THE EZRA JACK KEATS AND NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
NEW WRITER AND NEW ILLUSTRATOR AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS
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 The Ezra Jack Keats Book Award was established in 1985 to recognize and encourage authors and illustrators new to the field of children's books. Many past winners of the EJK Book Award have gone on to distinguished careers creating many books beloved by parents, children, librarians and teachers across the country.
The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards are given annually to an outstanding new writer of picture books for children (age 9 and under) and are presented jointly by the New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. A distinguished selection committee consisting of early childhood education specialists, librarians, illustrators and experts in children’s literature review entries, seek books that portray the universal qualities of childhood, a strong and supportive family, and the multicultural nature of our world. As of 1999, the Award is being given annually rather than with the previous biennial cycle.
To be eligible, writers must have published no more than three books, and candidates for the writer’s award need not have done the illustrations. As of 2001, an Illustrator’s award, with similar criteria, is being inaugurated. A silver medal and an honorarium of $1,000 are awarded to each of the winners.
For additional information on how to submit a book for consideration, publishers can click on the link provided to the New York Public Library website. |
This Year's Award Winners |
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2010 New Writer-Award
Most Loved in All the World
Writer-Award Winner
Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Illustrated by Cozbi Cabrera
Published by Macmillan
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2010 New Illustrator-Award
Only a Witch Can Fly
Illustrator-Award Winner Taeeun Yoo
Written by Winner Alison McGhee
Published by Houghton Mifflin
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Past Award Winners |
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2009 New Illustrator-Award
Bird
Illustrator-Award Winner Shadra Strickland
written by Zetta Elliot
published by Lee and Low |
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2008 New Illustrator-Award
The Apple Pie that Papa Baked
Illustrator-Award Winner Jonathan Bean
written by Lauren Thompson
Simon & Schuster
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2008 New Writer-Award
Leaves
Writer-Award Winner David Ezra Stein
G.P. Putnam's Sons
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2007 New Illustrator-Award
Mystery Bottle
Illustrator-Award Winner Kristen Balouch
Hyperion
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2007 New Writer-Award
For You Are A Kenyan Child
Writer-Award Winner Kelly Cunnane
Illustrated by Ana Juan
Atheneum
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2006 New Writer-Award
My Best Friend
Writer-Award Winner Mary Ann Rodman
Viking
Illustrated by E.B. Lewis
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2006 New Illustrator-Award
Silly Chicken
Illustrator-Award Winner Yunmee Kyong
Viking
Written by Rukhsana Khan
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2005 New Writer-Award
Going North
Writer-Award Winner Janice Harrington
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
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2005 New Illustrator-Award
The Night Eater
Illustrator-Award Winner Ana Juan
Scholastic
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2004 New Writer-Award
Yesterday I Had the Blues
Writer-Award Winner Jeron Ashford Frame
Ten Speed Press
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2004 Illustrator-Award
My Name is Yoon
Illustrator-Award Winner Gabi Swiatkoska
Frances Foster Books
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2003 New Writer-Award and Illustrator-Award
Ruby's Wish
Writer-Award Winner Shirin Yim Bridges, Illustrator_Award Winner Sophie Blackall
Chronicle
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2002 New Writer-Award and Illustrator-Award
Freedom Summer
Writer-Award Winner Deborah Wiles, Illustrator-Award Winner James Lagarrigue
Simon and Schuster
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2001 New Writer-Award
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Writer-Award Winner D.B. Johnson
Houghton Mifflin Publishers
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2001 New Illustrator-Award
Uptown
Illustrator-Award Winner Bryan Collier
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2000 New Writer-Award
Dear Juno
Writer-Award Winner Soyoung Pak
Viking Childeren's Books
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1999 New Writer-Award
Elizabeti's Doll
Writer-Award Winner Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Lee and Low Books
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1997 New Writer-Award
Calling The Doves
Writer-Award Winner Juan Felipe Herrera
Children's Book Press
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1995 New Writer-Award
Taxi! Taxi!
Writer-Award Winner Cari Best
Little Brown & Co.
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1993 New Writer-Award
Tar Beach
Writer-Award Winner Faith Ringgold
Crown Publishers
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1991 New Writer-Award
Tell Me a Story, Mama
Writer-Award Winner Angela Johnson
Orchard
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1989 New Writer-Award
Anna's Special Present
Writer-Award Winner Yoriko Tsutsui
Viking Kestrel
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1987 New Writer-Award
Jamaica's Find
Writer-Award Winner Juanita Havill
Houghton
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1986 New Writer-Award
The Patchwork Quilt
Writer-Award Winner Valerie Flournoy
Dial Books
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