YALSA Writing Award Winners

2021*

Jennifer Banas, A Public Health Approach to Uncovering the Health-Related Needs of Teen Library Patrons. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults.
Terry Lewis and Cate Sweeney, Bee-Tweens at the Bee Cave Public Library. Young Adult Library Services.
Deborah Takahashi, July is BIPOC Mental Health Month. YALSAblog.

*There was no winner from The Hub for 2021.

Rachel M. Magee, Margaret H. Buck, and teen authors Juliana Kitzmann, Nathaniel Morris, Dylan Petrimoulx, Matthew Rich, Joshua Sensiba, Eyan Tiemann, and Aidan Wempe, Teen Social Media Practices and Perceptions of Peers: Implications for Youth Services Providers and Researchers; The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults
Sari Widman, Josephina Chang-Order, William R. Penuel, and Amanda Wortman, Using Evaluation Tools for More Equitable Youth Engagement in Libraries: Measuring Connected Learning and Beyond; Young Adult Library Services
Sam Stavole-Carter, What the Dang Heck Is a Webcomic??; The Hub
Ashly Roman, What Summer Learning Looks Like in Action: Teen Programs that Inspire; YALSABlog

Adrienne Colborne and Vivian Howard, Happiness at the End of the Rainbow; The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults
Megan Emery, Educational Environments: Spaces Are Great but You're Better!; Young Adult Library Services
Adrienne Gillespie, What Would Ruth Read; The Hub
Julie Stivers, #LibFive: Five Key Foundations for Building Inclusive Libraries; YALSA Blog

Beth Brendler, Lindsay Beckman, Denice Adkins, Heather Moulaison Sandy, Natalia Wiggins-Prelas, and Vanessa Adams for best article in The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults: “Provide the Highest Level of Service: Public Library Collections of LGBTQ* Materials for Adolescents in the United States” Vol. 8 (1) July 2017.
Ryan Moniz for best post on the YALSAblog: "More Than Accessible"
Carli Spina for best post on The Hub: "Women in Comics – Refugee Experiences"
Hannah E. Spratt and Denise E. Agosto for best article in Young Adult Library Services: “Fighting Fake News: Because We All Deserve the Truth.” Summer 2017, pp.17-21.

Anthony S. Chow, Rebecca J. Morris, Amy Figley, Karla Regan, Samantha Lam, and Jessica Sherard for the best article in The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults: “How Usable Are School Library Websites? A Random Sample of All Fifty States” Vol. 7 (2) June 2016
Megan Emery for the best article in Young Adult Library Services: “A Teen Space Made for Career Prep” Vol. 14 (4) Summer 2016
Danielle Jones for best post on the The Hub between Dec. 1, 2015, and Nov. 30, 2016: “Racial and Social Justice Podcasts for Teens”
Elise Martinez for best post on YALSAblog between Dec. 1, 2015, and Nov. 30, 2016: “Back to (After)School: A Week of Passive Programs”

Alegria Barclay for best post on The Hub between Dec. 1, 2014, and Nov. 30, 2015: “Black Lives Matter: Building Empathy Through Reading”
Kylie Peters for best post on YALSABlog between Dec. 1, 2014, and Nov. 30, 2015: “Collecting Marvel and DC Comics for Teens”
Crystle Martin for the best article in The Journal of Research on Libraries & Young Adults: "Connected Learning, Librarians, and Connecting Youth Interest” Vol. 6 (March 2015)
Rekha Kuver for best article in Young Adult Library Services: “Voices of Homeless Youth” Vol. 13 (2) Winter 2015

Shari Lee for best article in The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults: “Beyond Books, Nooks and Dirty Looks: The History and Evolution of Library Services to Teens in the United States” Vol. 4 (May, 2014)
Jaina Shaw for best blog post on the YALSA Blog between Dec. 1, 2013, and Nov. 30, 2014: “Robotics for the Rest of Us”
Anna Tschetter for best post on YALSA’s young adult literature blog, The Hub between Dec. 1, 2013, and Nov. 30, 2014: “Books for Boys that Aren’t ‘Books for Boys’”
Sarah Ludwig for best article in Young Adult Library Services: “Everyone Deserves a Place in the Library” Vol. 12 (2) Winter 2014.

Erica Gauquier and Jessica Schneider for best article in the previous volume of Young Adult Library Services (YALS), for “Minecraft Programs in the Library: If You Build It, They Will Come.” (Vol. 11, Number 2)
Molly Wetta for best post on The Hub between Dec. 1, 2012, and Nov. 30, 2013, for “What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Strong’ Heroines in Young Adult Fiction”
Sarah Hannah Gómez for best article in the previous volume of The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults for “This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging of Biracial Identity in Young Adult Realism” Vol. 3, April 2013l.
Kelly Czarnecki, Marie Harris, and April Pavis for best post on the YALSAblog between Dec. 1, 2012, and Nov. 30, 2013, for “Serving Homeless Teens: What You Need to Know Part 1 of 3,” “Serving Homeless Teens: What You Need to Know Part 2 of 3,” and “Serving Homeless Teens: other ways to help – part 3”

Heather Gruenthal for best article in the previous volume of Young Adult Library Services, for “A School Library Advocacy Alphabet” (Vol. 11, Number 1)
Maria Kramer for best post on The Hub between Dec. 1, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012, for “A Salute to the Hunger Games”
Shannon Crawford Barniskis for best article in the previous volume of The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults for “Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens” Vol. 2, Number 3 (Fall)
Gretchen Kolderup for best post on the YALSAblog between Dec. 1, 2011, and Nov. 30, 2012, for “Connect, Create, Collaborate: Think Locally, Act Locally!”

Sarah Ludwig for best article in the previous volume of Young Adult Library Services, for “Teen Tech Camp” (Vol. 9, Number 2)
Casey H. Rawson for best article in the previous volume of The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults for “Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction” Vol. 1, Number 3 (Spring)
Linda Braun for best post on the YALSABlog between Dec. 1, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2011, for “The Internet IS a Toaster”
Maria Kramer for best post on The Hub between Dec. 1, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2011, for “In Which Our Author Tips Her Cog-Bedecked Top Hat to Steampunk”