State and Regional Awards

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Alabama

Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Award
http://alex.state.al.us/librarymedia/EmphasisonReading.html

Alaska

Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm

Arizona

Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Reader Award)
http://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/

Arkansas

Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award(grades K-3)
http://www.library.arkansas.gov/ChildrensBookAwards/Pages/default.aspx

Charlie May Simon Children’s Book Award (grades 4-6)
http://www.library.arkansas.gov/ChildrensBookAwards/Pages/default.aspx

California

California Young Reader Medal
http://californiayoungreadermedal.org/winners.htm

Colorado

Colorado Children’s Book Award
http://ccira.org/w/w?cmd=goccba

Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
http://cal-webs.org/bluespruce/

Connecticut

Connecticut Book Award
http://www.hplct.org/cfb/cba.htm

Nutmeg Children's Book Award
http://www.nutmegaward.org/

Delaware

Blue Hen Award
http://wilmlib.org/bluehen.html

Delaware Diamonds Award
www.doe.state.de.us/dsra/deldiamonds.htm

Florida

Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award (grades K-2)
http://www.flreads.org/

Florida Teens Read
http://www.floridamedia.org/?page=Flo_Teen_Past_Win

Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (grades 3-8)
http://myssyra.org/

Georgia

Georgia Children’s Book Award
www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/

Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
http://glma-inc.org/peachaward.htm

Hawaii

Nene Award
nene.k12.hi.us/librarian.html

Idaho

Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/

Illinois

The Monarch Award: Illinois' K–3 Children's Choice Award
http://www.islma.org/monarch.htm

Bluestem Award: Illinois' Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award
http://www.islma.org/Bluestem.htm

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award:
Grades 4-8 Children's Choice Award
http://www.rcyrba.org/

Abraham Lincoln Award: Illinois' High School Reader's Choice Award
http://www.islma.org/lincoln.htm

Indiana

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
http://www.ilfonline.org/

Read Aloud Books Too Good To Miss
http://www.ilfonline.org

Young Hoosier Book Awards
http://www.ilfonline.org/yhba/young-hoosier-book-award/

Iowa

Goldfinch Award (PreK-3)
http://awards.iasl.iowapages.org/id15.html

Iowa Children's Choice Award (grades 3-6)
http://awards.iasl.iowapages.org/id1.html

Iowa Teen Award
http://awards.iasl.iowapages.org/id2.html

Iowa HIgh School Book Award
http://awards.iasl.iowapages.org/id3.html

Kansas

The Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
http://www.writingconference.com/heartlan.htm

William Allen White Children's Book Award
http://waw.emporia.edu/

Kansas Notable Book LIst
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/

Kentucky

Kentucky Bluegrass Award
http://kba.nku.edu/

Louisiana

Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Awards
http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and-reading/louisiana-young-readers-choice

Maine

Katahdin Award
http://mainelibraries.org/content/997/katahdin-award.php?section=awards

Lupine Award
http://mainelibraries.org/content/996/lupine-award.php?section=awards

Maine Student Book Award
http://mainelibraries.org/content/998/maine-student-book-award.php?section=awards

Maryland

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
http://www.maslmd.org/awards_nominees.php

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Children’s Book Award
http://www.salemstate.edu/academics/schools/3698.php

Massachusetts Book Award
http://massbook.org/pastwinners.html

Michigan

Michigan Author Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/node/1066

The Mitten Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/node/1007

Thumbs Up! Award
http://www.mla.lib.mi.us/tsdthumbsup

Great Lakes Great Books
http://www.michiganreading.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51

Minnesota

Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
www.maudhartlovelace.org

Minnesota Book Awards
http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards.html

Missouri

Building Block Picture Book Award (birth-K)
http://molib.org/awards/buildingblock/index.html

Show Me Reader Award (grades 1-3)
http://www.maslonline.org/?page=showme_readers

Mark Twain Readers Award(grades 4-8)
http://www.maslonline.org/?page=marktwain_readers

Truman Award (grades 6-8)
http://www.maslonline.org/?page=truman_award

Gateway Award (grades 9-12)
http://www.maslonline.org/?page=gateway_readers

Montana

Montana Book Award
http://www.montanabookaward.org/

Treasure State Award
http://www.montanareads.org/tsa.html

Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Cohice Award
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/

