Project 1.4 Young Adult Book & Media Awards

Project 1.4
Young Adult Book & Media Awards
LM512 - Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Dr. Betty J. Morris
Jacksonville State University
June 19, 2014
Cari Golden, Rhonda Nolin, & Suzanne Sullins

Young Adult Book &
Media Awards
• Printz Award
• Margaret A. Edwards Award
• William C. Morris Debut Award
• YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonficton
• National Book Award
• Scott O’Dell Award
• Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Novel

Purpose
Printz Award
The Printz Award is given annually to the best book
written for teens. This award is solely based on its
literary merit. The award is in honor of Michael L. Printz
a Topeka, Kansas school librarian as well as a
marketing consultant for Econo-Clad. He was also an
active member of YALSA. Michael L. Printz had a
passion for reading and for the authors who wrote
literature for young adults. He demonstrated this
passion by initiating an author-in-residency program in
his high school.

Criteria for Selection
Printz Award
In order to qualify for the Michael L. Printz Award, a book must:
•Be either fiction or non-fiction.
•Must have been published between January 1 and December
31 of the year preceding announcement of the award.
•A title must have been designated by its publisher as being
either a young adult book or one published for the age
range that YALSA defines as "young adult."
•Works of joint authorship or editorship are eligible.
•Books previously published in another country are eligible.
•Does not require the presence of the winning author.
•If no title is deemed sufficiently meritorious, no award will be
given that year.

Date of Origin
Printz Award
The award was ﬁrst given in 2000 to Walter Dean Myers for Monster.

Sponsor/Administrator
Printz Award
The Printz Committee names up to four honor
books which represent the best writing in young
adult literature. The Committee shall consist of a
chair, eight members, a consultant from the
staff of Booklist, and an administrative assistant
if the Chair requests. This award is sponsored
by Booklist, a publication of the American
Library Association.

Prominent Recipients
Printz Award
2012 Winner: In Darkness by Nick Lake
2007 Winner: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
2006 Winner: Looking for Alaska by John Green
2004 Winner: The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
2002 Winner: Step From Heaven by An Na
2012 2007 2006 2004 2002

Purpose
Margaret A. Edwards Award
The Margaret A. Edwards Award honors an author and his/
her speciﬁc body of work for signiﬁcant and lasting
contribution to young adult literature. It recognizes an
author’s work for helping adolescents become aware of
themselves and addressing questions about their role and
importance in society, relationships, and in the world.
Margaret A. Edwards was an administrator of young adult
programs for over thirty years at Enoch Pratt Free Library in
Baltimore. She spent her professional life bringing young
adults and book together. She also pioneered outreach
services for teenagers and established a training program for
librarians beginning their work with adolescents.

•Author may be single or co-author.
•The book(s) should help adolescents to
become aware of themselves and to answer
their questions about their role and
importance in relationships, society and in the
world.
•The book(s) must be of acceptable literary
quality.
•The book(s) should be currently popular with
a wide range of young adults around the
country.

Date of Origin
The Margaret A. Edwards Award was
established in 1988. The ﬁrst award was given
to S.E. Hinton for The Outsiders, That Was
Then This Is Now, Rumble Fish, and Tex.

This annual award is sponsored by School
Library Journal and is given out by YALSA.
A ﬁve member committee chooses the recipient.

Judy Blume for Forever - 1996
Lois Lowry for The Giver - 2007
Orson Scott Card for Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow - 2008
Susan Cooper for The Dark Is Rising sequence: Over Sea, Under Stone;
The Dark Is Rising; Greenwich; The Grey King; Silver On The Tree - 2012
2007 20081996
2012

Purpose
The award is named after William C. Morris, an
advocate for the marketing of children and
young adult literature. The purpose of the Young
Adult Library Services Association award is to
celebrate the accomplishments of a ﬁrst-time
author’s debut book that has made a strong
impact on young adult and teen readers.
William C. Morris Debut Award

