| 2018 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2017) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Johnna Stein | The Iron Cross | Cricket |
| Honor | Trista Wilson | The Color of Sad | VCFA Journal of the Arts | |
| Illustration | Award | John Herzog | Highlights High Five cover | Highlights High Five |
| Honor | Merrill Rainey | Humpty Dumpty Inside Front cover | Humpty Dumpty | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Carolyn Seidel | Danger! Rescue on Thin Ice | Highlights |
| Honor | Sue Gagliardi | Beyond Jack-O’-Lanterns | Spider | |
| Poetry | Award | Diana Smith | How to Dine with Lion | Orbit (The School Magazine) |
| Honor | Danielle Hammelef | School Starts Soon | Pockets Magazine | |
| 2017 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2016) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Timothy Tocher | The Return of Sal Caputo | Cricket |
| Honor | Linda Anderson | Ghost Train (Part 2) | Cricket | |
| Illustration | Award | Susan Eaddy | Babybug cover | Babybug |
| Honor | Merrill Rainey | Humpty Dumpty cover | Humpty Dumpty | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Buffy Silverman | Magical Monarchs | ASK |
| Honor | Debra Shumaker | Where Did the Bison Go? | Spider | |
| Poetry | Award | Laura Wynkoop | Summer Nights | Highlights |
| Honor | Susan A. Shea | Short Circuit | Fun for Kidz | |
| 2016 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2015) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Brad H. Robie | Benjamin Troll’s Incredible Inventions | Highlights |
| Honor | Neal Levin | Messy Messages | Highlights | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Patricia Nikolina Clark | Gabbing About Gum | Highlights |
| Honor | Elizabeth Armstrong Hall | Homecoming | Spider | |
| Illustration | Award | Lori McElrath Eslick | Strip of Blue | Cricket |
| Honor | Helena Bogosian | Clay Secrets + Picture Puzzler | Highlights | |
| Poetry | Award | Neal Levin | Cavemanners | Spider |
| Honor | Diana Murray | Baxter the Cleaning Dog | Highlights | |
| YA Fiction/Nonfiction | Award | Lynn Vande Stouwe | Winterim | YARN |
| Honor | Beth Grosart | Two Truths and a Lie | YARN |
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| 2015 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2014) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Sandra Havriluk | The Sign of the Cat | Highlights |
| Honor | Nick Cross | The Last Typewriter | Stew | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Shelly Pollock | Human Towers | School |
| Honor | Jacqueline Adams | Fighting Ebola | Science World | |
| Illustration | Award | Ingrid Kallick | The Clockwork Univeristy | Cricket |
| Honor | Phyllis Hornung Peacock | Northern Lights | Spider | |
| Poetry | Award | Michelle Heidenrich Barnes | George Nissen, Boy Inventor | Boy’s Quest |
| Honor | Laura Salas | Good-bye, Hello | Highlights | |
| YA Fiction/Nonfiction | Award | Laura Lyn Keller | Finding Someday in the Dark | YARN |
| Honor | Kirk Van Brunt | Bang | YARN | |
| 2014 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2013) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Laura Williams McCaffrey | Into the Vast | YARN |
| Honor | Emma Adelaida Otheguy | Fairies in Town | Highlights for Children | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Barbara Walsh | The Poppy Lady | Highlights for Children |
| Honor | Joseph Taylor | Emerging Butterflies | Cricket | |
| Illustration | Award | Julia Kelly | Sky Fishing | Lady Bug |
| Honor | Lori McElrath-Eslick | Gulls at Sunset | Cricket | |
| Poetry | Award | Diana Murray | Ocean Beach | Highlights |
| Honor | Heidi Bee Roemer | Applesauce | Highlights Hello! | |
| 2013 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2012) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Roz Rosenbluth | Apple Strudel and Tutti Frutti Ice Cream | Highlights |
| Honor | Stephen Eoannou | Swimming Naked | YARN | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Katy Duffield | Winds of Hope | Cricket |
| Honor | Karen de Foy | A Man Cloth’d in Goat-Skins | Cricket | |
| Illustration | Award | Susan Eaddy | Who Lives in the Tide Pool? | Click |
| Honor | Susan Eaddy | The Quiet Mouse | Babybug Magazine | |
| Poetry | Award | Diana Murray | Sandy Surprise | Clubhouse Jr |
| Honor | Diana Murray | Unwelcome to Opposite Island | Highlights | |
| 2012 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2011) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Tim Myers | Hannah’s First Story | Spider 3/11 |
| Honor | Natalie Tilghman | Whale Boy | Cicada 6-7/11 | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Joli S. Allen | 2,000 Year Old Homework | Highlights 3/11 |