Nebraska

Golden Sower Award
http://www.goldensower.org/

Nevada

Nevada Young Readers’ Award
www.nevadalibraries.org/Divisions/NYRA/

New Hampshire

Flume Award
http://www.nashua.lib.nh.us/YALS/Flume.htm

Ladybug Picture Book Award
www.nh.gov/nhsl/bookcenter/programs/ladybug.html

Great Stone Face Award (grades 4-6)
http://www.dover.lib.nh.us/Childrens'Room/childrenpages/GSF.htm

New Jersey

Garden State Children’s Book Award
www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/childrens.html

Garden State Teen Book Award
www.njla.org/honorsawards/book/teen.html

New Mexico

Land of Enchantment Book Award
loebookaward.com/

New York

Charlotte Award
www.nysreading.org/Awards/charlotte/index.html

Empire State Award
www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=1718

Knickerbocker Awardfor Juvenile LIterature
http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=632

North Carolina

North Carolina Children’s Book Award
www.bookhive.org/nccba/

North Carolina School Library Media Association YA Book Award
http://www.ncslma.org/bookcompetitions/yaaward/ncslmayaaward.htm

North Dakota

Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award
http://www.ndla.info/ftaward.htm

Ohio

Buckeye Children's Book Award
http://www.bcbookaward.info/

Teen Buckeye Book Award
http://www.bcbookaward.info/teens/index.html

Oklahoma

Sequoyah Book Award
http://ola.oklibs.org/organization/committees/sequoyah.htm

The Oklahoma Book Awards (Oklahoma Center of the Book)
http://www.odl.state.ok.us/ocb/obaward.htm

Oregon

Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award
www.oasl.info/cleary/index.htm

Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for Children's Literature
www.literary-arts.org/awards

Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Adult Literature
www.literary-arts.org/awards

Oregon Book Award
www.literary-arts.org/awards

Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award
http://oregonread.org/gallagheraward10.html

The Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
www.pnla.org/yrca/index.htm

Pennsylvania

Carolyn W. Field Award
http://www.clpgh.org/kids/books/showbooklist.cfm?list=fieldaward

Keystone to Reading Book Award
http://www.ksra.org/Resources/keystone_to_reading_book_award.htm

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
http://www.psla.org/index.php/grants-a-awards/pa-young-readers-choice-awards

Rhode Island

Rhode Island Children’s Book Award
www.ri.net/RIEMA/bookaward.html

Rhode Island Teen Book Award
http://www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritbaindex.htm

South Carolina

South Carolina Association of School Librarians Book Award
http://www.scasl.net/bookawards/index.htm

South Dakota

Prairie Bud Children's Book Award (grades K-3)
http://library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/prairieawards/index.aspx

Prairie Pasque Children's Book Award (grades 4-6)
http://library.sd.gov/LIB/CYS/prairieawards/index.aspx

Tennessee

Volunteer State Book Award
www.mtsu.edu/~kpatten/vsba2006.html

Texas

Texas Bluebonnet Award
http://www.txla.org/TBA

June Franklin Naylor Award
http://www.drtl.org/Research/JuneNaylorAward.asp

Texas Institute of Letters Awards
http://www.texasinstituteofletters.org/awards/

Writers' League of Texas Children's Book Award
http://www.writersleague.org/contests/book-awards.htm

Utah

Beehive Awards
www.clau.org/

Vermont

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
www.dcfaward.org

Red Clover Award
www.mothergooseprograms.org/lit_red_clover_overview.php

Green Mountain Book Award
www.dol.state.vt.us/libraries/gmba

Virginia

Jefferson Cup Award
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/reading/ya/jeffcup.htm

Young Readers Award
www.vsra.org/VRCindex.html

Washington, D.C.

Capitol Choices
http://capitolchoices.org/

Washington State

Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
www.kcls.org/evergreen/

Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award
http://www.pnla.org/yrca/

Sasquatch Reading Award
http://www.wlma.org/Default.aspx?pageId=873818

Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award
http://childrenschoiceaward.wikispaces.com/

West Virginia

West Virginia Children’s Book Award
http://www.wvlc.lib.wv.us/html/youthservices/index_youthservices.html

Wisconsin

Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/burr.htm

Golden Archer Award
http://www.wemta.org/programs/goldenarcherwinners.cfm

Notable Wisconsin Children’s Author
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/yss/notable.htm

Wyoming

Indian Paintbrush Book Award
http://www.wyla.org/paintbrush/

Buckaroo Book Award
www.ccpls.org/html/buckaroo.html

Soaring Eagle Book Award
www.ccpls.org/html/soaringeagle.html