Eligibility:
1. The award and honor book winner(s) must be authors of original young adult works of
fiction in any genre, nonfiction, poetry, a short story collection, or graphic work.
2. The award winner(s) must not have previously published a book for any audience. Books
previously published in another country, however, may be considered if an American
edition has been published during the period of eligibility.
3. Works of joint authorship are eligible, but only if all contributors meet all other criteria.
4. Books must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the year
preceding announcement of the award.
5. Edited works and anthologies are not eligible.
6. The short list may consist of up to five titles.
7. The award may be given posthumously provided the other criteria are met.
8. To be eligible, a title must have been designated by its publisher as being either a young
adult book or one published for the age range that YALSA defines as "young adult," i.e.,
12 through 18. Books published for adults or for younger children are not eligible.
9. To be eligible, a title must be widely available in the US to libraries and teens.
10. Titles that are self-published, published only in eBook format, and/or published from
a publisher outside of the US will not be considered eligible until the first year the book
is available in print or distributed through a US publishing house.
Criteria:
1. This award recognizes excellence by a first time author writing for young adults.
2. The winning title must exemplify the highest standards of young adult literature and must
be well written. The book’s components [story, voice, setting, accuracy, style, characters,
design, format, theme, illustration, organization, etc.] should be of high merit.
3. Popularity is not the criterion for this award, nor is the award based on the message or
content of the book.
4. The book must have teen appeal or have the potential to appeal to teen readers.

Date of Origin
The award was ﬁrst awarded in 2009 to
Elizabeth C. Bunce for A Curse Dark as Gold

The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a
division of the American Library Association (ALA)
administers the award. It is administered by a committee of
nine YALSA members including the chair, plus an
administrative assistant if requested by the chair. The Vice
President/President Elect will appoint the chair and eight
members of the committee. The committee members that
attend the Midwinter committee meetings will be eligible to
vote. Committee members must read a large variety of the
books eligible for nomination. Members must attend all
meetings and participate in discussions via a closed
electronic discussion list.

2014 Winner: Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
2 013 W i n n e r : S e ra p h i n a by Rachel H ar t man
2012Winner:Where Things Come BackbyJohnCoreyWhaley
2011 Winner: The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston
2010 Winner: Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
2009 Winner: A Curse Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
200920102011201220132014

YALSA Award for
Excellence in Nonfiction

Purpose
The purpose of the award is to honor the best
nonfiction book for young adult readers published
during a November 1 - October 31 publishing year;
to promote the number of nonfiction books
published for and read by young adults. YALSA
hopes to inspire a wider readership in the nonfiction
genre and to become an authority in the field.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction

The works considered for the award must be
nonﬁction written for a young adult (ages
12-18) audience of readers. The title must
have been published during the preceding
November 1 though October 31 year. All
nonﬁction print-forms are eligible for
consideration, including graphic novels.

Date of Origin
The YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonﬁction was
ﬁrst given in 2010 to Deborah Heiligman for
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith

The Young Adult Library Services Association
(YALSA), a division of the American Library
Association (ALA) will administer the award by a
committee of eight members, a chair, and a
Booklist consultant. Four of the committee members
will be selected by the membership of YALSA. The
remaining four members and the Chair will be
appointed by the President-Elect of YALSA.

2014 Winner: The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors
Captured the World’s Most Notorius Nazi by Neal Bascomb
2013 Winner: Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal- the World's Most
Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
2012 Winner: The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of
Adventure, Heroism, & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin
2011 Winner: Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing by Ann Angel
2010 Winner: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah
Heiligman.
20102011201220132014

Purpose
National Book Award
The mission of the National Book Foundation
and the National Book Awards is to celebrate
the best of American literature, to expand its
audience, and to enhance the cultural value of
great writing in America.

National Book Award
All books must be published by U.S. publishers located in the United States
between December 1st and November 30th. All authors must be U.S. citizens.
The following are eligible:
• Full-length books of ﬁction and nonﬁction.
• Collections of short stories and collections of essays by one author.
• Collected and selected poems by one author.
• Books by authors who are living at the commencement of the eligibility year.
(December 1st)
• Self-published books, provided that the author/publisher also publishes titles by
other authors.
The following are NOT eligible:
• English translations of books originally written in other languages.
• Anthologies containing work written by multiple authors.
• Reprints of books published in previous Award years. Exceptions may be made
for otherwise eligible books published outside the United States in the previous
Award year, at the National Book Awards’ discretion.
• Books published through self-publishing services.