| Honor | Claire J. Griffin | Living In A Wildlife Camp | Highlights 4/11 | |
| Illustration | Award | Ingrid Kallick | Rasa’s Library | Cricket 9/11 (Cover) |
| Honor | Susan Eaddy | Pancake | Babybug 9/11 (Cover) | |
| Poetry | Award | Ellen L. Ramsey | Hippity Zippity | Highlights High Five 3/11 |
| Honor | Jeanne Barrett Hargett | Quacks And Snacks | Highlights High Five 8/11 | |
| 2011 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2010) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Maggie Murphy | The Pixie’s Bag | Spider |
| Honor | Mary P. Thornburg | Niam’s Tale | Cicada | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Karen Gunnison Ballen | Foiled | Cricket |
| Honor | Linda Wirkner | Here There be Dragons | Spider | |
| Illustration | Award | Yoshiko Jaeggi | Finley’s Halloween | Ladybug |
| Honor | Helena Bogosian | Really, Really Bad Hair Day | Highlights High Five | |
| Poetry | Award | Susan Kuehn | Rain Party | Highlights High Five |
| Honor | April Halprin Wayland | When I Knock on the Sister Door, It Opens | Cricket
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| 2010 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2009) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Sue Anderson | Respectfully, Robert E. Lee | Cricket (July-August) |
| Honor | Rozanne Silverwood | The Star that Fell to Earth and Became a Tree | Cricket (January-February) | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Patricia Nikolina Clark | Ants in Their Pants | Spider (September) |
| Honor | Sue Cowing | Insects in the World of Art | Cricket (September) | |
| Illustration | Award | Bonnie Leick | Music in the Dark | Highlights Magazine (August) |
| Honor | Bethanie Murguia | Egg Hunt | Your Big Backyard (March) | |
| Poetry | Award | Jeanne Hargett | No Secret | Highlights Magazine (March) |
| Honor | Jacqueline Jules | Morning Monsters | Cricket (May-June) | |
| 2009 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2008) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Suzanne Linn Kamata | Pilgrimage | Cicada (Sept-Oct) |
| Honor | Ann Whitford Paul | Surya, The Dust Kicker | Cricket (May-June) | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Joseph Taylor | Flying Balloons, The Story of the Montgolfier Brothers | Cricket (April) |
| Honor | Anna Levine | Live Wires | Cricket (September) | |
| Illustration | Award | Elizabeth O. Dulemba | December Greetings | Highlights Magazine (December – Cover) |
| Honor | Kristin Sorra-Calero | Bungle Bear’s Burnt Toast | Highlights for Children (April) | |
| Poetry | Award | Jacqueline Jules | The Argument | Cicada (July/August) |
| Honor | Tina Tocco | Waking Spring | Cricket (March) | |
| 2008 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2007) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Andria Rosenbaum | The Color of Hope | Cricket (October) |
| Honor | Jeanne Hargett | Stone Walker | Cricket (February) | |
| Nonfiction | Award | Padma T. Venkatramam | The Power of Peace | Faces |
| Honor | Nancy Flood | Troop 1500: Girl Scouts Break Out of Prison Cycle | Appleseeds (September) | |
| Illustration | Award | Anne Marshall Runyon | Coastal Courtship (Also written by the artist.) |
North Carolina Wildlife |
| Honor | Karen Jones Lee | Stuart the Lucky Library Cat (by Carole F. Stice) |
Highlights for Children (August) | |
| Poetry | Award | Cynthia Porter | City Rhythm | Cricket (February) |
| Honor | Jacqueline Jules | Choosing | Cicada (Sept/Oct.) | |
| 2006 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2005) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Patricia Bridgman | Ghoulies and Ghosties | Cricket (October) |
| Honor | Barbara Carroll Roberts | Justin’s Buddy | Pockets | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Harry LeVine | A Special Kind of Genius: Richard P. Feynman | Cricket |
| Honor | Ruth Musgrave | The Great Koala Rescue | National Geographic Kids | |
| Illustration | Award | Brian Lies | cover art | Spider |
| Honor | Lori McElrath Eslick | Crocus | Cricket | |
| Poetry | Award | Susan Meyer | Summer Is Ending | Cricket |
| Honor | Uma Krishnawami | Lifeline | Cicada | |
| 2005 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2006) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Lisa Keele | The Metro | Read (January) |
| Honor | Madelyn R. Rosenberg | Charlie and the Jazz Man | Ladybug (September) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Jacqueline Adams | Tomorrow’s Weather | Science World (April) |
| Honor | Edie Stoltz Zolkower | Cleanup Birds | Nature Friend (August) | |
| Illustration | Award | Karen Jones Lee | The Rooster and the Fox | Highlights (August) |
