review is offering free entry to the Prize for up to 100 low-income writers. If you are a low-income writer and would like to apply for free entry, please follow the below application guidelines. We will receive applications for free entries until 19 April 2022.

Low-income writers applying for free entry should also read the additional guidelines, below the general Terms and Conditions.
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The 2024 Judges

Fiction

Paddy O'Reilly, Ellen Cregan, Pirooz Jafari, Odette Kelada (convenor)

Non-Fiction

Rosemary Cameron, Shakira Hussein, Esther Anatolitis, Mahmood Fazal, Sian Prior (convenor)

Indigenous Writing

Maya Hodge, Tristen Harwood, Jeanine Leane (convenor)

Drama

Petra Kalive, Jean Tong, Richard Watts (convenor)

Poetry

Samah Sabawi, Prithvi Varatharajan (convenor)

Writing for Young Adults

Angela Crocombe, Alice Boyle, Cath Moore (convenor)

Unpublished Manuscript

Hasib Hourani, Adalya Nash Hussein, Allee Richards (convenor)
Photography by Sarah Walker (main image and Unpublished Manuscripts) The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. The awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Premier of Victoria. The 2024 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards ceremony is presented with the support of Fed Square.

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The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

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The Victorian Premier's Literary Awards were inaugurated by the Victorian Government in 1985 to honour literary achievement by Australian writers. The awards are administered by the Wheeler Centre on behalf of the Premier of Victoria.

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A vibrant network of young readers, from emerging to young adult, will dive deeply into our Shortlist, express their opinions and share their responses as judges 'shadowing' our own CBCA judges. They will use the CBCA Book of the Year Awards criteria to reflect on literary values and to champion their choices. Within their groups they will collaborate and develop their own creative response to a chosen book then share this with the wider community.

Each group will focus on one of five categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Book, or the Eve Pownall Information Book. Every group, and their facilitator, will be supported by a mentor from their state-based CBCA branch.

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CBCA Sun Project: Shadow Judging - Young voices welcome here

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The home of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shadow Judging Program. Young voices welcome here.

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A voice for gender equality and cultural change in Australian literature

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DEFINITION AND CRITERIA

The DANZ Children's Book Award, launched for 2024, stands for The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Award and has been created to recognise, award, and celebrate diverse children's fiction. This means a children's book published in Australia or New Zealand which pushes boundaries, challenges stereotypes, and celebrates diverse and marginalised people and communities.

Diversity can include disability, culture, class, LGBTQI, race, and religion.

The diversity portrayed in the book and under which the book is entered must be relevant, obvious, and important to the story.

Authors are not required to identify as "diverse" themselves; however, the submitted work must be sensitively and authentically written without using offensive, inaccurate, harmful, and insensitive tropes and representation. The judging process will be thorough and critical in this regard. The award looks for something new, for inclusivity, and mostly for the celebration of minority people and voices.

WHY?

There have been several recent academic studies, over the past five years, which have extensively researched children's fiction in Australia and New Zealand, with results showing that there is still an overwhelming lack of diverse representation, from picture books through young adult, yet a high percentage of the population is not white, Australian- or New Zealand-born, abled, middle-class, or heterosexual. To add further concern, many of the books published, and sometimes awarded, over the past ten years which do feature diverse characters and settings, were created by white, middle class, heterosexual, abled people writing often harmful representation that portrays outdated stereotypes and recycles insensitive tropes.

The publishing landscape is beginning to take notice and make changes, though there is a long way still to go. The DANZ award, therefore, recognises and celebrates positive, ground-breaking, inclusive diversity in children's literature and brings awareness and much-needed attention to the wonderful books which offer mirrors, windows, and sliding doors, and organically build empathy, understanding, and encouragement to children from all walks of life. This national award will not only allow and encourage the marginalised authors of these books to continue writing, but also book-buyers and educators to stock books which have been given a seal of approval from a diverse cross section of judges.

The DANZ Award brings Australia and New Zealand in-line with the UK and US who have been successfully running awards such as The Diverse Book Awards, Jhalak Prize, Little Rebels, and The Walter Awards for many years. The award does not exist to replace or compete with other established children's book awards in Australia and New Zealand, but to complement them and shine a spotlight on the right kind of diverse representation.

KEY DATES (subject to change)
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1. Award launch at ASLA Conference in April 2023

2. Judges invited to apply in June and July 2023

3. Judges chosen and informed in August 2023

4. Book nominations invited late July 2023

5. Judging to run in September to November 2023

6. Longlist announced in January 2024

7. Shortlist announced in February 2024

8. Winners announced during a live event at the Gold Coast Somerset Storyfest in March 2024​

We would like to make our inaugural award a yearly event, with the 2025 award celebrating and rewarding books and creators in the following categories: young adult, non-fiction, graphic novels, and poetry.

