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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 NOTES: Cynthia Leitich Smith is an author, not an awards coordinator for any state program. If you find a broken link or have any suggestions, please write.
Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Reader Award):
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (grades K-3)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (grades 4-6)
California Young Reader Medal (+)
Colorado Children's Book Award
Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (+)
Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award (grades K-2)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (grades 3-8)
Georgia Children's Book Award http://www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (+)
Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
Monarch Award (grades K-3)
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 (+)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (+)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (grades 3-6)
(new for 2010) Iowa Goldfinch Award (K-3)
Iowa Teen Award (+) (grades 6-9)
Iowa High School Book Award (+)
Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award
Heartland Award (+)
William Allen White
Children's Book Award
Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
Great Lakes Great Books Award (+)
Minnesota Book Awards (Children's Literature)
Minnesota Book Awards (Young People's Literature)
Missouri Building Block Award
Show Me Readers Award (grades 1-3)
Mark Twain Readers Award (grades 4-6)
The Truman Readers Award (grades 6-8)
Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (+)
NebraskaNevada Young Readers Award (+)
New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award (grades preK-3)
The Flume: New Hampshire's Teen Readers Choice Award
Great Stone Face Award (grades 4-6)
Isinglass Award (grades 7-8)
The Garden State Children's Book Awards
The Garden State Teen Book Awards (+)
Land of Enchantment Book Award (+)
North Carolina Children's Book Award
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
Oregon Reader's Choice Award: a new award from Oregon'’s youth librarians and reading teachers. The junior division is 4th to 6th grade. The intermediate division is 7th to 9th grade. The senior division is 10th to 12th grade. Note: Oregon students in grades 4 to 12 may vote.
Oregon Young Readers Choice Awards
Oregon is no longer participating in the Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Awards.
Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award
Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award
Pennsylvania Reader's Choice Award
Keystone to Reading Book Award
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (+)
South Carolina Association of School Librarians Book Awards (+)
Prairie Bud Children's Book Award (grades K-3)
Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (grades 4-6)
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)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (grades 3-6)
TSRA Golden Spur (elementary/K-3 and intermediate)
CYn noteS: this site also hosts Texas Children's Books, Authors, and Illustrators. Any Texas teacher or librarian with URLs to other Texas awards is encouraged to write me with that information.
Beehive Awards (+)
Red Clover Award (grades K-4)
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (grades 4-8)
Virginia Young Readers Award (+)
Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Readers' Choice Award (+)
Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (grades K-3)
Sasquatch Award (grades 4-8)
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award (+)
West Virginia Children's Book Award
Buckaroo Book Award (grades K-3)
Indian Paintbrush Book Award (grades 4-6)
Soaring Eagle Award (+) (grades 7-12)
Read Aloud Books Too Good To Miss
Missouri Building Blocks Picture Books Award
Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature
The Oklahoma Book Awards (Oklahoma Center of the Book)
Carolyn W. Field Award (unclear if this is readers' choice or not).
Spirit of Texas (middle school)
Spirit of Texas (high school)
Writers' League of Texas Teddy Children's Book Award