2024 Speeches

Read remarks from the 2024 awards ceremonies, honoring YALSA's literary award winners.

Edwards Speech

Neal Shusterman is the recipient of the 2024 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens for "Arc of the Scythe: Scythe, Thunderhead, and The Toll," "Bruiser," "Challenger Deep," "Everlost," "Full Tilt," "The Schwa Was Here," and "Unwind."

Neal Shusterman's speech [courtesy of SLJ]

Printz Award Speeches

The 2024 Printz winner was The Collectors: Stories, edited by A.S. King and with contributions from M.T. Anderson, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay and Jenny Torres Sanchez.

Honor Book awards were bestowed upon Fire from the Sky, written by Moa Backe Åstot and translated by Eva Apelqvist; Gather, by Kenneth M. Cadow; The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption, by Shannon Gibney; and Salt the Water, by Candice Iloh.

Moa Backe Åstot's speech [PDF]

Eva Apelqvist's speech [PDF]

Kenneth M. Cadow's speech [PDF]

Shannon Gibney's speech [PDF]

Candice Iloh's speech [PDF]