Young adult fiction awards recognize outstanding works of young adult fiction.
Award Title | Organization | Founded | Description | References |
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Alex Awards | YALSA | 1998 | Awarded annually to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults. | [1] |
Andre Norton Award | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) | 2006 | Awarded annually for the best young adult science fiction or fantasy book published in the United States. | [2] |
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature | APALA | 2010 | Honors individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit. Awards are given in five categories including Young Adult Literature. | [3] |
Cybils Award (Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards) | Bloggers with expertise in children's literature | 2006 | Given on the basis of literary merit and kid appeal in many categories, including Young Adult Novel. | |
Edgar Award | Mystery Writers of America | 1989 | Given for mystery writing in about a dozen categories, including Best Young Adult Novel. | |
Golden Kite Award | Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) | 2016 | Given in six categories from picture books through young adult. | |
Lodestar Award | World Science Fiction Society | 2018 | Awarded annually to a book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy. | [4] |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize | The Los Angeles Times | 1998 | Given in about a dozen categories, including Young Adult Fiction. | |
Margaret A. Edwards Award | YALSA/ School Library Journal | 1988 | Awarded annually to recognize authors for lifetime contributions to popular young adult literature. | |
Michael L. Printz Award | YALSA | 2000 | Awarded annually for excellence in young adult literature. The ALA has also put out an annual list of Best Books for Young Adults since 1930, and a Top Ten list since 1997. | |
William C. Morris Award | YALSA | 2009 | Given annually to a previously unpublished author "who has made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers". | [5] |
The Canadian Library Association gave a young adult book award for Canadian books from 1981 until the group's disbandment in 2016. [6]
These awards are granted to either a children's or a young adult book.
Award Title | Organization | Founded | Description | References |
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Coretta Scott King Award | Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table/ALA | 1970 | Awarded annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. | [7] |
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award | The Boston Globe/The Horn Book Magazine | 1967 | Given annually in the categories Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. The latter two awards may be either children’s or young adult works. | |
National Book Award | National Book Foundation | 1996 | National Book Awards are given in five categories, one of them Young People's Literature. | |
Odyssey Award | YALSA/ALSC | 2008 | Honors the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States. | [8] |
Stonewall Book Award | Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table/ALA | 2010 | Awards books that have exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQ experience. One of the three awards granted is for children's and YA literature. | [9] |
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