Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
About the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee.
These books affirm new talent and offer visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career as a published book creator.
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Illustrator Winner
2023 Winner(s)
Choosing Brave
“Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement,” illustrated by Janelle Washington, is the John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator award winner. The book is written by Angela Joy and published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
Author Winner
2023 Winner(s)
We Deserve Monuments
"We Deserve Monuments,” written by Jas Hammonds, is the John Steptoe New Talent Author award winner. The book is published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group.