​Email us today and help make our dream come true by joining our growing list of family and friends.

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This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards .

All nationalities & multiple languages eligible (in chronological order)

Marsh Biography Award - awarded biennially for the best biography written by a British author and first published in the UK during the two preceding years.

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In its 29th year, the Women's Prize for Fiction champions ambitious, inspiring and thought-provoking novels written by women in English.

We are thrilled to introduce to you the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist.

These 16 books celebrate the power of individuality with each one showcasing a unique writing style, subject and theme. As you dive into these varied landscapes you will cross continents, jump through time and fall in love with reading all over again.

More than half the list is made up of debut authors giving you the chance to meet some brand new writers alongside some notable familiar faces. We can't wait for you to get stuck in and tell us which ones you are going to read first.

With the strength and vitality of contemporary women's fiction very much in evidence, reading the entries for this year's Women's Prize for Fiction has been a joyful experience. Each one of these books is brilliant, original and utterly unputdownable. Collectively, they offer a wide array of compelling narratives from around the world, written with verve, wit, passion and compassion.

Monica Ali, chair of judges, author

So, are you ready to meet our 2024 fiction prize, its incredible longlisted titles and the brilliant writers behind them?
The full list in alphabetical order by author surname is:

by Maya Binyam, published by ONE, Pushkin Press

In Defence of the Act by Effie Black, published by époque press

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott, published by Allen & Unwin

The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright, published by Jonathan Cape

by Kate Foster, published by Mantle

Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan, published by Viking

Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville, published by Canongate Books

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad, published by Jonathan Cape

Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy, published by Faber & Faber

8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster by Mirinae Lee, published by Virago

The Blue, Beautiful World by Karen Lord, published by Gollancz

Western Lane by Chetna Maroo, published by Picador

Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie, published by Oneworld

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan, published by Jonathan Cape

River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure, published by Duckworth Books

A Trace of Sun by Pam Williams, published by Legend Press

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Announcing the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist! - Women's Prize

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First presented in 2014, The Readings Prize continues to support new and outstanding Australian voices across three separate categories of fiction: Children's, Young Adult and New Australian Fiction. The Readings Prize is unique in the Australian literary landscape being the only prize currently run by an independent Melbourne bookshop and supporting emerging local voices.

Each year, three prizes are awarded to reflect our judgement of the works that have attained the highest literary merit in their category (and they're always cracking good reads too!). We look for books that can contribute richness and variety to Australian readers. The Readings Prize offers $16,000 in prize money, which is distributed evenly to the winners of each category ($5,000 per category winner), plus $1,000 to the winner of The Gab Williams Prize. A shortlist of six books in each category will be announced in August 2024, with the winners to be announced during the month of October (with fanfare!).

Eligibility guidelines for entering a book into The Readings Prize (all categories)

Please read the eligibility criteria for each specific category before entering a book into The Readings Prize. There is a $50 entry fee per book, and four copies of each published work must be submitted for the consideration of the judging panel. Once you're sure the title is eligible, simply nominate the chosen book . Please put the title of the book and the author's name in the comments field at checkout, then contact Angela Crocombe at [email protected] to arrange submission of the reading copies.
Learn more about The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize Learn more about The Readings Young Adult Prize Learn more about The Readings Children's Prize. Enquiries . .
Readings donates a percentage of all entry fees to The Readings Foundation.

If you are a publisher or an author with an eligible book you'd like to enter, please contact Angela Crocombe.

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First presented in 2014, The Readings Prize continues to support new and outstanding Australian voices across three separate categories of fiction: Children's, Young Adult and New Australian Fiction. The Readings Prize is unique in the Australian literary landscape being the only prize currently run by an independent Melbourne bookshop and supporting emerging local voices.

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The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. 

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WAWA -- William Allen White Award

Country:

United States

Began:

1952, by Emporia State University and Ruth Garver Gagliardo

Status:

Active

Frequency:

Annually

Sponsored by:

In part by the Trusler Foundation

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

Quantity:

2 / year. (1 is 3rd- through 5th-grade category; 1 is 6th- through 8th-grade category.)

Eligibility:

Awarded to:

Date Announced:

Voting takes place in February. Winner is announced late in March.

Date Awarded:

Published in:

In honor of:

American newspaper editor, William Allen White (1868-1944).

