"I keep trying to see myself as a little girl, sitting on the floor in the corner of the big library downtown. I read books without ever thinking about who won this or that award, what books were considered 'best.' I read and read, and it made me less alone, made my life meaningful. That is what books do—in that, I have no doubt."
— Martha Moore,
Children's Author
CYALR is honored to host this list with permission.
The links to sites about children's literature awards by states were originally compiled by Melissa Depper of Colorado's Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Committee in January 2000 for PUBYAC, a discussion list for Children's and Young Adult Librarians in Public Libraries. It was not intended to be comprehensive. Melissa updated the list in May 2005.
Cyn NOTE: Cynthia Leitich Smith is an author, not an awards coordinator for any state program.
Cyn NOTE: If you find a broken link or have any suggestions, please write.
Emphasis on Reading
http://www.alsde.edu/html/search.asp?footer=general
CYN NOTE: Type in "emphasis on reading" to retrieve a choice of several documents, including book lists for various years, voting results, activities.
Pacific Northwest Library
Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Reader Award):
http://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/
Arkansas
Diamond Primary Book Award (grades K-3)
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/childaward/diamondmain.htm
Charlie
May Simon Children's Book Award (grades 4-6)
http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/childaward/charlie_may_main.htm
California Young Reader
Medal (+)
http://www.cla-net.org/awards/cyrm.php
Colorado Children's Book Award
http://ccira.org/w/w?cmd=goccba
Blue Spruce Young Adult Book
Award (+)
http://cal-webs.org/bluespruce/
Nutmeg Children's Book Award
http://www.nutmegaward.org/
Delaware Diamonds
http://www.doe.state.de.us/dsra/deldiamonds.htm
Blue Hen Book Award
http://wilmlib.org/bluehen.html
Florida
Reading Association Children's Book Award (grades K-2)
http://www.flreads.org/Children%27s%20Book%20Award/childrenftpage.htm
Florida Teens Read
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/announce/teenreads.html
Sunshine State Young
Reader's Award (grades 3-8)
http://myssyra.org/
Georgia Children's Book Award
http://www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/
Georgia
Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (+)
http://www.glma-inc.org/peachaward.htm
Nene Award
http://nene.k12.hi.us/
Pacific Northwest Library
Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
Monarch Award
(grades K-3)
http://www.islma.org/grants_awards.htm#monarch
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (grades 4-8)
http://www.rcyrba.org/
http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois High School Book Award (+)
http://www.islma.org/grants_awards.htm#lincoln
Eliot
Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (+)
http://www.schoolbookcenter.com/html/eliot_rosewater_awards.html
Young Hoosier Book Award
http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/YHBA/YHBA.htm
Iowa Children's Choice Award
(grades 3-6)
http://www.iasl-ia.org/awards.php
Iowa Teen Award (+)
(grades 6-9)
http://www.iasl-ia.org/teen.php
Iowa High School Book
Award (+)
http://www.iasl-ia.org/awards.php
Heartland Award
(+)
http://www.writingconference.com/heartlan.htm
William Allen White
Children's Book Award
http://www.emporia.edu/libsv/wawbookaward/
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (+)
http://kba.nku.edu/
Louisiana
Young Reader's Choice Award
http://test.state.lib.la.us/la_dyn_templ.cfm?doc_id=83
Maine Student Book Award
http://www.windham.lib.me.us/msba.htm
Maine Lupine Award
http://www.mainelibraries.org/awards/lupine.htm
Black-eyed Susan Book Award
http://www.maslmd.org/awards_nominees.php
Massachusetts Children's
Book Award
http://www.salemstate.edu/education/mcba/
The Mitten
Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/csd
Thumbs
Up! Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/tsdthumbsup
Great Lakes Great Books Award (+)
http://www.michiganreading.org/greatbooks/
Maud Hart Lovelace
Book Award
http://www.maudhartlovelace.org/
Building Block Picture Book
Award (birth-K)
http://molib.org/BuildingBlock.html
Show Me Reader
Award (grades 1-3)
http://www.maslonline.org/awards/books/ShowMe/
Mark Twain
Award (grades 4-8)
http://www.maslonline.org/awards/books/MarkTwain/
Gateway Award
(+)
http://www.maslonline.org/awards/books/Gateway/
Pacific Northwest Library
Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
Treasure
State Award
http://www.montanareads.org/index.shtml
Golden Sower
Award (+)
http://www.goldensower.org/
Nevada Young Readers Award (+)
http://www.nevadalibraries.org/Divisions/NYRA/
New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award (grades preK-3)
www.nh.gov/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/ladybug.html
