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Valerie Tagoe Elected YALSA President-Elect
Tagoe's three-year term as president-elect begins July of 2025
Pam Henderson receives YALSA’s Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant
The award recognizes a librarian who has planned a creative, innovative project that promotes literacy.
American Library Association announces 2025 Youth Media Award winners
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience held January 24-27 in Phoenix.
Marcelo Verdad, Karla Arenas Valenti y Carolina Ixta ganan premios Pura Belpré
Marcelo Verdad, ilustrador de “The Dream Catcher”; Karla Arenas Valenti, autora de “Lola”; y Carolina Ixta, autora de “Shut Up, This Is Serious”, fueron seleccionados como los ganadores de la edición 2025 del Premio Pura Belpré de Ilustración; al Autor de Libros Infantiles; y al Autor de Libros para Jóvenes Adultos, respectivamente, que rinden homenaje a los escritores e ilustradores hispanos cuyas obras constituyan el mejor reflejo, afirmación y celebración de la experiencia cultural hispana en la literatura infantil.
Marcelo Verdad, Karla Arenas Valenti, and Carolina Ixta win Pura Belpré Awards
Marcelo Verdad, illustrator of “The Dream Catcher,” Karla Arenas Valenti, author of "Lola,” and Carolina Ixta, author of “Shut Up, This Is Serious,” are the 2025 recipients of the Pura Belpré Youth Illustrator Award, Children’s Author Award, and Young Adult Author Award, honoring Latino authors and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books.
2025 Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children and Young Adults announced
Dreamscape Audio, producer of the audiobook "A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen,” has won the 2025 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children. HarperAudio, producer of the audiobook "How the Boogeyman Became a Poet,” has won the 2025 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Young Adults.
‘Brownstone’ wins 2025 Printz Award
“Brownstone,” written by Samuel Teer, illustrated by Mar Julia and co-published by Versify and HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers, has won the 2025 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. The Printz Award is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
“Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992. Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire,” written by Paula Yoo, has been named the 2025 winner of the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, the first national award that honors the best nonfiction books for teens. The book is published by Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company.
‘Not Like Other Girls’ wins 2025 William C. Morris Award
“Not Like Other Girls,” written by Meredith Adamo, has been named the 2025 winner of the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, which honors a book published by a first-time author. The book is published by Bloomsbury YA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
Tiffany D. Jackson wins 2025 Edwards Award
Tiffany D. Jackson is the recipient of the 2025 Margaret A. Edwards Award, honoring her significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for “Allegedly,” “The Awakening of Malcolm X” (co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz), “Grown,” “Let Me Hear a Rhyme,” “The Long Walk” (a short story from the collaborative novel “Blackout”), “Monday’s Not Coming,” and “White Smoke.”
YALSA announces 2025 Alex Awards
PHOENIX — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), has selected 10 adult books with special appeal to teen readers to receive the 2025 Alex Awards. The awards, sponsored by the Margaret A...
YALSA Announces 2025 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2025 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.
YALSA Announces 2025 William C. Morris finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2025 William C. Morris Award.
Sally Miller receives YALSA's Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant
CHICAGO — The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has named Sally Miller, a librarian at Walt Morey Middle School in Troutdale, Oregon as the recipient of this year's Joann Sweetland Lum Memorial Grant, which aims to recognize a librarian who...
2024 Odyssey Awards for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children and Young Adults announced
“El Deafo,” has won the 2024 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for Children.
