Announcing the 2023 Spark Award Winners
Created January 31, 2024 by Sarah Diamond
The Spark Awards are given annually and recognize excellence in children's books published through an independent or non-traditional publishing route. The winners for 2023, Carolyn Armstrong and Joey Benun, were chosen from a pool of hundreds of entries.
In the Novel Category: AT THE EDGE OF THE ICE by Carolyn Armstrong
The first part of the Eco Warriors series, this middle grade novel follows an eleven-year-old girl with a magical gift as she tries to save the ecosystem of a Norwegian archipelago.
In the Picture Book Category: PEBBLES AND THE BIGGEST NUMBER by Joey Benun, illustrated by Laura Watson
Join Pebbles the Butterfly on a mathematical adventure as he searches for the biggest number in existence.
The winners will each receive a $1,000 cash prize, along with free tuition upcoming virtual conferences, and the chance to teach a workshop about their road to publication. AT THE EDGE OF THE ICE and PEBBLES AND THE BIGGEST NUMBER will also feature as book-of-the-month picks in the SCBWI Book Club on Instagram.
CLICK HERE to learn about how to enter the Spark Award for 2024. Submissions open on November 1, 2024.
