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Nominations Due By May 1st
2026 Nomination Ballot to be filled out by the lead librarian/teacher from each school.
Click on the correct level below to enter your school's top five nominated titles with their total vote numbers.
Senior Level Middle Level Intermediate Level Primary Level
NOMINATING CRITERIA:
Books must be...
recognized as noteworthy and of special interest to students for the category’s target grade level.
Senior Level (Target grades 9-12)
Middle level (Target grades 6-8)
Intermediate level (Target grades 3-6)
Primary level (Target grades K-2)
now in print and readily available.
published within the last five (5) years.
individual book titles, not series names.
NOMINATING PROCEDURES
The library media specialist and/or classroom teacher solicit nominations from their students. Nominated titles are sent to the Golden Archer Committee via the online Nomination Ballot.
Each participating school may nominate a maximum of five (5) books for each category (primary, intermediate, middle, senior) that is represented in that school. All nominated titles should have a copyright year within the last five (5) years.
All nominations should include the number of students nominating each title.
Ideas on how to have kids nominate for titles:
Use your circulation system to determine the top circulated books and find the top books that have a copyright date of 5 years ago or less. Use that list to have your students vote from.
Use a ballot box.
Do a simple survey by the raising of hands.
Do a survey by posting the pictures of the books and having the students put stickers/tallies/etc., under their favorite.
Run a book tournament.
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