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ALA Notable Book
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/RUSA/Professional_Tools4/Notable_Books_for_Adults/The_Lists/Notable_Books_The_Lists.htm
The Notable Books list consists of 25 adult titles from the fields of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The recognized titles are selected by a twelve member panel from the ALA's RUSA
Agatha Awards
http://www.malicedomestic.org/agatha2002.htm
Agatha awards are presented at the annual Malice Domestic Mystery Convention based on the votes of convention attendees. The award is named in honor of Agatha Christie, prolific author of "cozy" mysteries, which are typically set in the English countryside.
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary
http://www.bcala.org/awards/new_winners.html
Founded by Dr. Alex Boyd, the director of the Newark (New Jersey) Public Library, the BCALA Awards recognize outstanding work by African American authors.
Book Sense Book of the Year
http://www.booksense.com/bspicks/index.jsp
The Book Sense Book of the Year Award, formerly known as the "ABBY," represents commitment on the part of ABA members to "handselling" titles that they find particularly worthwhile and enjoyable. There are separate categories for adult and children's titles.
Booksellers' Choice
http://www.abfc.com/choices_award.html#2002
These titles are selected by members of ABC (Association of Booksellers for Children) as the best new children's books for the year.
Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
http://www.hbook.com/bghb.shtml
The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards have been awarded annually in the fall since 1967 by The Boston Globe and The Horn Book Magazine. There are currently three categories in which the awards are issued. The categories are Outstanding Fiction or Poetry, Outstanding Nonfiction, and Outstanding Illustration.
Caldecott Medal
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
The award is named in honor of Randolph J. Caldecott, the 19th century English illustrator. Officially, it is awarded to the "artist of the most distinguished American Picture Book for Children published in the United States during the preceding year."
Children's Books of Distinction Awards
http://www.riverbankreview.com/bod01awards.html
The Children's Books of Distinction Awards are presented by the nation's only consumer magazine devoted to news and reviews of children's literature. The judges look for books exceptional in the quality of both text and illustration. They also look for books that are compelling to both children and adults; have lasting value; and special appeal to parents and teachers.
Coretta Scott King Award
http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Winners
The awards were established to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and honor Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination in continuing the work for peace and brotherhood. The late Glyndon Flynt Greer, a school librarian in Englweood, N.J., who envisioned an award that would recognize the talents of black authors and encourage them to continue writing books for children and young adults, founded the awards.
Helen Bernstein Book Award
http://www.nypl.org/admin/pro/awardspage.html
Each year, the New York City Public Library honors an outstanding journalist whose book has advanced public policy discourse.
IACP Crystal Whisk Award
http://www.iacp.com/awards/iacpAwards/cookBookCurrent.html#finalists
Previously known as the Julia Child Cookbook Award, the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Crystal Whisk Award recognizes quality and creativity in cookbook writing and publishing. The highest score is named as Cookbook of the Year.
James Beard KitchenAid Book Awards
http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/index.php
The James Beard Foundation Book Awards were established in 1966 as the R.T. French Tastemaker Awards. Winners are announced each May for original, English-language books on culinary topics published the previous year.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ALSC/Awards_and_Scholarships1/Literary_and_Related_Awards/Batchelder_Award/Batchelder_Award_Current_Winner2/Batchelder_Award_Current_Winner.htmThis award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children. The Batchelder Award recognizes outstanding children's books first published in a foreign language in a foreign country subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States.
National Book Awards
http://www.nationalbook.org/nbathisyear.html
Awards are given to books written by U.S. citizens "that have contributed most significantly to human awareness, to the vitality of our national culture and to the spirit of excellence."
National Book Critics Circle Award
http://www.bookcritics.org/index.html
Founded in 1974, the National Book Critics Circle consists of nearly 700 active book reviewers interested in communicating with one another about common concerns. The centerpiece of NBCC activities is the annual award for the best book in five categories: fiction, general nonfiction, biography/autobiography, poetry, and criticism.
Newbery Medal
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
The Newbery is awarded to the most distinguished American children's book published the previous year. Fredric G. Melcher proposed the award to the Children's Section of the American Library Association in June, 1921. It is named for the Eighteenth-Century English bookseller John Newbery.
PEN/Faulkner
http://www.betweenthecovers.com/aw-ab/pen-f.htm
The PEN/Faulkner Award is bestowed each May in Washington DC. Each year, over two hundred books are read and judged by a panel of three American novelists. This prize is a revival of an award originated by William Faulkner, who financed it with his Nobel Prize money.
Parents' Choice Award
http://www.parents-choice.org/get_direct_indiv.cfm?cat=c_pic&awdse=a&awdyr=2002&award=xx&from=Parents%27%20Choice%20Award%20Winners%20
The awards are featured in Parents' Choice, a publication made available to more than 300,000 parents, teachers, pediatricians, preschools and specialty toy, book, and video stores. In 2000, the Parents Choice' Awards were expanded to a biannual process.
Pulitzer Prize
http://www.pulitzer.org/cyear/2003w.html
The Pulitzer Prizes are annual awards for achievements in American creativity in a wide array of fields. The prizes have been awarded by Columbia University since 1917, on the recommendation of a Pulitzer Prize Board. Fourteen prizes are given in journalism. Prizes in letters are for fiction, history, poetry, biography or autobiography, and general nonfiction.
Pura Belpre Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/belpre.html
This award honors Latino writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in a children's book.
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/sibert.html
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award was established by The Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association. The award honors excellence in informational publishing for children. The award is named for Robert F. Sibert.
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