Writers House - Award Winners

NEWBERY MEDAL
Jack Gantos, DEAD END IN NORVELT (2012)
Neil Gaiman, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2009)
Susan Patron, THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY (2007)
Sharon Creech, WALK TWO MOONS (1995)
Cynthia Rylant, MISSING MAY (1993)
Robin McKinley, THE HERO AND THE CROWN (1985)
Cynthia Voigt, DICEY'S SONG (1983)

NEWBERY HONOR
Eugene Yelchin, BREAKING STALIN’S NOSE (2012)
Grace Lin, WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON (2010)
Ingrid Law, SAVVY (2009)
Polly Horvath, EVERYTHING ON A WAFFLE (2001)
Sharon Creech, THE WANDERER (2001)
Jack Gantos, JOEY PIGZA LOSES CONTROL (2001)
Ann M. Martin, A CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE (2003)
Robin McKinley, THE BLUE SWORD (1983)
Cynthia Rylant, A FINE WHITE DUST (1987)
Cynthia Voigt, A SOLITARY BLUE (1984)

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD
John Corey Whaley, WHERE THINGS COME BACK (2012)
Deborah Heiligman, CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS’ LEAP OF FAITH (2010)
John Green, LOOKING FOR ALASKA (2006)
An Na, A STEP FROM HEAVEN (2002)

MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR
Deborah Heiligman, CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS’ LEAP OF FAITH (2010)
Stephanie Hemphill, YOUR OWN SYLVIA: A VERSE PORTRAIT OF SYLVIA PLATH (2008)
A.M. Jenkins, REPOSSESSED (2008)
John Green, ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES (2007)
Laurie Halse Anderson, SPEAK (2002)
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)
Garret Freymann-Weyr, MY HEARTBEAT (2003)
Jack Gantos, HOLE IN MY LIFE (2003)
Chris Lynch, FREE WILL (2001)
Carolyn Mackler, THE EARTH, MY BUTT, AND OTHER BIG ROUND THINGS (2004)
Kenneth Oppel, AIRBORN (2005)
Elizbeth Partridge, JOHN LENNON (2006)

CALDECOTT MEDAL
Allen Say, GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY (1994)
David Macaulay, BLACK AND WHITE (1991)

CALDECOTT HONOR
Lane Smith, GRANDPA GREEN (2012)
David Ezra Stein (Author/Illustrator), INTERRUPTING CHICKEN (2011)
Marla Frazee, ALL THE WORLD (2010)
Marla Frazee, A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER (2009)
Kadir Nelson (illustrator), HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX: A TRUE STORY FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (2008)
Barbara Kerley, THE DINOSAURS OF WATERHOUSE HAWKINS (2002)
Kadir Nelson (illustrator), MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM (2007)
Brian Pinkney (illustrator), DUKE ELLINGTON: THE PIANO PRINCE AND HIS ORCHESTRA, written by Andrea Davis Pinkney (1999)
Dav Pilkey, THE PAPERBOY (1997)
Brian Pinkney (illustrator), THE FAITHFUL FRIEND (1999)
Stephen Johnson, ALPHABET CITY (1996)
Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith, THE STINKY CHEESE MAN & OTHER FAIRLY STUPID STORIES (1993)
Diane Goode (text by Cynthia Rylant), WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS (1983)

EDGAR AWARD
Mac Barnett, IT HAPPENED ON A TRAIN (2011), Best Juvenile
Sheela Chari, VANISHED (2011), Best Juvenile
Andrew Clements, ROOM ONE (2006)
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, IN DARKNESS, DEATH, Best YA Mystery (2004)

Rob MacGregor

PROPHECY ROCK, Best Young Adult Mystery (1996)
HAWK MOON, Best Young Adult Mystery (1997)

Joan Lowry Nixon

Only 4-time Best Juvenile Mystery winner for:
- THE KIDNAPPING OF CHRISTINA LATTIMORE (1980)
- THE SÉANCE (1981)
- THE OTHER SIDE OF DARK (1987)
- THE NAME OF THE GAME WAS MURDER (1994)

Cynthia Voigt, THE CALLENDAR PAPERS, Best Juvenile Mystery (1984)

CARNEGIE MEDAL
Neil Gaiman, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2010) (the only novel to win both the Carnegie and Newbery medals)
Sharon Creech, RUBY HOLLER (2003) [First American to win the Carnegie, a UK award]
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER – YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE
Polly Horvath, THE CANNING SEASON (2003)
Kimberly Willis Holt, WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTS
Franny Billingsley, CHIME (2011)
Deborah Heiligman, CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS’ LEAP OF FAITH (2009)
Chris Lynch, INEXCUSABLE (2005)
Deborah Wiles, EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS(2005)
Laban Carrick Hill, HARLEM STOMP!: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE (2004)
Elizabeth Partridge, THIS LAND WAS MADE FOR YOU AND ME (2002)
Laurie Halse Anderson, SPEAK (2002)
Polly Horvath, THE TROLLS (2001)

PEN AWARD
(Recognizing a superb new voice among American writers of children's literature)
Cynthia Grant, PEN-Norma Klein Award (1991) [First winner]

PEN-Phyllis
Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
Franny Billingsley (2003)
Deborah Wiles (2004)
Amanda Jenkins (2005)

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK AWARD
Jennifer Donnelly, A NORTHERN LIGHT (2004)

LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
Elizabeth Partridge, MARCHING FOR FREEDOM (2010)
Deborah Heiligman, CHARLES AND EMMA: THE DARWINS’ LEAP OF FAITH (2010)

NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Lane Smith, GRANDPA GREEN (2011)
Jon Klassen, I WANT MY HAT BACK (2011)
Matt de la Pena & Kadir Nelson, A NATION’S HOPE: THE STORY OF BOXING LEGEND JOE LOUIS (2011)
Stephen T Johnson, A IS FOR ART: AN ABSTRACT ALPHABET (2008)
Dan Yaccarino, EVERY FRIDAY, (2007)
Lane Smith, JOHN, PAUL, GEORGE, & BEN (2006)
Dave McKean, THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS, (2003)
Vladimir Radunsky, THE MIGHTY ASPARAGUS (2002)
Stephen Johnson, ALPHABET CITY, (1995)
Michael McCurdy

THE OWL SCATTERER [illustrator], (1986)
THE SEASONS SEWN: A Year in Patchwork [illustrator], (1996)

Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith, THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STUPID TALES (1992)

GRAMMY AWARD WINNER
THE TRAIN THAT CALLED THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, by Steve Goodman; Michael McCurdy illustrating; Live Oak Media producing. Best Spoken Word Album For Children (2004)

E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD AWARD
Deborah Wiles, EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS(2005)

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL MEDAL
Cynthia Rylant, HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE GREAT GRANDPAS (2006)

THEODOR SEUSS GEISEL HONOR
Jon Klassen, I WANT MY HAT BACK
Grace Lin, LING & TING: NOT EXACTLY THE SAME (2011)
Lisa Wheeler, JAZZ BABY (2008)
Chris Van Dusen, MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE (2007)
Erica Silverman, COWGIRL KATE AND COCOA (2006)

BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK HONOR
Jon Klassen, I WANT MY HAT BACK (2011)
Franny Billingsley, CHIME (2011)
Eugene Yelchin, BREAKING STALIN’S NOSE (2011)
Kadir Nelson, HEART AND SOUL (2011)
Elizabeth Partridge, MARCHING FOR FREEDOM: WALK TOGETHER CHILDREN AND DON'T YOU GROW WEARY (2010) (Received the award in the Nonfiction category)
Steve Sheinkin, THE NOTORIOUS BENEDICT ARNOLD: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism, and Treachery (2011) (Received the award in the Nonfiction category)
Elizabeth Partridge, MARCHING FOR FREEDOM: WALK TOGETHER CHILDREN AND DON'T YOU GROW WEARY (2010)
Leslie Patricelli, HIGHER! HIGHER! (2010)
Neil Gaiman, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2009)
Ingrid Law, SAVVY (2008)
Barbara Kerley, WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE (2008)
Marla Frazee, A COUPLE OF BOYS HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER (2008)
Sara Pennypacker, CLEMENTINE (2007)
Deborah Hopkinson, SKY BOYS: HOW THEY BUILT THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (2006)
Cynthia Rylant, GOD WENT TO BEAUTY SCHOOL (2004)
Franny Billingsley, THE FOLK KEEPER (2000)
Brian Pinkney, THE ADVENTURE OF SPARROWBOY (1997)
Cynthia Rylant, MISSING MAY (1992)

MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD
Laurie Halse Anderson (2009)
Cynthia Voight (1995)

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATION
UNDERGROUND by Shane W. Evans (2012)
Kadir Nelson, MOSES: WHEN HARRIET TUBMAN LED HER PEOPLE TO FREEDOM (2007)
Kadir Nelson, ELLINGTON WAS NOT A STREET (2004)
Brian Pinkney, IN THE TIME OF THE DRUMS (2000)

CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR FOR ILLUSTRATION
Kadir Nelson, HEART AND SOUL (2011)
Kadir Nelson, WE ARE THE SHIP (2009)
Sean Qualls, BEFORE JOHN WAS A JAZZ GIANT (2009)
Kadir Nelson, THUNDER ROSE (2003)
Brian Pinkney, DUKE ELLINGTON: THE PIANO PRINCE AND HIS ORCHESTRA (1999)
Brian Pinkney, THE FAITHFUL FRIEND (1996)
Brian Pinkney, SUKEY AND THE MERMAID (1993)

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR AUTHOR
Kadir Nelson, HEART AND SOUL (2011)
Kadir Nelson, WE ARE THE SHIP (2009)

CORETTA SCOTT KING HONOR FOR AUTHOR
Andrea Davis Pinkney, LET IT SHINE! STORIES OF BLACK WOMEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS (2001)

SIEBERT MEDAL
Kadir Nelson, WE ARE THE SHIP (2009)

SIEBERT HONOR
Allen Say, Drawing from Memory (2012)
Barbara Kerly, WHAT TO DO ABOUT ALICE (2009)

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
Perry Moore, HERO (2008)

KERLAN AWARD
Jeanette Winter (2009)
Nikki Grimes (2003)
Joan Lowery Nixon (2002)

AL ROKER BOOK CLUB PICK
Andrea Davis Pinkney, BIRD IN A BOX (2011)
J&P Voelkel, MIDDLEWORLD (2010)
Grace Lin, WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON (2009)
Ingrid Law, SAVVY (2009)

RITA AWARD
Melissa Marr, WICKED LOVELY (Best Young Adult Romance) (2008)

AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION AUDIE AWARD
Neil Gaiman, THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (Children's 8–12 and Audiobook of the year) (2009)

WILLIAM C. MORRIS DEBUT AWARD
John Corey Whaley, WHERE THINGS COME BACK (2012)

E.B. WHITE READ-ALOUD HONORS
Grace Lin, WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE MOON (2010)
(Awarded in the Older Readers category)