| Honor | Yoshiko Z. Jaeggi | Almond Snow | Spider (February) | |
| Poetry | Award | April Halprin Wayland | Planet Elizabeth | Cricket (September) |
| Honor | Stephanie Hemphill | October | Cricket (October) | |
| 2004 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2003) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Susan R. Anderson | Noah and the Crow | Cricket (July) |
| Honor | Catherine Abbey Hodges | Lilly’s Poem | Spider (November) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Tracy E. Fern | Railroad Raid | Cricket (July) |
| Honor | Pooja Makhijani | The First Time | Cicada (Nov/Dec) | |
| Illustration | Award | Phyllis Hornung | Fishing Cat | Spider (July) |
| Honor | Brian Lies | Carmine Murum-Mouse Carols | Cricket (December) | |
| Poetry | Award | Fay Manus | A Windy Poem | Cricket (April) |
| Honor | Barbara Kerley | Solitary Crocodile | Ladybug (April) | |
| 2003 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2002) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Timothy Tocher | Sgt. Monday and the Enchanted Kingdom Police | Cricket (April) |
| Honor | Laura Deal | The Silent Meadow | Cricket (March) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Aline A. Newman | Having Fun Yet? | National Geographic World (September) |
| Honor | Tracey E. Fern | Project Fu-Go | Cricket (September) | |
| Illustration | Award | Sara Iravani Kahn | The Poor Dumb Animals | Cricket (October) |
| Honor | Brian Lies | Charlie’s Meadows | Cricket (November) | |
| Poetry | Award | Sandra Guy | Grandfather | Cicada (January/February) |
| Honor | Jacqueline Jules | At Bat | Cricket (August) | |
| 2002 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2001) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Danielle Hammelef | Please, Not Daryl | On the Line (May) |
| Honor | Linda Mistele | The Great Chicago Fire | Cricket (July) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Katherine S. Balch | Leonardo: Engineer, Anatomist, Painter… Magician? | Odyssey: Adventure in Science (November) |
| Honor | Amy Butler Greenfield | When Money Grew on Trees | Cricket (August) | |
| Illustration | Award | Linda S. Wingerter | The Moon Child | Cricket (July) |
| Honor | Diana Ting DeLosh | In the Garden | Ladybug (July) | |
| Poetry | Award | Mary Atkinson | My Brother and I and the World | Cricket (December) |
| Honor | April Halprin Wayland | Cat Act | Cricket (January) | |
| 2001 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 2000) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Joan Harlow | Si-Ling and the Dragon | Cricket (September) |
| Honor | Carrel Ann Muller | Thornbush | Cricket (May) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Natalie M. Rosinsky | No Cross Words Allowed | Cricket (May) |
| Honor | Natasha Lazutin Wing | One of the Slowest Races on Earth | Highlights for Children (August) | |
| Illustration | Award | Pamela R. Levy | cover illustration | Spider (March) |
| Honor | Linda S. Wingerter | Islands | New Moon (March/April) | |
| Poetry | Award | Stefi Weisburd | Mountain Stream | Cricket (July) |
| Honor | Lisa Harkrader | Lightning Strikes | Spider (February) | |
| 2000 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1999) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Title | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Lisa Harkrader | Stinksgiving | Guideposts for Kids (December) |
| Honor | Marybeth Ruediger | Gifted | With (March) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Mary Amato | The Magic of Masks | Muse (April) |
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| Honor | Vicki O. Wittenstein | Anne of Green Gables: World’s Favorite Redhead | Faces (November) | |
| Illustration | Award | Linda Winegerter | October by Christine Boyka Kluge | Ladybug (April) |
| Honor | Cheryl Kirk Noll | Wild Geese by Elinor Chip | Highlights (March) | |
| Poetry | Award | April Halprin Wayland | Music Critic (The Ocean’s Opinion) | Cricket (December) |
| Honor | Joyce Tsao | The Dragon Dances In My Mother’s Kitchen | Ladybug (October) | |
| 1999 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1998) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Book Title | Publisher | |
| Fiction | Award | Anna Olswanger | Shlemeil Crooks | Young Judaean (Spring) |
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| Honor | Marilyn Davis Kierscey | Sunshine Girl | Cricket (May) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Sneed B. Collard III | The Case of the Rain Forest Strangler | Spider (April) |
| Honor | Alice Barrett Graham | The Pig That Lived Forever | Highlights Plus Story Supplement | |
| Illustration | Award | Brian Lies | Swamp Stomp by Ann Cooper | Ladybug (May) |