Date of Origin
National Book Award
Established in 1950, the National Book Award is an American literary prize
administered by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Over the
years the National Book Award expanded, changed it’s name to The American
Book Awards (TABA) and at one time gave a total of 28 prizes in 16 different
categories. Operating as TABA, Finalists were chosen by a panel of publishers,
booksellers, distributors, librarians, authors, and critics. It was soon decided that
with so many awards, the impact of the award was greatly diminished. In 1987,
the Board reestablished the National Book Award with an emphasis that the
Awards were given to writers by writers. From 1996 until 2012, independent
panels of five writers chose the National Book Award winners in four categories:
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. As of 2013, judging
panels are no longer limited to writers, and now may include other experts in the
field such as literary critics, librarians, and booksellers. One of the five Judges on
each panel is selected as the panel chair.

National Book Award
The National Book Award is an American literary
prize administered by the National Book
Foundation, a nonproﬁt organization.

National Book Award
Over a half-century since its inception, the National Book Awards continues to
recognize the best of American literature, raising the cultural appreciation of great
writing in the country while advancing the careers of both established and
emerging authors who have helped shape the foundation of American literature.
• John Cheever (Fiction)
• The Wapshot Chronicle, 1958
• Ralph Ellison (Fiction)
• Invisible Man, 1953
• William Faulkner (Fiction)
• A Fable, 1955
• Charles Frazier (Fiction)
• Cold Mountain, 1997
• Lillian Hellman (NonFiction)
• An Unfinished Woman, 1969
• Charles Johnson (Fiction)
• Middle Passage, 1990
• Robert Lowell (Poetry)
• Life Studies, 1960
• Bernard Malamud (Fiction)
• The Magic Barrel, 1959; The Fixer, 1967
• Marianne Moore (Poetry)
• Collected Poems, 1952
• Flannery O’Connor (Fiction)
• The Complete Stories, 1972
• Walker Percy (Fiction)
• The Moviegoer, 1962
• Katherine Anne Porter (Fiction)
• The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, 1966
Richard Powers (Fiction)
The Echo Maker, 2006
E. Annie Proulx (Fiction)
The Shipping News, 1993
Adrienne Rich (Poetry)
Diving into the Wreck: Poems, 1973;
An Atlas of the Difﬁcult World: Poems, 1991;
Tonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems, 2011
Philip Roth (Fiction)
Goodbye Columbus, 1960;
Sabbath’s Theater, 1995
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Children’s Literature)
A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy
Growing Up in Warsaw, 1970
Wallace Stegner (Fiction)
The Spectator Bird, 1977
Lily Tuck (Fiction)
The News from Paraguay, 2004
John Updike (Fiction)
The Centaur, 1964;
Rabbit is Rich, 1982
Alice Walker (Fiction)
The Color Purple, 1983
**Click book titles for more information**

Purpose
Scott O’Dell Award
The annual award of $5,000 goes to an author for
a exemplary book published in the previous year for
children or young adults. Scott O'Dell established this
award to encourage other writers, particularly new
authors, to focus on historical ﬁction. He hoped in this
way to increase the interest of young readers in the
historical background that has helped to shape their
country and their world.

To be eligible for the award, a book must have been
published as a book intended for children or young
people, it must be set in the New World (Canada,
Central or South America, or the United States), it
must be published by a publisher in the United States,
and it must be written in English by a citizen of the
United States. Books published during each calendar
year are eligible for the following year’s award.

Date of Origin
In 1982, Scott O'Dell established The Scott O'Dell
Award for Historical Fiction. The ﬁrst recipient was
Elizabeth George in1984 for The Sign of the Beaver.

Scott O'Dell established this award to encourage
other writers, particularly new authors, to focus on
historical ﬁction. Each year the selection is made by
the O'Dell Award Committee, which was headed from
its inception in 1982 until her death in 2002 by Zena
Sutherland, Professor Emeritus of Children's Literature
at the University of Chicago. Currently, the Chair of
the Scott O'Dell Awards Committee is Roger Sutton,
Editor-in-Chief, The Horn Book. He is assisted by Ann
Carlson, Librarian, Oak Park and River Forest High
School, and Deborah Stevenson, Editor of The
Bulletin and Director of the Center for Children's
Books.

