- Young-adult-fiction awards
Young-adult-fiction awards recognize outstanding works of fiction for adolescents.
Awards with a young-adult theme
Michael L. Printz Award
Since
1930 , the ALA has put out an annual list of Best Books for Young Adults, which is created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA. YALSA also annually gives theMichael L. Printz Award for excellence in young-adult literature.Margaret A. Edwards Award
Each year YALSA and "
School Library Journal " also recognize an author for his/her lifetime contributions to popular young-adult literature with the Margaret A. Edwards Award. Past winners areS.E. Hinton (1988; no award 1989),Richard Peck (1990),Robert Cormier (1991),Lois Duncan (1992),M.E. Kerr (1993),Walter Dean Myers (1994),Cynthia Voigt (1995),Judy Blume (1996),Gary Paulsen (1997),Madeleine L'Engle (1998),Anne McCaffrey (1999),Chris Crutcher (2000),Robert Lipsyte (2001),Paul Zindel (2002),Nancy Garden (2003),Ursula K. Le Guin (2004),Francesca Lia Block (2005),Jacqueline Woodson (2006) andLois Lowry , 2007.William C. Morris YA Debut Award
Will be given annually to a previously unpublished author “who has made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers”, beginning in January 2009. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6456711.html]
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
The
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award is among the most prestigious honors Fact|date=November 2007 in the United States in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Awards are given in the categories Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction.Literary awards with a young-adult category
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National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
*Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction
*Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel
*Royal Society Prize for Junior Science BookExternal links
* [http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Honor_roll:Young_Adult_books Honor Roll: Young Adult Books] . A list ranked by literary honors and awards.
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