| Honor | Jada Rowland | Cozy by Mary Ann Hoberman | Baby Bug (January) | |
| Poetry | Award | Lisa Harkrader | Wet Toes | Story Friends (November) |
| Honor | Katie McAllaster Weaver | Warrior Spirits | Cricket (June) | |
| 1998 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1997) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Gretchen Woelfle | Cricket (January) |
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| Honor | Toby Joan Rosenstrauch | Cricket (November) | |
| Patricia E. Van West | Pockets (June) | ||
| Non-Fiction | Award | Sneed B. Collard III | Cricket (January) |
| Honor | Donna Bergman | Spider (October) | |
| Illustration | Award | Kyra Teis | Cricket (June) |
| Honor | Lori McElrath-Eslick | Spider (May) | |
| 1997 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1996) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Vicki Grove | American Girl (May/June) |
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| Honor | Carol Ottolenghi-Barga | Faces (September) | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Alyce Mitchem Jenkin | Guideposts (March/April) |
| Honor | Norma Lewis | Cricket (January) | |
| Illustration | Award | Pamela Levy | Cricket (November) |
| Honor | Constance Bergum | Ladybug (October) | |
| 1996 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1995) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Lisa D. Harkrader | Cricket |
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| Honor | Regina Hanson | Highlights | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Nancy Sakaduski | Odyssey |
| Honor | Linda Roberts | Cricket | |
| Illustration | Award | Chris Wold Dyrud | Odyssey |
| Honor | Anne Hunter | Cricket | |
| 1995 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1994) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Janet Anderson | Cricket |
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| Honor | Elvira Woodruff | Storyworks | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Elaine Marie Alphin | Cricket |
| Honor | Diane Nelson | Cricket | |
| Illustration | Award | Lori McElrath-Eslick | Lady Bug |
| Honor | Bonnie Christensen | Ladybug | |
| 1994 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1993) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Teresa Bateman | Cricket |
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| Honor | Jane Yolen | American Girl | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Michael Capek | Cricket |
| Honor | Barbara Robinson | Highlights | |
| Illustration | Award | Joan Holub | Ladybug |
| Honor | Margot Apple | Ladybug | |
| 1993 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1992) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Nancy Antle | Blast Off |
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| Honor | Gloria Boudreau | Single Parent | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Barbara Robinson | Highlights |
| Honor | Mary Bahr Fritts | Hopscotch | |
| Illustration | Award | Margot Apple | Ladybug |
| Honor | Bianca Lavies | Ranger Rick | |
| 1992 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1991) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Marlys G. Stapelbroek | Boys Life |
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| Honor | Deborah Hopkinson | Cricket | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Elizabeth S. Wall | Highlights |
| Honor | Margaret S. Ross | Fantastic Flyer | |
| Illustration | Award | Judith A. Moffatt | Children’s Playmate |
| Honor | Bonnie MacKain | Cricket | |
| 1991 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1990) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Eileen Spinelli | Highlights |
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| Honor | Maureen Crane Wartski | Boys Life | |
| Non-Fiction | Award | Mary E. Glucksman | Highlights |
| Honor | Peter K. Lourie | Highlights | |
| Illustration | Award | Mary Kurnick Maass | Wee Wisdom |
| Honor | Evelyn Gallardo | Ranger Rick | |
| 1990 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1989) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Elaine Marie Alphin | Young and Alive |
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| Non-Fiction | Award | Elizabeth R. Hennefrund | Ranger Rick |
| Illustration | Award | Bianca Lavies | Ranger Rick |
| 1989 MAGAZINE MERIT AWARD RECIPIENTS (Published in calendar year 1988) |
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| Category | SCBWI Member | Publication | |
| Fiction | Award | Peggy King Anderson | Pockets Magazine |
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| Non-Fiction | Award | Rosalie Maggio | Cricket |
| Illustration | Award | Carol Heyer | Dragon Magazine |