URL:

https://wawchildrensbookaward.com/(checked 2023-01)

Seal:

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amelia frances howard gibbon illustrator award

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american booksellers book of the year award

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american indian youth literature award honor

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american institute of physics science writing award - children

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arab american book award for children/young adults

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arab american book honor for children/young adults

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australia children's book of the year award

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australia children's honor book of the year award

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americas book award for children's and young adult literature

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americas book honor for children's and young adult literature

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andre norton award for young adult science fiction and fantasy

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asian pacific american librarians association award for literature

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asian pacific american librarians association award for literature

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notable books of the english language arts

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bram stoker award for superior achievement in a young adult novel

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bram stoker award for best graphic novel

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canada library association young adult canadian book award

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canada library association book of the year award for children

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geoffrey bilson award for historical fiction for young people

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global literature in libraries initiative award

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global literature in libraries initiative honor

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indies choice young adult book of the year

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lambda literary award for children'/young adults

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lynd ward graphic novel prize; lynd ward graphic novel honor; margaret mahy book of the year

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mythopoeic fantasy award for children's literature

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national book award for young people's literature

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national book award finalist for young people's literature

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norma fleck award for canadian children's non-fiction

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rebecca caudill young readers' book award

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ruth and sylvia schwartz children's book award

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robert f. sibert informational book award

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robert f. sibert informational book honor

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society of school librarians international

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society of school librarians international honor book

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spur award of the western writers of america

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spur finalist of the western writers of america

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stonewall children & young adult literature award

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stonewall children & young adult literature honor

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tomas rivera mexican american children's book award

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whitbread children's book of the year award

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yalsa award for excellence in nonfiction for young adults award

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yalsa award for excellence in nonfiction for young adults finalists

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Create a tailored list of quality children's and young adult books based on your criteria such as ethnicity, gender, period, location, and others, or view lists of one hundred eighty (180) English-language children's literature awards and their winners.

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Compiled by the University of Michigan Library this extensive list which provides links to information about children's literature awards.

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Compiled by the University of Michigan Library this extensive list which provides links to information about children's literature awards.

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Research Guides: Children's Literature: Children's Literature Awards

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Resources intended to assist researchers, School of Education and School of Information students by providing U-M Library children's lit resources in one place. It also includes other external helpful resources.

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The YABBA Awards encourages children to recommend recent Australian published books, read all the recommendations for their peers, rate them against all others and then finally reward that book they feel is best.

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The YABBA Awards encourages children to recommend recent Australian published books, read all the recommendations for their peers, rate them against all others and then finally reward that book they feel is best.

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The Young Australians Best Book Awards (YABBA) is a not-for-profit volunteer-run incorporated organisation working to bring Australian books alive for children. Becoming a member will give your school access to a wealth of educational resources—including our exciting Virtual Author Program—which mea

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Every year, young readers from all over New South Wales judge their very own literary awards. By voting in the KOALA awards they can reward the Australian children's books that have most inspired, amused, terrified, enlightened and engaged them.

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Every year, young readers from all over New South Wales judge their very own literary awards. By voting in the KOALA awards they can reward the Australian children's books that have most inspired, amused, terrified, enlightened and engaged them.

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Schools, public libraries, organisations and individuals can become friends of KOALA.
School Membership Public Library Network Membership
Nominate

Children are invited to nominate their favourite Australian books, first published in the last 10 years and not a previous KOALA winner*. A shortlist of 40 titles is drawn up from the nominations. (10 picture books, 10 titles for younger readers, 10 titles for older readers, and 10 fiction titles for readers in Years 7 to 9.)
*Once five books from the same series have won a REAL Award (YABBA and KOALA), the series is no longer eligible for nomination.
Vote

Encourage students to read the books on the KOALA Shortlists and vote for their favourite titles.

Celebrate

Winners, in the four categories, are announced at a special Awards Day. All KOALA members are invited to attend. If you can't attend our spectacular ceremony you can still make a big announcement of the winners. We'll email to let you know the winners in each category and you can throw your own party.

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Schools, public libraries, organisations and individuals can become friends of KOALA. School Membership Public Library Network Membership Children are invited to nominate their favourite Australian books, first published in the last 10 years and not a previous KOALA winner*. A shortlist of 40 titles is drawn up from the nominations.

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The BILBY Awards are the Children's Choice Awards organised by The Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch). Each year throughout Queensland hundreds of children select their favourite book and nominate it for the BILBY Awards. It is a wonderful opportunity for young people to exercise their voice, to have a say about what they read. This is their very own book award.

