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The following is a list of winners and shortlisted authors of the Booker Prize for Fiction. The prize has been awarded each year since 1969 to the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland. In 2014, it was opened for the first time to any work ...
The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction is an annual American children's book award that recognizes historical fiction.It was established in 1982 by Scott O'Dell, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins and 25 other children's books, in hopes of increasing young readers' interest in the history that shaped their nation and their world.
See Winners of multiple U.S. National Book Awards. 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.
They wanted to encourage quality, creative children's books and to demonstrate to the public that children's books deserve recognition and praise. [4]: 1 In 1932 the committee felt it was important to encourage new writers in the field, so a rule was made that an author would win a second Newbery only if the vote was unanimous. The rule was in ...
The National Book Foundation awards winners in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature. This year, publishers submitted a total of 1,917 books.
The best children's fiction (told primarily through words) award was created in 2001, as best children's long fiction, along with an award for children's short fiction. [2] In 2008 the award was renamed "best children's novel" and in 2010 was renamed again to "best children's fiction (told primarily through words)". [8] [9] Since 2001 ...
These writers have received the Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal) from the American Library Association, a lifetime honor recognizing "substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature". The award was inaugurated in 1954 and is now biennial; it has been conferred 29 times through ...
KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards (Ireland) – since 1990; Gelett burgess children's book award (USA) – since 2010; Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature (USA) – since 1991; The Eilis Dillon Award (Ireland) – since 1995; Angus Book Award (UK) – since 1996; Pura Belpré Award for Latino literature (USA) – since 1996