The Flume: New Hampshire's Teen Readers Choice Awardhttp://www.nashualibrary.org/YALS/Flume.htm
Great Stone Face Award (grades 4-6)
http://www.chilisnh.org/gsf/gsfindex.html
The Garden
State Children's Book Awards
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/childrens.html
The Garden State
Teen Book Awards (+)
http://www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/teen.html
Land of Enchantment Book Award
(+)
http://www.loebookaward.com/
Charlotte Award
http://www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/
North Carolina Children's Book
Award
http://www.bookhive.org/nccba/
Flicker Tale Children's
Book Award
http://www.ndla.info/ftaward.htm
Buckeye Children's Book Award
http://www.bcbookaward.info/
Sequoyah Book Award (+)
http://www.oklibs.org/sequoyah/
Pacific Northwest Library
Association's Young Readers' Choice Award (+)
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
Beverly Cleary Children's
Choice Award
http://www.oema.net/cleary/index.htm
Patricia Gallagher
Picture Book Award
http://www.oregonread.org/gallagheraward05.html
Pennsylvania
Reader's Choice Award
http://www.psla.org/association/committee/mediaselectionandreview/
pyrcamenu.php4
Keystone
to Reading Book Award
http://www.ksra.org/Resources/keystone_to_reading_book_award.htm
Rhode Island Children's
Book Award
http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/bookaward.html
Rhode
Island Teen Book Award (+)
http://www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritbaindex.htm
South
Carolina Association of School Librarians Book Awards (+)
http://www.scasl.net/
Prairie
Bud Children's Book Award (grades K-3)
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/forkids/prairie/index.htm
Prairie
Pasque Children's Book Award (grades 4-6)
http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/forkids/prairie/index.htm
Volunteer State Book Award (+)
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kpatten/vsba.html
2 x 2 (ages two through
second grade)
Lone Star (grades 6-8)
Tayshas (high school)
http://www.txla.org/html/reading.html
Texas Bluebonnet Award
(grades 3-6)
http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html
TSRA Golden Spur (elementary/K-3
and intermediate)
http://www.tsra.us/awards_and_grants.shtml
CYn note: this site also hosts Texas
Children's Books, Authors, and Illustrators.
Cyn note: Any Texas teacher or librarian with URLs to other Texas awards is encouraged to write me with that information.
Beehive Awards (+)
http://www.clau.org/
Red Clover
Award (grades K-4)
http://www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_history.php
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book
Award (grades 4-8)
http://www.dcfaward.org/
Virginia Young Readers Award
(+)
http://www.vsra.org/Vyrpindex.html
Pacific Northwest Library
Association's Young Readers' Choice Award (+)
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm
Washington Children's
Choice Picture Book Award (grades K-3)
http://www.wlma.org/Association/wccpba.htm
Sasquatch Award
(grades 4-8)
http://www.wlma.org/Association/sasquatch.htm
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
(+)
http://www.kcls.org/booksandreading/evergreenaward/index.cfm
West Virginia Children's Book Award
http://www.wvcba.org/
Golden Archer Award
http://www.robbins.ecasd.k12.wi.us/class/media/
golden_archer_award_books.htm
Buckaroo Book Award
(grades K-3)
http://www.ccpls.org/html/buckaroo.html
Indian Paintbrush Book
Award (grades 4-6)
http://ccpls.org/html/indianp.html
Soaring Eagle Award
(+) (grades 7-12)
http://ccpls.org/html/soaringeagle.html
The Connecticut Book Award
http://www.hartfordpl.lib.ct.us/cfb/cba.htm
Read Aloud Books Too Good To Miss
http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/ReadAloud/ReadAloud.htm
Kansas Notable Book List
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kcfb/projects.htm
The Lupine Award
http://mainelibraries.org/awards/lupine.htm
Michigan Author Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/maac
Missouri
Building Blocks Picture Books Award
http://www.molib.org/backup/BuildingBlock/default.htm
Montana Book Award
http://www.montanabookaward.org/
Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=632
The Oklahoma Book Awards
(Oklahoma Center of the Book)
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/
Oregon Book Award
http://www.literary-arts.org/
Carolyn W. Field
Award (unclear if this is readers' choice or not).
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/booknook/topicbooklists/fieldaward.html
June
Franklin Naylor Award
http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2004/09/june-franklin-naylor-award.html
Texas Institute of Letters
http://texasinstituteofletters.org/
Writers' League of Texas Teddy Children's Book
Award
http://www.writersleague.org/contests/teddy.html
The Elizabeth Burr
Award
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/cba/burr-criteria.html
Read On Wisconsin!
http://readon.wi.gov/