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The BILBY Awards are the Children's Choice Awards organised by The Children's Book Council of Australia (Queensland Branch). Each year throughout Queensland hundreds of children select their favourite book and nominate it for the BILBY Awards. It is a wonderful opportunity for young people to exercise their voice, to have a say about what they read. This is their very own book award.

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The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of the Inside a Dog website. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian young adult title, and the Silver Inky Award for an international (non-Australian) young adult title.

The Awards are named after Inky – the Inside a Dog mascot and all-round wonder-dog.

The Inky Awards were founded by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library Victoria in 2007 as Australia's first national teen choice awards for young adult literature.

In 2020, the INKY awards were discontinued indefinitely as part of State Library timetabling changes

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of the Inside a Dog website. There are two awards: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian young adult title, and the Silver Inky Award for an international (non-Australian) young adult title.

The Awards are named after Inky - the Inside a Dog mascot and all-round wonder-dog.

The Inky Awards were founded by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library Victoria in 2007 as Australia's first national teen choice awards for young adult literature.

In 2020, the INKY awards were discontinued indefinitely as part of State Library timetabling changes.

Eligible books are submitted for consideration by publishers via a nomination form on InsideaDog.com.au.

A longlist of 10 Australian books and 10 international books is then selected by "Inky Awards teen alumni", with the Centre for Youth Literature staff acting as the filter for coordination and eligibility.

The longlist is read by a panel of teenaged judges, who whittle the list down to a shortlist of ten books (5 Australian, 5 international).

The shortlist is published on Inside a Dog and individuals aged 12-18 can vote for their favourite. The Australian book with the most votes receives the Gold Inky Award and a cash prize ($2000), and the international book with the most votes wins the Silver Inky Award.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Inky Awards recognise high-quality young adult literature, with the longlist and shortlist selected by young adults, and the winners voted for online by the teen readers of the Inside a Dog website.

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This global award is given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature. With a prize of five million Swedish kronor, it is the largest award of its kind. Above all else, it highlights the importance of reading, today and for future generations.

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The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award is one way of contributing to a more peaceful, more humane world. The award’s international focus and its substantial award amount testify that children’s culture is important and deserves our most serious attention.

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Children's Book Awards - from other organizations

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Children's Book Awards - from other organizations

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The list of awards below was originally published in Children and Libraries (Vol. 13, no. 3/Fall 2015) and has been updated since. The issue's theme was diversity. The list contains a sampling of book awards and recommended reading lists that highlight high-quality literature for young people about diverse peoples and triumphs of the human spirit.

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The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them.

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The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction’s most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention (“Worldcon”), which is also responsible for administering them.

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The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction's most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Convention ( "Worldcon"), which is also responsible for administering them.

The Hugo Awards are trade/service marks of Worldcon Intellectual Property (WIP), a California non-profit corporation managed by the Mark Protection Committee (MPC) of the World Science Fiction Society ("WSFS"), an unincorporated literary society which sponsors the annual World Science Fiction Convention ("Worldcon") and the Hugo Awards. WSFS is really just a framework for the individual Worldcons - it has no officers and no permanent organization (other than the MPC, which is responsible for registering and defending WSFS's marks through WIP, and its Marketing Subcommittee, which runs this website.)

The Hugo process is as follows:

1. During January-March each year members of the Worldcon are each allowed to nominate up to five people or works from the previous year in fifteen categories.

2. In early April a shortlist is announced of five finalists in each category and a final ballot is sent to members of the Worldcon that year.

3. The members of the current Worldcon cast a final ballot, with balloting ending around sometime in July (it depends on exactly when Worldcon is that year.) The ballot is a preferential ballot which allows the voters to rank all nominees.

4. At Worldcon the winners are announced at the Hugo Ceremony and receive a special trophy.

We have a lot more information about the Hugos at our FAQ.

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The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are science fiction's most prestigious award. The Hugo Awards are voted on by members of the World Science Fiction ...

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The National Book Foundation was founded in 1989 to administer the National Book Awards, which has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the country since 1950. The Foundation also produces numerous educational and public programs that help connect readers to books in new and meaningful ways.

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The National Book Foundation was founded in 1989 to administer the National Book Awards, which has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the country since 1950. The Foundation also produces numerous educational and public programs that help connect readers to books in new and meaningful ways.

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The National Book Foundation was founded in 1989 to administer the National Book Awards, which has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the country since 1950. The Foundation also produces numerous educational and public programs that help connect readers to books in new and meaningful ways.

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The National Book Foundation was founded in 1989 to administer the National Book Awards, which has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the country since 1950. The Foundation also produces numerous educational and public programs that help connect readers to books in new and meaningful ways.

