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Australian Children's Choice Awards
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/fiction/awards/aw1.htm
Index of Australian book awards given for favorite books chosen by children and youth. Lists of recent winners, and links to official websites.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml
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.
Children's Book Awards
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
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.
Children's Book Council of Australia
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.
Dromkeen Medal
http://www.scholastic.com.au/common/dromkeen/medal.asp
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.
HarperCollins Children's Books
http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch/author/features/congratulations2002.asp
HarperCollins authors who have won ALA awards for children's or youth literature, in 2002. Includes book and author profiles. Link to previous year's award winners.
Mock Newbery
http://www.homestead.com/epmnewbery/Newbery2000.html
A library youth reading club makes their own predictions for the Medal. See the predicted winners and current booklist.
Rebecca Caudhill Young Readers' Book Award
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, sponsors, entry details and forms.
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
http://www.rebeccacaudill.org/
Information page by the Bensenville Library. Provides history of the award, winners, plus student reviews.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/awards.htm
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.
The Children's Literature Association
http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/chla/
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 ChLA awards, activities, and related links.
The International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/association/awards/index.html
Awards to new authors of exceptional literature for children or young adults - in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and short stories. Information on the awards, winners lists, entry guidelines, and links to other Association awards and grants.
The Red Cedar Book Awards
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 authors.
YALSA Booklists and Book Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.cfm
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.
