The 2018 Youth Media Awards will be announced at 8 a.m. Eastern time today during the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibition!
My predictions for the 2019 Caldecott are here and Newbery are here.
2019 Caldecott Medal and Honor Books
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
2019 Caldecott Winner
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
2019 Caldecott Honor Books
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal
A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin
The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora
Asian/Pacific American Award For Literature (APALA Awards)
The goal is to honor and recognize individual works related to Asian/Pacific American experiences (either historical or contemporary) or Asian/Pacific American cultures.
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Picture Book Winner
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Picture Book Honor
Grandmother’s Visit by Betty Qwan, illustrated by Carmen Mok
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Children’s Winner
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Children’s Honor
The House That Lou Built by Mae Respicio
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Young Adult Winner
Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Asian/Pacific American Award 2019 Young Adult Honor
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily 
2019 Newbery Medal and Honor Books
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
2019 Newbery Winner
2019 Newbery Honor Books
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Printz Award and Honor Books 2019
Michael L. Printz Award honors excellence in literature written for young adults.
2019 Printz Award Winner
2019 Printz Award Honor Books
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
I, Claudia by Mary McCoy
2019 Geisel Medal and Honor Books
The Geisel Award is given annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States.
2019 Geisel Award Winner
2019 Geisel Honor Books
Adventures of Otto by David Milgrim
Fox + Chick: The Party and Other Stories by Sergio Ruzzier
King & Kayla by
Tiger vs Nightmare by Emily Tetri
Pura Belpré Winner and Honor Books 2019
The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian at the New York Public Library. The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented annually to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Pura Belpré (Author) Award honoring a Latino writer whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
2019 Belpré Author Award Winner
2019 Belpré Author Honor Books
They Call Me Guero by 
Pura Belpré (Illustrator) Award honoring a Latino illustrator whose children’s books best portray, affirm and celebrate the Latino cultural experience.
2019 Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Winner
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
2019 Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Books
Islandborn illustrated by Leo Espinosa
When Angels Sing illustrated by Jose Ramirez
Batchelder Winner and Honor Books 2019
The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States.
2019 Batchelder Award Winner
The Fox on the Swing by Evelina Daciutè, illustrated by Aušra Kiudulaite
2019 Batchelder Honor Books
Edison: The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure by Torben Kuhlmann
Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallac
American Indian Youth Literature Award 2018
American Indian Youth Literature Awards are announced in even-numbered years, so, for now, check out last year’s awardees. The awards were established as a way to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by and about American Indians. Books selected to receive the award will present American Indians in the fullness of their humanity in the present and past contexts.
American Indian Library Association 2018 Youth Picture Book Award
Shanyaak’utlaax: Salmon Boy edited by Tlingit speakers Johnny Marks, Hans Chester, David Katzeek, and Nora Dauenhauer and Tlingit linguist Richard Dauenhauer
American Indian Library Association 2018 Youth Picture Book Honor
Mission to Space by John Herrington
I’m Dreaming of…Animals of the Native Northwest
Fall in Line, Holden! by Daniel W. Vandever
Black Bear Red Fox by Julie Flett
All Around Us by
American Indian Library Association 2018 Middle Grade Winner
Tales of the Mighty Code Talkers featuring the work of Theo Tso (Las Vegas Paiute), Jonathan Nelson (Diné), Kristina Bad Hand (Sičháŋǧu Lakota/Cherokee), Roy Boney Jr. (Cherokee), Lee Francis IV (Laguna Pueblo), Johnnie Diacon (Mvskoke/Creek), Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva), Renee Nejo (Mesa Grand Band of Mission Indians), and Michael Sheyahshe (Caddo)
American Indian Library Association 2018 Middle Grade Honor
The Wool of Jonesy by Jonathan Nelson
American Indian Library Association 2018 Young Adult Winner
#Not Your Princess: Voices of Native American Women edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Beth Leatherdale
American Indian Library Association 2018 Young Adult Honor
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology including stories by Anishinaabe authors Grace L. Dillon, Niigaan Sinclair, and Nathan Adler; Richard Van Camp (Dene/Tłı̨chǫ), Cherie Dimaline (Métis), David A. Robertson (Swampy Cree), Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee), Darcie Little Badger (Lipan Apache), Gwen Benaway (Annishinabe/Mètis), Mari Kurisato (Ojibwe Nakawē), and Cleo Keahna (Ojibwe/Meskwaki).
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Fire Starters by Jen Storm (Ojibway), illustrated by Scott B. Henderson, and colorist Donovan Yaciuk
Carnegie Winner 2019
The Andrew Carnegie Medal honors the most outstanding video productions for children released during the previous year.
Carnegie Award for Fiction
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Carnegie Award in Non-Fiction
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
2019 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award
Neil Gaiman will deliver the 2020 Arbuthnot lecture.
