Information on awards and prizes in support, recognition, or promotion of children's literature. Alternatively, information on bestsellers and notable books and authors.
Annual awards for outstanding new authors or illustrators of children's books published in the USA. Background, entry details, and winners list. markshasha.com/Marion_Vannett_Ridgway_Awards.htm
Information page by the Bensonville Library, on the Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award. History of the award, winners, student reviews, drawings, poster contest, and registration forms. www.rebeccacaudill.org
British Columbia's "Young Reader's Choice" book award, for fiction and non-fiction, launched annually during Canadian Children's Book Week. Nominations and selection of winners are by students in grades 4 to 7. Information on the award, winners, books and redcedar.swifty.com
Annual awards and grants to children's book authors and illustrators, for fiction, non-fiction, poetry, illustration and picture books (and for magazine work). Information on the awards and entry requirements, links to winners lists. www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
Aims to encourage the serious study of children's literature. Presents the Phoenix Award for books of high literary merit in the English language, and the Anne Deveaux Award for outstanding achievement in children's literature. Winners, links to other ChL ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/.index.html
Presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature, and for new talent. History, winners, entry requirements, further CBC links, and links to other Australian and international awards. www.cbc.org.au/awards.htm
Given annually for excellence in children's/young adult literature - fiction, poetry, non-fiction and picture book. Winners, guidelines, reviews, articles, and other related resources. www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml
Official website of the annual Illinois award for outstanding literature for young people. Books are nominated by librarians, and winners are chosen by students in grades four through eight at participating schools. History, winners, master lists, sponsor www.rcyrba.org
The Children's Literature Web Guide's index of various international, English-language, children's book awards. Winners and links to official websites. Links to other awards sites. www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
Children's Literature reviews and critiques a broad selection of children's books. Presents an annual list of 150 outstanding books, and a selection of author profiles, themed reviews and teaching aids. Links to various literary resources, other booklists www.childrenslit.com/award.html
Presented annually by the Courtney Oldmeadow Children's Literature Foundation, to an Australian citizen for significant contribution to children's literature. Winners and nomination form. Link to the Dromkeen homestead. www.scholastic.com.au/dromkeen/dk_news_medal.html
Presents links to official awards pages and booklists, administered by the Young Adults Library Association of the ALA, for outstanding literature for young adults. Further links to YALSA, their activities, grants and professional awards. www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards
The ALA's Association for Library Service to Children administers various medals and awards for distinguished contributions to children's literature and multimedia, including the Newbery and Caldecott Medals. Links to awards pages, lists of notable books www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/awardsscholarships.htm
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