Children’s Literature & Media Awards
General information pertaining to these and other awards in this area can be found from the following sites:
United States
American Library Association Awards
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video
- Mildred L. Batchelder Award
- Pura Belpre Award
- Randolph Caldecott Medal (with UGA Libraries locations)
- Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
- Coretta Scott King Book Award
- Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award for New Talent
- John Newbery Medal (with UGA Libraries locations)
- Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production
- Schneider Family Book Award
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
- Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award
- Children’s Literature Legacy Award
Bank Street College of Education Awards
- Josette Frank Award for Younger Readers and Older Readers
- Flora Stieglitz Straus Award
- Claudia Lewis
- The Margaret Wise Brown Board Book Award to be awarded for the first time in 2023
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Publication for Kids
- Best Publication for Early Readers
- Best Publication for Kids
- Best Publication for Teens
- LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade
- LGBTQ Young Adult
International
International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
English-language Children’s Book Awards in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa
Australia
Children’s Book Council of Australia
There are six categories in the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.
- CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers
- CBCA Book of the Year: Younger Readers
- CBCA Book of the Year: Early Childhood
- CBCA Picture Book of the Year
- Eve Pownall Award
- CBCA Award for New Illustrator
Canada
Governor General’s Library Award
- Young People’s Literature - Text
- Young People’s Literature - Illustrated Books
Great Britain
England
- Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing
- Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration (formerly known as the Kate Greenaway Medal)
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize: “The Young People's Book Prize aims to promote literacy in young people and to inspire them to read about science. It also supports the writing of excellent, accessible STEM books for under-14s.”
Scotland
Scottish Book Trust: Bookbug Picture Book Prize: “Celebrates Scottish picture books and encourages reading for pleasure”
Ireland
Literacy Association of Ireland Biennial Children’s Book Awards
- Young Adult
- 10-13 Years
- 6-9 Years
- Under 5
Children’s Books Ireland Awards
- Book of the Year
- Judges’ Special Award
- Honour Award for Fiction
- Honour Award for Illustration
- The Eilís Dillon Award
New Zealand
New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
- Margaret Mahy Book of the Years
- Picture Book Award
- Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction Award
- Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction
- Russell Clark Award for Illustration
- Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te reo Māori
- NZSA Best First Book Award
South Africa
English Academy of Southern Africa Percy Fitzpatrick Prize (biennial)