SCBWI announced the winners and honor book recipients of its annual Golden Kite Awards and the Sid Fleischman Humor Award at its Winter conference on Friday February 19. Each winner received a $2,500 award along with $1,000 to contribute to a nonprofit of their choice. Each honor recipient received a $500 award along with $250 to a nonprofit of their choice.
SCBWI Executive Director Lin Oliver commented, “The Golden Kite Awards and the Sid Fleischman Award are given for excellence in several categories of literature, and are judged by fellow authors and illustrators. They are the most significant peer-judged awards in our field, and it is SCBWI’s privilege to honor this group of outstanding, diverse and talented authors and illustrators chosen from a large and competitive field. Congratulations to all the recipients and the publishing teams that brought these books to the public.”
Here are the winners of the 2021 Golden Kite Awards, and the honor book recipients and the nonprofits they chose for their donation.
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ILLUSTRATED BOOK FOR OLDER READERS
WINNER Uri Shulevitz: Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood, Donation: The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
HONOR Mike Curato: Flamer, published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers Donation: The Trevor Project
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MIDDLE GRADE/YOUNG READERS FICTION
WINNER Renée Watson: Ways to Make Sunshine, published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books Donation: World Stage Theater
HONOR Kimberly Brubaker Bradley: Fighting Words, published by Dial Books for Young Readers Donation: Appalachian Literary Initiative
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PICTURE BOOK TEXT
WINNER Tami Charles: All Because You Matter, published by Orchard Books Donation: GrassRoots Community Foundation
HONOR Carole Lindstrom: We Are Water Protectors, published by Roaring Brook Press Donation: Water Protector Legal Collective
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NONFICTION TEXT FOR YOUNGER READERS
WINNER Don Tate: William Still and His Freedom Stories, published by Peachtree Donation: We Need Diverse Books and Highlights Foundation, earmarked for The Brown Bookshelf
HONOR Meeg Pincus: Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery, published by Sleeping Bear Press Donation: Traveling Stories
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PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
WINNER Catia Chien: The Bear and the Moon, published by Chronicle Books Donation: Heart of Dinner
HONOR Cindy Derby: Outside In, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers Donation: 826 Valencia
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NONFICTION TEXT FOR OLDER READERS
WINNER Christina Soontornvat: All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team, published by Candlewick Press Donation: The Mirror Foundation
HONOR Paul Fleischman: Alphamaniacs: Builders of 26 Wonders of the World, published by Candlewick Studio Donation: Libros for Kids
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION
WINNER Sherri L. Smith: The Blossom and the Firefly, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Donation: Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
HONOR Darcie Little Badger: Elatsoe, published by Levine Querido Donation: Patrick Ryan Award for Literacy Citizenship and Adopt-A-Native Elder
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SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD
WINNER Donna Barba Higuera: Lupe Wong Won’t Dance, published by Levine Querido Donation: Colorin Colorado
HONOR Kristin O’Donnell Tubb: Zeus, Dog of Chaos, published by Katherine Tegen Books Donation: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, in honor of Kate Dopirak, the former ARA of SCBWI’s Western Pennsylvania Region |