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The Horn Book Awards - First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June,

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The Horn Book Awards - First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June,

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the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors

in the field of children’s and young adult literature.

Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.

The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the editor in chief of the Horn Book.

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History and description of the award, submission guidelines, and a list of past winners and honor books.

First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June,
the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors
in the field of children's and young adult literature.

Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category.

The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the editor in chief of the Horn Book.
Click here to view the BGHB submission guidelines Past winners and honor books

Get Print. Get Digital. Get Both!

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

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History and description of the award, submission guidelines, and a list of past winners and honor books.

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The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books. Given every other year by IBBY, the Hans Christian Andersen Awards recognize lifelong achievement and are presented to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important, lasting contribution to children's literature.

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Speech Pathology Australia is thrilled to announce the winners of this year's highly anticipated Book of the Year Awards, honouring exemplary children's books that promote language and literacy development. The awards recognise the valuable contributions of authors and illustrators in fostering a love for reading and literacy development and the role that speech pathologists play.

The Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards aim to promote quality Australian books that help children get the best, most literate start in life.

From the more than 300 books nominated in 2023, the best books in 2023 for children's language and literacy development are:

Birth to 3 Years

Written & illustrated by Anna Walker

Three to 5 Years

Come over to my house

Written by Eliza Hull & Sally Rippin

Illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett

Five to 8 Years

Jetty Jumping

Written by Andrea Rowe

Illustrated by Hannah Sommerville

Eight to 10 Years

Evie and Rhino

Written by Neridah McMullin

Illustrated by Astred Hicks

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Authored Children's Book Award

Ceremony: Welcome to our country

Written by Adam Goodes & Ellie Laing

Illustrated by David Hardy

Decodable Books

Little Learners Big World Series

Published by Little Learners Love Literacy

Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers. And, a big thank you to our fabulous judges for finding the best books for children's language and literacy.

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Speech Pathology Australia is thrilled to announce the winners of this year's highly anticipated Book of the Year Awards, honouring exemplary children's books that promote language and literacy development.

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The advocacy role played by the CBCA promotes the literary experience for children and assures the scope and vitality of Australian children's books. The annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards affirm the quality of some of Australia's most creative people and provide a boost to their capacity to devote time to their craft.

Established with the first awards in 1946, the annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards aim to:

promote quality literature for young Australians by Australians;

support and encourage a wide range of Australian writers and illustrators of books for young people aged 0 through 18 and;

celebrate contributions to Australian children's literature.

2024 dates Future dates Award categories Award history Read the policy Enter the Awards

2024 Scheduled key annual dates

Mark your calendar with the following key 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Awards announcement dates.
Notables List: Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 7.00 PM AEDT Shortlist: Tuesday, 27 March 2024, 12.00 PM (noon) AEDT Winners and Honours: Friday, 16 August 2024, 12.00 PM (noon) AEST
Shadowers' Choice Awards: (TBC) Friday, 23 August 2024,

Entries for the 2024 Book of the Year Awards close: Saturday, 30 November 2024, 12.00 AM (midnight) AEDT

Awards dates into the future
Need to plan ahead?
Unless otherwise advertised, the Book of the Year Awards typically follow a regular calendar pattern. So if you want to mark your online calendar so these dates show up annually, enter your calendar entry with the following reoccurrence pattern:

Notables list is announced 7.00 PM online (YouTube) the last Tuesday in February.

Shortlist list is announced 12.00 PM (noon) online (YouTube) the last Tuesday in March.

Registration for the Sun Project: Shadow Judging opens the last Wednesday in March.

Entries open for the following years Book of the Year awards at the start of April (extended early bird entry entry savings availble).

Winners and Honours are announced 12.00 PM (noon) online (YouTube) the third Friday in August (kickstarting CBCA's Children's Book Week®).

The Sun Project: Shadowers' Choice awards are announced 12.00 PM (noon) online (YouTube) the fourth Friday in August (officially closing the CBCA's Children's Book Week®).

Book of the Year Award early bird entry fee closes, 30 September (standard entry fee applies from 1 October).

Entries for the following years Book of the Year Award closes, 30 November.

Award entry categories

There are currently six categories in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.

CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers

CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers

CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood

CBCA Picture Book of the Year

Eve Pownall Award

CBCA Award for New Illustrator

For entry information and eligibility criteria, please download or read the CBCA Book of the Year Award policy across on our Entry Information page.

You can lodge your entries for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards on the Awards Entry website.

