Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award for New Talent
Details
Frequency: Annual
A plaque and an acceptance speech at the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast at ALA Annual Conference.
Sponsors:
Award Information
| Title | Year | |
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We Deserve Mounuments
2023 - Winner(s) |
2023 - Winner(s) |
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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
2023 - Winner(s) “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... |
2023 - Winner(s) |
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We Deserve Monuments
2023 - Winner(s) |
2023 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Legendborn
2021 - Winner(s) |
2021 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Genesis Begins Again
2020 - Winner(s) |
2020 - Winner(s) |
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What Is Given from the Heart
2020 - Winner(s) |
2020 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Thank You, Omu!
2019 - Winner(s) |
2019 - Winner(s) |
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Monday’s Not Coming
2019 - Winner(s) |
2019 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song
2018 - Winner(s) “Mama Africa! How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song” visually tells the story of the singer’s career through the use of vibrant, colorful illustrations... |
2018 - Winner(s) |
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet
2018 - Winner(s) “The Stars Beneath Our Feet” provides a realistic lens on the Black American experience and infuses it with heart, soul, and imagination. Moore plays with... |
2018 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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The Sun Is Also a Star
2017 - Winner(s) In "The Sun Is Also a Star" fate leads to love for Jamaican-American teen Natasha, who is fighting deportation. Told over the span of 12 hours... |
2017 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Hoodoo
2016 - Winner(s) “Hoodoo” is the rich, atmospheric tale of a boy trying to ward off an evil spirit in 1930s small-town Alabama. When the foreboding Stranger comes... |
2016 - Winner(s) | |
| Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
2016 - Winner(s) “Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement” is a powerful biography of the heroic Civil Rights leader. Told with... |
2016 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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When I Was the Greatest
2015 - Winner(s) Reynolds' lively and engaging portrayal of urban teenage boys is a compelling story about neighborhood, family, friendship, values and the acceptance of difference. Living in... |
2015 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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When the Beat was Born
2014 - Winner(s) Taylor's stylish artwork shows young Clive Campbell’s transformation into the DJ who helped launch hip-hop in the early 70’s. Using retro cartoon-style illustrations rendered in... |
2014 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 No awards given
2013 - No Awards Given |
2013 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 no winner given
2012 - No Awards Given |
2012 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Seeds of Change
2011 - Winner(s) |
2011 - Winner(s) |
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Zora and Me
2011 - Winner(s) |
2011 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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The Rock and the River
2010 - Winner(s) In 1968 Chicago, Sam Childs is living in the shadows of two important people – his father, a civil rights activist working with Dr. Martin... |
2010 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Bird
2009 - Winner(s) |
2009 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
2008 - Winner(s) |
2008 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Standing Against the Wind
2007 - Winner(s) |
2007 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Jimi & Me
2006 - Winner(s) |
2006 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Miss Violet and Me
2005 - Winner(s) |
2005 - Winner(s) |
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Jazzy Miz Mozetta
2005 - Winner(s) |
2005 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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My Family Plays Music
2004 - Winner(s) |
2004 - Winner(s) |
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The Way a Door Closes
2004 - Winner(s) |
2004 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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The Moon Ring
2003 - Winner(s) |
2003 - Winner(s) |
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Chill Wind
2003 - Winner(s) |
2003 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Freedom Summer
2002 - Winner(s) |
2002 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No awards given
2001 - No Awards Given |
2001 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No awards given
2000 - No Awards Given |
2000 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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The Piano Man
1999 - Winner(s) |
1999 - Winner(s) |
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The Skin I'm In
1999 - Winner(s) |
1999 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No awards given
1998 - No Awards Given |
1998 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Another Way to Dance
1997 - Winner(s) |
1997 - Winner(s) |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| No awards given
1996 - No Awards Given |
1996 - No Awards Given |
| Title | Year | |
|---|---|---|
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Tears of a Tiger
1995 - Winner(s) |
1995 - Winner(s) |
3. The winner(s)' published works cannot exceed three in number.
4. An author or illustrator who has already received or has just been selected to win one of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards in the current year is not eligible for the John Steptoe Award for New Talent.
5. An author may receive this award one time.
Review the guidelines and submit the online application.
A plaque and an acceptance speech at the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast at ALA Annual Conference.
Awardees are expected to attend Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast during ALA Annual Conference to deliver acceptance speech.
Winners are announced during the ALA Youth Media Awards Announcement on the Monday morning of the ALA Midwinter Meeting in January. Winners are contacted that morning.