2014 - Kirkpatrick Hill for Bo at Ballard Creek
2013 - Louise Erdrich for Chickadee
2012 - Jack Gantos for Dead End in Norvelt
2011 - Rita Williams Garcia for One Crazy Summer
2010 - Matt Phelan for The Storm in the Barn
2009 - Laurie Halse Anderson for Chains
2008 - Christopher Paul Curtis for Elijah of Buxton
2007 - Ellen Klages for The Green Glass Sea
2006 - Louise Erdrich for The Game of Silence
2005 - A LaFaye for Worth
2004 - Richard Peck for The River Between Us
2003 - Shelley Pearsall for Trouble Don't Last
2002 - Mildred D. Taylore for The Land
2001 - Janet Taylor for The Art of Keeping Cool
2000 - Miriam Bat-Ami for Two Suns in the Sky
1999 - Harriette Robinette for
Forty Acres & Maybe a Mule
•
1998 - Karen Hesse for Out of the Dust
1997 - Katherine Patterson for Jip, His Story
1996 - Theodore Taylor for The Bomb
1995 - Graham Salisbury for
Under the Blood Red Sun
1994 - Paul Fleischmann for Bull Run
1993 - Michael Dorris for Morning Girl
1992 - Mary Downing Hahn for Stepping on Cracks
1991 - Pieter Van Raven for A Time of Troubles
1990 - Carolyn Reeder for Shades of Gray
1989 - Lyll Becca de Jenkins for
The Honorable Prison
1988 - Patricia Beatty Charley Skedaddle
1987 - Scott O'Del for
Streams to the River, River to the Sea
1986 - Patricia Maclachlan for Sarah, Plain and Tall
1985 - Avi for The Fighting Ground
1984 - Elizabeth George for The Sign of the Beaver
**Click book titles for more information**

Edgar Allen Poe
Young Adult Novel

Purpose
Edgar Allen Poe
Young Adult Novel
The Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Novel Award (also
called the Edgar’s Award) is presented annually by
Mystery Writers of America. This award recognizes
works of mystery written for ages twelve to eighteen,
and grades eight through twelve.
Edgar Allen Poe was one of the earliest practitioners
of the short story. He is best known for his tales of
mystery and is credited with contributing to the
genre of science ﬁction. His works inﬂuenced
literature in the United States and around the world.

Edgar Allen Poe
Young Adult Novel
•The work must be published for the first time in the
United States in the current year. Previously self-
published works are ineligible, even if later (edited
and) re-published by an approved publisher.
•Foreign books may have an earlier copyright but the
year of consideration must be the year of its first
publication in the United States.
•Television episodes must have been shown for the
first time in the United States in the current year.
•A work may be submitted to only one committee
except in the case of the Robert L. Fish Award and
the Mary Higgins Clark Award.

Date of Origin
Edgar Allen Poe
Young Adult Novel
This award was established in 1989 and it
remains the most prestigious award in the
entire mystery genre. Prior to this award, the
Mystery Writers of America presented a
special Edgar to Katherine Paterson for the
Master Puppeteer in 1977.

Edgar Allen Poe
Young Adult Novel
A committee chosen by Mystery Writers of
America reads books and watches ﬁlms in 13
different categories and gives a single award
in each category.

Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Novel
Vivian Vande Velde for Never Trust a Dead Man
Alane Ferguson for Show Me The Evidence
John Green for Paper Towns
Elizabeth Wein for Code Name Verity

References
American Library Association. (2014). Margaret A. Edwards Award. Retrieved from
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/node/13
Good Reads. (2014). William C. Morris YA Debut Award winners. Retrieved from
http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/1687-william-c-morris-ya-debut-award
Hall, E. (2014). Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Retrieved from
http://www.scottodell.com/Pages/ScottO'DellAwardforHistoricalFiction.aspx
Mystery Writers of America. (2014). The Edgar Awards. Retrieved from
http://www.theedgars.com/
National Book Foundation. (2007). National Book Awards. Retrieved from http://
www.nationalbook.org/
Young Adult Library Services Association. (2014). Printz Award. Retrieved from http://
www.ala.org/yalsa/printz
Young Adult Library Services Association. (2014). The William C. Morris Debut Award.
Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/morris/
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