Read the policy Enter the Awards

History of the Awards

Since 1945 the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has grown from a small Sydney-based group to a national organisation which exerts a profound influence on children's books. The advocacy role played by the CBCA promotes the literary experience for children and assures the scope and vitality of children's books. The annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards affirm the quality of some of Australia's most creative people and provide a boost to their capacity to devote time to their craft.

Throughout the life of the Awards, a number of valued sponsors assisted with funding the monetary prizes. However, in the financial climate of the 1990s it became increasingly difficult to attract sponsorship.

In its golden anniversary year the CBCA 1995 Annual General Meeting in Brisbane adopted a proposal to establish an Awards Foundation. Margaret Hamilton (former National President) and June Smith (former National Vice-President), who presented the proposal, were appointed managers of the CBCA Awards Foundation and heads of the National CBCA Awards Foundation Committee. This national committee was made up of representatives from all Branches of the CBCA and reported to the National Council. The Committee's one million dollar goal was realised in 2006. The future and independence of the Awards are now secure but diligent financial management and growth of the capital investment with further donations are vital, to ensure their ongoing viability.

Prizes for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards are funded from the interest earned by the investments of the CBCA Awards Foundation. None of the principal is used for any purpose other than investment to earn the highest return. The Committee of Responsible Persons decides how much of the available interest will be divided amongst recipients of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.

You can read more about our Awards Foundation dedicated page.

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The advocacy role played by the CBCA promotes the literary experience for children and assures the scope and vitality of Australian children's books. The annual CBCA Book of the Year Awards affirm the quality of some of Australia's most creative people and provide a boost to their capacity to devote time to their craft.

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Aurealis Awards - for Australian speculative fiction

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Aurealis Awards - for Australian speculative fiction

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It is with great pleasure the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild presents the 2022 shortlists for the Aurealis Awards.

Our amazing judges have read an enormous number of entered works to bring you these excellent shortlists. It's always a massive job, and they have devoted significant time to complete it with thoughtful discussion, passion, and integrity. We cannot thank them enough!

Congratulations to all the finalists - there was fantastic competition across the board this year, with more than 800 entries received across the categories. Short story panelists considered nearly 150 individual works, and several long form categories saw over 50 entries each. It was wonderful to see so many entries across the board, with increased numbers in many categories.

We're delighted to announce the shortlists, and encourage our followers to investigate the finalists to find some great reads! The winners will be celebrated at the Aurealis Awards ceremony in Canberra on Saturday June 3, 2023. More information to follow soon.
NOTE: We do not publish a shortlist for the Convenors' Award for Excellence. The eligible nominations for this special Award will be shared in a future post, with the winner announced at the ceremony.
2022 Aurealis Awards Shortlists
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL / ILLUSTRATED WORK
Nottingham Vol 2: A King's Ransom, David Hazan (writer), Shane Connery Volk (artist), Luca Romano (colourist), Justin Birch (letterer) (Mad Cave Studios)

Dark Heart #1, Scott Wilson, Katie Houghton-Ward & Justin Randall (Gestalt)

The Tree of Ecstasy and Unbearable Sadness, Matt Ottley (Dirt Lane Press)

Neverlanders, Tom Taylor & Jon Sommariva (Penguin Random House Australia)
BEST COLLECTION
The Art of Broken Things, Joanne Anderton (Trepidatio Publishing)

The Fall: Tales From The Gulp 2, Alan Baxter (13th Dragon Books

Everything Feels Like the End of the World, Else Fitzgerald (Allen & Unwin)

Here be Leviathans, Chris Flynn (University of Queensland Press)

Hard Places, Kirstyn McDermott (Trepidatio Publishing)

Team Queen, Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)
BEST ANTHOLOGY
Queer Weird West Tales, Julie Bozza (Ed.) (LIBRAtiger)

The Art of Being Human, Tehani Croft with Stephanie Lai (Eds.) (FableCroft Publishing)

We are Providence, L E Daniels & Christa Carmen (Eds.) (Weird House Press)

Unlimited Futures, Rafeif Ismail (Ed.) (Fremantle Press)

Clamour and Mischief, Narrelle M Harris (Ed.) (Clan Destine Press)

This All Come Back Now, Mykaela Saunders (Ed.) (University of Queensland Press)
BEST CHILDREN'S FICTION
The Wintrish Girl, Melanie La'Brooy (University of Queensland Press)

Gus and the Starlight, Victoria Carless (HarperCollins Publishers)

The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm, Karen Foxlee, illustrated by Freda Chiu (Allen & Unwin)

The Raven's Song, Zana Fraillon & Bren MacDibble (Allen & Unwin)

