Winners for the 2023 Youth Media Awards
/Youth Media Awards were announced Monday, January 30, 2023 to honor books, videos, and other outstanding materials for children and teens. If you’re looking for the best eclectic-inspiring books of 2023 for your kiddos library - check out this amazing list of children & teen books.
Randolph Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal is given to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Caldecott Honor Books
John Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal is awarded to the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.
Newbery Honor Books
Michael L. Printz Award
Award for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature.
Printz Honor Books
Sydney Taylor Book Award
Presented to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.
PICTURE BOOK WINNER
Silver Medalists Picture Book
MIDDLE SCHOOL WINNER
Silver Medalists Middle Grade
YOUNG ADULT WINNER
Silver Medalists Young Adult
Alex Awards
Given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18.
Alex Award Winners
Coretta Scott King Awards
Given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
King Author Winner
King Author Honor Books
King Illustrator Book Winner
King Illustrator Honor Books
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award
Coretta Scott King - Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement Award
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. Claudette McLinn
Dr. McLinn is the founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature (CSMCL). She is a retired district supervising librarian for the LA Unified School District with over 34 years of experience, a former bookseller and a much sought-after book award juror/presenter.
Children's Literature Legacy Award
Honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children through books that demonstrate integrity and respect for all children’s lives and experiences.
James E. Ransome
His award-winning works include “Uncle Jed's Barbershop,” which won the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award, 1994 and “The Creation,” recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, 1995. In addition, Ransome has received the IBBY Honor Award for “The Creation,” and the NAACP Image Award for “Let My People Go.”
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.
Jason Reynolds
Whose books include: “Long Way Down,” “Ghost,” “All American Boys” and “When I Was the Greatest,” among other titles.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
A citation awarded to an American publisher for a children's book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States
Batchelder Award Winner
Batchelder Honor Books
Odyssey Award
Given to the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States.
Odyssey Winner
Odyssey Award Winner for Young Adults
Odyssey Honor Audiobooks
Stonewall Book Awards
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.
Stonewall Award Winner
Stonewall Book Honors
Stonewall Young Adult Literature
Honor Books for Young Adult Literature
Pura Belpré Awards
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.
Youth Illustration Award Winner
Belpré Youth Illustration Honor Books
Pura Belpré Children’s Author Award Winner
Belpré Children’s Author Honor Books
Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Award Winner
Belpré Young Adult Author Honors
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
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.
Sibert Award Winner
Sibert Honors
Schneider Family Book Award
Honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
Winner for Young Children
Honor for Young Children
Middle Grade Winner
Middle Grade Honors
Teen Winner
Teen Honor
Theodor Seuss Geisel Award
Awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
Most Distinguished Beginning Reader Book
Geisel Honor Books
“Owl and Penguin,” written and illustrated by Vikram Madan and published by Holiday House; and “A Seed Grows,” written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis and published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House.
YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Honors the best nonfiction book published for young adults (ages 12-18) during a Nov. 1 – Oct. 31 publishing year.
YALSA Award for Excellence Winner
YALSA Finalists
Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Promotes Asian/Pacific American culture and heritage and is awarded based on literary and artistic merit.
Picture Book Winner
Picture Book Honor
Children’s Literature Winner
Children’s Literature Honor
Youth Literature Winner
Youth Literature Honor
William C. Morris Award
Awarded to a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens.
