Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World
In honor of the late Russell Freedman, Newbery Award winner and one of the modern masters of narrative nonfiction, we are happy to announce the opening of this year’s Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World.
The winner will receive a prize of $2500 plus $500 to purchase copies of the winning book for distribution to schools and libraries, recognition in all SCBWI publications, and a virtual forum to give a speech before the entire children’s book community. Any nonfiction book published for children or young adults, released between January 1 and December 31, 2024, is eligible. If both an author and illustrator are listed on the book cover, the prize will be split between them.
You do not have to be a member of SCBWI to submit. However, your book must be traditionally published.
Submissions opened on July 1st, 2024 and will close on September 15th, 2024.
Submissions received before July 1st, 2024 or after September 15th, 2024 will not be considered.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
To submit your book for consideration, please send the following as a single PDF to ilfawards@scbwi.org.
The subject line should read: FREEDMAN AWARD 2024 SUBMISSION - LAST NAME
You will submit a single PDF with the following:
- Author name
- Illustrator name (if applicable)
- Publisher
- Date of publication
- A maximum 250-word book summary
- A maximum 250-word essay answering the following question: How does this book create a better world?
- A PDF of your book (If the PDF is too large to send as an email, please submit it in a Google Drive folder.)
