2023 Award Winners

ASIAN / PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD for LITERATURE 

Promotes Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and is awarded based on literary and artistic merit. Teen/adult winners listed below. 

SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD

Recognizes outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Teen winners listed below. 

SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD

Recognizes books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience. Teen winners listed below. 

STONEWALL BOOK AWARD

Recognizes exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience. Teen winners listed below. 

CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD

Recognizes an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults. 

ALEX AWARDS

Recognizes the TEN best adult books that appeal to teen audiences

MARGARET EDWARDS AWARD

Recognizes lifetime acheivement in writing for young adults. This year's recipient was author Jason Reynolds. 

ODYSSEY AWARD

Recognizes the best audiobooks produced for children and young adults, available in English in the United States

MORRIS AWARD

Recognizes a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens

EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION for Young Adults

Recognizes excellent nonfiction for teens

NEWBERY AWARD

Recognizes the most outstanding contribution to children's literature

PRINTZ AWARD

Recognizes excellence in literature written for young adults

PURA BELPRE AWARD

Honors Latinx writers and illustrators whose children's and young adult books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE