Margaret A. Edwards Award
About
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. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world.
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Frequency: Annual
Cash prize of $1,000 plus an appropriate citation.
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Award Information
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2020 Edwards Winner
2020 - Winner(s) Steve Sheinkin wins the 2020 Edwards Award for “Bomb: The Race to Build - and Steal- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon,” “The Port Chicago 50... |
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M.T. Anderson
2019 - Winner(s) His books include: “Feed;” “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party;” and “The Astonishing Life of Octavian... |
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Angela Johnson
2018 - Winner(s) Angela Johnson is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for Heaven, Looking... |
2018 - Winner(s) |
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Sarah Dessen
2017 - Winner(s) The 2017 winner is Sarah Dessen. Her books include: “Dreamland,” “Keeping the Moon,” “Just Listen,” “The Truth about Forever,” “Along for the Ride,” “What Happened... |
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David Levithan
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Markus Zusak
2014 - Winner(s) Markus Zusak is the recipient of the 2014 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for “The Book... |
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Tamora Pierce
2013 - Winner(s) Pierce was born in rural Western Pennsylvania in 1954. She knew from a young age she liked stories and writing, and in 1983, she published... |
2013 - Winner(s) |
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Cooper
2012 - Winner(s) Her books include: The Dark Is Rising Sequence: “Over Sea, Under Stone”; “The Dark Is Rising”; “Greenwitch”; “The Grey King”; and “Silver on the Tree." |
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Pratchett
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Murphy
2010 - Recipient(s) Honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for “An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of... |
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Anderson
2009 - Recipient(s) Awarded for her significant and lasting contributions to writing for teens; and for her novels "Catalyst", "Fever 1792", and "Speak". |
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Card
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Lowry
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Woodson
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Block
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Le Guin
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Garden
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Zindel
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Lipsyte
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Crutcher
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McCaffrey
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L'Engle
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Paulsen
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Blume
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Voigt
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Myers
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Meaker
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Duncan
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Cormier
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1991 - Winner(s) |
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Peck
1990 - Winner(s) |
1990 - Winner(s) |
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Hinton
1988 - Winner(s) |
1988 - Winner(s) |
The award will be given annually to an author(may be an individual or a co-author. The author must be living at the time of the nomination. In the case of co-authors, one must be living. If an author continues to write books of interest and appeal to young adults then he or she may receive more than once as warranted, as long as it is not more frequently than every six years.) whose book or books(indicates either a title or titles written specifically for young adults, or those titles written for adults which continue to be requested and read by young adults. The title or titles must be in-print at the time of nomination. Only those titles of an author's work which meet the criteria of the award will be cited.), over a period of time(means that the book or books must have been published in the United States no less than five years prior to the first meeting of the current Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee at the Midwinter Meeting. The five year period is stipulated so that the book or books have had enough time to filter down, i.e., reach a wide level of distribution, and to be accepted by young adults.), have been accepted by young adults as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions(means that the book or books have become a literary cornerstone for young adults.), giving insight into their lives. The book or books should enable them to understand themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationship with others and with society. The book or books must be in print at the time of the nomination.
The committee making its selection of nominees must be aware of the entire range of books for young adults and will take into account the following:
Cash prize of $1,000 plus an appropriate citation.