The Goodbye Year, Emily Gale (Text Publishing)

Mars Awakens, H M Waugh (Allen & Unwin)
BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT STORY
"Forbidden Voices", E J Delaney ( Cast of Wonders #510)

"Crone and the Girl", Pamela Jeffs ( The Seasonals, Four Ink Press)

"Tastes like Home", Kiera Lesley ( Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #86)

"Tornadoes, Grief and Poutine", Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga ( Augur Magazine Issue 5.2)

"Enter Elias Schmidt", Phoenix Raig ( The New Mythic, Precipice Fiction)

"Witchy Ways", Tansy Rayner Roberts ( Witchy Ways, self-published)
BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
"Nona Doesn't Dance" Aaron Dries ( Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts, IFWG Publishing Australia)

"Lidless Eyes That See", Geneve Flynn ( From the Wasteland, PS Publishing UK)

"They Call Me Mother", Geneve Flynn ( Classic Monster Unleashed, Crystal Lake Publishing and Black Spot Books

"Dread Circus", Pamela Jeffs ( That is TOO Wrong! An Anthology of Offbeat Horror Vol 2, Black Hart Publishers)

"The Hunt", Martin Livings ( Light Falling From a Long Dead Star, self-published)

"Beach Memories", Matt Tighe ( The NoSleep Podcast, S18E06)
BEST HORROR NOVELLA
"Rat's Alley", Jeff Clulow ( From the Wasteland, PS Publishing UK)

"Kookaburra Cruel", Aaron Dries ( Damnation Games, Clan Destine Press)

"Glyphlight", Matan Elul ( The New Mythic, Precipice Fiction)

The New Wife, Kirstyn McDermott (Brain Jar Press)

"Among the Faded Woods", Faith Mudge (The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing)

"Songs from Dark Annie's Bower", Angela Slatter ( Gaslight Ghouls: Uneasy Tales of Sherlock Holmes, Belanger Books)
BEST FANTASY SHORT STORY
"The Icecutter's Daughter", Aiki Flinthart (The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing)

"Ashes", Tania Fordwalker ( Aurealis #151)

"Tastes like Home", Kiera Lesley ( Andromeda Spaceways Magazine #86)

"Salon Faerie", Tansy Rayner Roberts (self-published)

"Beautiful Horizon", Steve Simpson ( The Purpose of Reality: Solar, Meerkat Press)

"The Past Laid Out On The Table", Matt Tighe ( Cast of Wonders 506)
BEST FANTASY NOVELLA
"The Ocean, the Lighthouse Keeper, and the Sunset", Lee Cope (The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing)

Hovering, Dorothy-Jane Daniels (Luna Press)

"Merry in Time", Kathleen Jennings ( Beneath Ceaseless Skies #352)

Winterbloom, Kirstyn McDermott (Brain Jar Press)

"Among the Faded Woods", Faith Mudge (The Art of Being Human, FableCroft Publishing)

The Bone Lantern, Angela Slatter (PS Publishing)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT STORY
"As Though I Were a Little Sun", Grace Chan ( Fireside Magazine #102)

"Death By Water", Grace Chan ( From the Wasteland, PS Publishing UK)

"Fake Plants", Scott Limbrick ( The Furphy Anthology 2022, Hardie Grant)

"Synaesthetics", Helena O'Connor ( Nature)

"Sharing a Meal at the End of the World", Anya Ow ( Haven Speculative Issue Six)

"One Man Army", Scott Steensma ( Aurealis #156)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELLA
Resembling Lepus, Amanda Kool (Grey Matter Press)

"The Goruden-Mairu Job", T R Napper ( Night, Rain, and Neon, NewCon Press)

"The Sisters of Saint Nicola of The Almost Perpetual Motion vs the Lurch", Garth Nix (Tor.com)

Cobalt Blue, Matthew Reilly (Pan Macmillan)
BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Night Lights, Sarah Epstein (Fourteen Press)

The Rarkyn's Familiar, Nikky Lee (Parliament House Press)

Only a Monster, Vanessa Len (Allen & Unwin)

If You Could See the Sun, Ann Liang (HQ Fiction)

We Who Hunt the Hollow, Kate Murray (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)

League of Liars, Astrid Scholte (Allen & Unwin)
BEST HORROR NOVEL
Sallow Bend, Alan Baxter (Cemetery Dance)

Scavengers, Robert Hood (Clan Destine Press)

The Stranger, Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)

The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson (Erewhon Books)

Path of Thorns, Angela Slatter (Titan Books)
BEST FANTASY NOVEL
The Not So Chosen One, Kate Emery (Text Publishing)

