Impact and Legacy Fund Announces Short and Long Lists for Two Awards

Thank you so much to everyone who applied for these awards. It was an incredibly competitive year, with over 300 remarkable books submitted for consideration. Our judges worked hard to hone in on the books included on these short lists.

We will announce the winners of these two awards in March of this year. Without further ado:

Short List for the Charlotte and Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals

• The Wildes 2: The Vaquita by Roland Smith, Sleeping Bear Press. 
• Stranded written by Linda Jane Keegan, illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Bateman Books.
• Full Moon Pups written by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Chuck Groenink, Penguin Random House.
• Home Is Calling written by Katherine Pryor, illustrated by Ellie Peterson, Hachette Book Group.
• Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest by Nora Nickum, Chicago Review Press.

Each of these books demonstrates deep compassion for the animals at the heart of their stories. We couldn’t be more delighted to support and honor these remarkable books and their creators.

Long List for the Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World

• Great Carrier Reef  written by Jessica Stremer, illustrated by Gordy Wright, Penguin Random House.
• No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change edited by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Jeanette Bradley and Keila V. Dawson, illustrated by Jeanette Bradley, Penguin Random House.
• Listen to the Earth by Carme Lemniscates, Tilbury House.
• Smashing Stigma: Dismantling Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination by Connie Goldsmith, Lerner Books.
• The Last Plastic Straw: A Plastic Problem and Finding Ways to Fix It written by Dee Romito, illustrated by Ziyue Chen, Holiday House.
• The 21: The True Story of the Youth Who Sued the U.S. Government Over Climate Change  by Elizabeth Rusch, Harper Collins.
• Always Matt: A Tribute to Matthew Shepard written by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Brian Britigan, Abrams Books.
• Those Who Saw The Sun: African American Oral Histories From the Jim Crow South by Jaha Nailah Avery, Levine Querido.
• Lion on the Inside written by Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir and Judith Henderson, Illustrated by Katherine Ahmed, Kids Can Press.
• The Monkey Trial: John Scopes and the Battle Over Teaching Evolution by Anita Sanchez, Harper Collins.
• One In a Million by Claire Lordon, Penguin Random House.
• Accountable: The True Story of A Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater, Macmillan.

These twelve books represent the best of changemaking nonfiction. They’re moving, thought-provoking, and beautifully made. We hope their creators are proud of all they’re doing to make the world a better place.

Stay tuned for an announcement of the winners of these two incredible awards in March!