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The Ten Outstanding Young Americans program exists to recognize and honor ten Americans each year who exemplify the best attributes of the nation's young people, aged 18 through 40. [1] The TOYA program is sponsored by the United States Junior Chamber. [2] Prior to 1985, the program was known as the Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) program.
The concept for America's Ten Outstanding Young Men was fathered by Durward Howes, publisher of a yearly volume, "America's Young Men." Howes published in his books for 1934, 1935, and 1936 his own selections for the twelve outstanding young men in America. In the 1937 volume, he cut the list from twelve men to ten.
Two authors have won two Children's or Young People's awards twice. Lloyd Alexander won for The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian (1971) and Westmark (1982), among six titles that were finalists. Katherine Paterson won for The Master Puppeteer (1977) and The Great Gilly Hopkins (1979), among three titles that were finalists.
The pre-war awards and the 1980 to 1983 graphics awards are covered below following the main list of current award categories. There have been five award categories since 2018: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and Translated Literature. The main list below is organized by the current award categories and by year.
The JCI Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, usually JCI TOYP, program serves to formally recognize young people who excel in their chosen fields and exemplify the best attributes of the world's young people. The program is sponsored by Junior Chamber International (JCI).
This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
Outstanding popular science books from around the world United States: Science in Society Journalism Awards: National Association of Science Writers: Outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill United States: Science Writing Award: American Institute of Physics: United States
The Shaping of America: A People's History of the Young Republic: Finalist Paperback Leon F. Litwack: Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery: Winner Richard Drinnon: The Metaphysics of Indian-Hating and Empire-Building: Finalist A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. In the Matter of Color: The Colonial Period: Finalist Telford Taylor: Munich ...