Margaret Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement 2019
The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine.
M.T. Anderson is the 2017 Edwards Award winner.
Odyssey Winner and Honor Audiobooks 2019
This annual award is given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
2019 Odyssey Award Winner
Sadie
2019 Odyssey Honor Recordings
Du Iz Tak
Esquivel!
The Parker Inheritance
The Poet X
Robert F. Silbert Informational Book Award 2019
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. of Jacksonville, Illinois. ALSC administers the award. Silbert Informational Winner and Honor Books 2016
2019 Sibert Award Winner
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
2019 Sibert Honor Books
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frane Lessac
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild by Catherine Thimmesh
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Spooked the 1938 Invasion of America by Gail Jarrow
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana by Michael Mahin, illustrated by Jose Ramirez
Coretta Scott King Winner and Honor Books 2019
Coretta Scott King (Author) Book Award recognizing an African American author and illustrator of outstanding books for children and young adults.
2019 Coretta Scott King Author Book Winner
A Few Red Drops by Claire Hartfield
2019 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Books
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon
2019 Coretta Scott King (Illustrator) Book Award
Ekua Holmes, The Stuff of Stars written by Marion Dane Bauer
2019 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
Memphis, Martin and the Mountain illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
Let The Children March illustrated by Frank Morrison
Hidden Figures illustrated by Laura Freeman
2019 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
2019 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora
2019 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement
The annual award is presented in even years to an African American author, illustrator or author/illustrator for a body of his or her published books for children and/or young adults, and who has made a significant and lasting literary contribution.
Dr. Pauletta Brown Bracy is the 2018 Virginia Hamilton Award Winner.
Schneider Family Book Award Winner and Honor Books 2019
Schneider Family Book Award for books that embody an artistic expression of the disability experience.
2019 Schneider Family Book Award for children ages 0 to 10
Rescue & Jessica A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, illustrated by Scott Magoon
2019 Schneider Family Honor Book Award for children ages 0 to 10
The Remember Balloons by 
2019 Schneider Family Book Award for middle-school ages 11-13
2019 Schneider Family Honor Book Award for middle-school ages 11-13
The Collectors by Jacqueline West
2019 Schneider Family Book Award for Teens ages 13-17
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
2019 Schneider Family Honor Book Award for Teens ages 13-17
Don’t Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen
2019 Alex Awards for the 10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences
The Black God’s Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
Circe by Madeline Miller
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil
Green by Sam Graham-Felsen
Home After Dark by David Small
How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Stonewall Book Winner and Honor Books 2019
Stonewall Book Award – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s & Young Adult Literature Award given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit for children or teens relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience.
2019 Stonewall Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender
2019 Stonewall Award Honor Books
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert
William C. Morris Award Winner and Honor Books 2019
William C. Morris Award is for a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
2019 Morris Award Winner
2019 Morris Award Winner Finalists
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Check, Please!: #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
YALSA Award Winners and Honor Books 2019
YALSA Award is for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults.
2019 YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown
2019 YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists
Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction by Jarrett 
The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler by John Hendrix
Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge
The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor by Sonia Sotomayor
National Jewish Book Awards 2018
The National Jewish Book Awards program began in 1950 when the Jewish Book Council presented awards to authors of Jewish books at its annual meeting.
National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and YA Literature 2018
All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl
National Jewish Book Award for Children’s and YA Literature 2018 Finalists
All-of-a-Kind-Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Regina Persisted: An Untold Story by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Margeaux Lucas, illustrated by Behrman House
2019 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
Named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All-of-a-Kind Family series, the award recognizes books for children and teens that exemplify high literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience.
Sydney Taylor Gold Medalists 2019
Younger Readers
Older Readers
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Teen Readers
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
Sydney Taylor Silver Medalists 2019
Younger Readers
Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall’s Life by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mary GrandPré
A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben, illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini
Older Readers
All Three Stooges by Erica S. Perl
The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman
Teen Readers
You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award
The Body of Work Award has been given twelve times in the 50-year history of the Sydney Taylor Awards. Nothing was recognized this year.
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Winner 2019
A Corner of the World by Jessica Littman (for unpublished Jewish middle grade fiction)
Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media (EELDM) Award 2019
Play and Learn Science, produced by PBS Kids
Children’s Literature Legacy Award 2019
The honor, formerly the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, is now named the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.
The award, distributed to just 23 people over more than six decades, recognizes authors and illustrators whose books have created a lasting contribution to children’s literature.
Walter Dean Myers is the 2019 Children’s Literature Legacy Award winner.
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Thanks for listing these all in one post!
I was so thrilled that Brian Lies won for THE ROUGH PATCH! Such a beautiful book and a great guy! And also that so many women illustrators won–woo-hoo!