Book Awards
How do they choose the
Newbery award winner?
Where can I find a list of book award winners?
What are some unique awards that I might not have considered?
The Internet is a great tool for accessing
information about award winning literature. You're familiar with the
popular awards, but there are many lesser known awards that can be
helpful in identifying good books. Awards
are given to quality children's, young adult, and adult books.
You can have lots of fun with awards. Students love the anticipation of a celebration. Consider a Mock Award Event. For example, each year Allen County Public Library hosts a Mock Caldecott, Newbery, and Sibert Award event where people read and select their favorites from a list of nominees.
This page contains information on individual awards as well as links to "best of" lists and links pages. Use the links below to access resources on this page.
- Individual Awards
- State Awards
- Specialized Book Lists
- Book Award Lists
- Online Award Winners
- Awards You Can Win
When you see an 
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it means the site has quality information and resources.
Individual Awards
ABBY Award
http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/370.html
No called the Book Sense Book of the Year awards.
Bram Stoker Award
http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm
Given by the Horror Writer's Association for Superior Achievement
Arthur C
Clark
http://www.appomattox.demon.co.uk/acca/
Goes annually to the best sci-fi novel published
in Britain in the previous year.
Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org
The Caldecott Medal is an ALA award given to the artist of the most
distinguished latino/latina award for children.
Boston
Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml
Awards for fiction and poetry, nonfiction, and picture book.
Caldecott
Medal
http://www.ala.org
The Caldecott Medal is an ALA award given to the artist of the
most distinguished American picture book for children.
Awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to
Children, a division of the American Library Association, it was
named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
Carnegie Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/carnegie/carn.html
Awarded annually to the writer of an outstanding book for children.
Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/awardnonfiction.htm
Award for American nonfiction for children.
Coretta Scott
King
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
The Coretta Scott King Author Award is an ALA award given to the an
author and an illustrator of African descent whose inspirational books
best promote an appreciation of the
American Dream.
Edgar Awards
http://www.mysterynet.com/edgars/
Awards in the mystery field.
Golden Kite
http://www.scbwi.org/awards/gk_main.htm
Governor General Award from Canada
http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/default.asp
Hugo Award
http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html
Given annually for Science Fiction writing by the World Science Fiction
Society (WSFS)
Kate Greenaway Medal
http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/green/green.html
Awarded for distinguished illustration in a book for children from the
UK.
National
Book Critics
http://www.bookcritics.org/awards.html
National
Book Award
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba.html
National
Council of the Teachers of English Awards
http://www.ncte.org/about/awards/
National Science Teachers Association
Book Awards
http://www.nsta.org/ostbc
Nebula Award
http://www.sfwa.org/awards/
Nestle Smarties Book Prize
http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/index.html
One of the longest running and most respected children's book prizes
in the UK
Newbery Medal
Award
http://www.ala.org
The Newbery Medal is an ALA award
given to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American
literature for children. Awarded annually by the Association
for Library
Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association,
it was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery.
Related Websites: Newbery
Authors, Newberys
Ranked
Nobel for Literature
http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/index.html
The award is granted for an author’s
entire body of work
Scott O'Dell
Award
http://www.scottodell.com/sosoaward.html
The award is given to a book for children.
Orbis Pictus
Award from NCTE
http://www.ncte.org/about/awards/sect/elem/106877.htm
The award is given to the author of
the most distinguished nonfiction book for children.
Pen/Faulkner
Award
http://www.folger.edu/public/pfaulk/awards.htm
Phoenix Award
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/Phoenix.html
Pulitzer
Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org/Archive/archive.html
Given for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism,
letters, and music.
Michael L.
Printz Award
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz
The Michael L. Printz Award is an ALA award for "a book that exemplifies
literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas
school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library
Services Association."
Robert F.
Sibert Award
http://www.ala.org/
The Robert F. Sibert Award is an ALA ALSC award
given to the author of the most distinguished informational book
for children.
Young Adults from ALA
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/
List of great books for young adutls.
State Book Awards
Eliot Rosewater
Indiana Book Award
http://www.ilfonline.org/Programs/Rosie/rcurrent.htm
Maryland MAE (Margaret A. Edwards) Award
http://ccpl.carr.org/mae/
Young Hoosier
Award
http://www.ilfonline.org/Programs/YHBA/yhba.htm
Links to State Lists
BookTalks - Quick
and Simple State Award Nominees
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/state_awards.htm
State Award Books
from Reading Corner
http://www.carr.lib.md.us/read/stateAwardbks.htm
Each state is listed with their book award and website (a few dead links)
Specialized Book Lists
Booklist
Editor's Choice
http://www.ala.org/
Annual list of best books.
Readings and Books from the NYPL
http://kids.nypl.org/reading/recommended2.cfm?ListID=61
100 picture books everyone show know.
Book Award Lists
Amazon Books
- Awards
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/542942/002-4925195-9876041
Lists popular awards and books.
BookSpot
http://bookspot.com/awards/
Provides links to well-known book awards.
BookWeb
http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/
Links to awards
Children's
Book Awards
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Edkbrown/awards.html
List of major awards (some links old).
Children's
Book Awards and Other Literary Prizes
http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/awards.htm
Great list of awards.
City of Mountain
View Public Library
http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/citydepts/lib/bl/award_winners.htm
Literature Awards
http://www.literature-awards.com/
Random House
Awards List
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachersbdd/trc_awards.html
Links to ALA books and popular state books.
Reader's Advisory from MCPL
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/
Links to award winning titles and book lists
Reader Read
http://www.readersread.com/awards/
Links to book awards
Wordworth Award Winners
http://ishop.wordsworth.com/sfeatures/awards.asp
Links to award winning books and lists.
Yahooligans:
Book Awards
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/language_arts/book_awards/
Links to book award websites.
Online Award Winners
Prize Winning
Books Online
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/prize.html
You can read many of the older books online. Check out Newbery, Nobel,
and Pulitzer Prize books available for free online.
Awards You Can Win
PEN American
Center
http://www.pen.org/awards/awards.htm
Lists literary awards.
Explore A Book
Award
Read about an award you haven't explored before. Read one of the books.
Why do you think this is a worthwhile award?