The Stone Road, Trent Jamieson (Erewhon Books)

A Restless Truth, Freya Marske (Tor)

Blitz, Daniel O'Malley (HarperCollins Publishers)

Path of Thorns, Angela Slatter (Titan Books)

Honour Among Ghosts, Sean Williams (Allen & Unwin)
BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL
Hovering, Rhett Davis (Hachette Australia)

The Stranger, Kathryn Hore (Allen & Unwin)

36 Streets, T R Napper (Titan Books)

Here Goes Nothing, Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton)

Bootstrap, Georgina Young (Text Publishing)

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Australia's premier speculative fiction awards

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Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

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The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature. The awards announcement is made at the ALA Midwinter Meeting as part of the Youth Media Awards and is celebrated with a program and reception each year at the ALA Annual Conference.

The award's namesake was a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas, and a marketing consultant for Econo-Clad, as well an active member of YALSA. He had a passion for books and reading. He also appreciated the authors who wrote books for young adults and demonstrated this by initiating an author-in-residence program at his high school. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association.
Award Policies and Procedures Suggest a Title Committee Information Who Was Michael L. Printz Seals Winners and Honor Books Best of the Best Teen Book Finder App
Librarians who wish to buy seals can find them in the ALA Online Store. Publishers wishing to buy bulk seals or license seal images can find more information by consulting ALA's Seals Sales & Permissions page or reading YALSA's seal policy.

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The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

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The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature.

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The 2024 Youth Media Awards were announced this morning in Baltimore during LibLearnX - including the 2024 Caldecott Medal winner and honor books!

What an exciting morning it was! Calling Caldecott was tuned into the livestream, with morning coffee and popcorn. The Real Committee selected one winner and four honor books.

The winner of the 2024 Caldecott Medal is written and illustrated by Vashti Harrison, published by Little, Brown and Company.

The Caldecott honor books are:

In Every Life, illustrated and written by Marla Frazee, published by Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.

Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter, illustrated by Molly Mendoza, written by Aida Salazar; published by Scholastic Press.

There Was a Party for Langston, illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey, written by Jason Reynolds; published by Caitlyn Dlouhy Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

The Truth About Dragons, illustrated by Hanna Cha, written by Julie Leung, published by Henry Holt and Company, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group.

Congratulations to all the illustrators recognized this year!

Big not only won the Caldecott Medal but is a Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book, as well as a CSK Illustrator Honor Book. We praised the book for the way it employed color, size, proportion, and the limits of the physical pages of the book itself to send a message about body size and acceptance. The Pumphrey brothers' illustrations for There Was a Party for Langston are celebratory and joyous, and invite readers in to a literary-themed party that celebrates some of the greats of African American literary history. While Marla Frazee's In Every Life appeared on Calling Caldecott's second nominations round, we did not see the Honor Book designation coming, and we were surprised by two of the Honor Books: Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter and The Truth About Dragons. Dragons was also the picture book winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.

It's worth noting on a larger scalethat contrary to historical trends, where the Caldecott winners were heavily weighted toward men, only one of the books recognized this year is illustrated by male artists (the Pumphrey brothers). Every other book, including the winner, is illustrated by a woman. It's true that the disproportion is less in evidence in recent years, but it's still worth tracking!

Remember last week after our mock vote results were published, and we said that our vote was NOT predictive, did not have anything to do with the Real Committee's choices. Here is a prime example of that, since we did pick the winner and one of the honor books but did not even have the other three honor books on our collective radar. This is always a stimulating part of the process, and one that continues to keep us on our toes. We'd love to know what your reactions are to this year's Caldecott Medal and Honor Books - let us know by commenting below.

This is also the penultimate post of the Calling Caldecott season. Come back on Wednesday at noon when contributor Dean Schneider announces his choice for the 2024 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize, which honors the memory and legacy of his wife and Calling Caldecott's cofounder. Your current slate of coauthors would like to thank you all for reading and engaging with the blog these past few months. We will be back in the fall - and hope you will, too!

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The 2024 Youth Media Awards were announced this morning in Baltimore during LibLearnX - including the 2024 Caldecott Medal winner and honor books!

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Wilderness Society - Environmental Awards for Children's Literature

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Wilderness Society - Environmental Awards for Children's Literature

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Wilderness Society | Environment Award For Children’s Literature

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Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature The Wilderness Society’s annual celebration of the best new nature-themed children’s books Each year, we shortlist the best new fiction, non-fiction and picture books written for children that promote nature, before a panel of judges crowns…