 About the Award
Known collectively as the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, the New Writer Award was established in 1985 and the New Illustrator Award in 2001 to recognize and encourage authors and illustrators starting out in the field of children’s books. Many past winners of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award have gone on to distinguished careers, creating books beloved by parents, children, librarians and teachers around the world.
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Our Partner: The
de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
In April, the winners of the EJK New Writer and New Illustrator Awards travel to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to accept their prizes at a luncheon honoring Ezra Jack Keats. The event, part of the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, is hosted by the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection at The University of Southern Mississippi. ► Read more
 Submission Guidelines
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Award Winners
In the News
Book Award Winners Poster
Print out this 11×17-inch EJK Book Award Winners poster to display in your library, classroom or bookstore
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