Given to books that represent excellence in the field of children’s literature, the Crystal Kites Awards are peer-selected, voted on by SCBWI members from local regions. Congratulations to our wonderful 2019 winners for books published in 2018, listed here by regional division.
For more information about submitting to the Crystal Kites, go to the official award description page here.
Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Wash DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari; illustrated by Brian Floca
Australia, New Zealand
At The End of Holyrood Lane by Dimity Powell; illustrated by Nicky Johnston
California, Hawaii
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lynn Fulton
Canada
The Outlaw by Nancy Vo
Internationals Other
The Night Lion by Sanne Dufft
Mid South Division (Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana)
A Hippy-Hoppy Toad by Peggy Archer
Middle East, India, Asia
The Clever Tailor by Srividhya Venkat
All Eyes on Alexandra by Anna Levine
Mid West Division (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
The Rough Patch by Brian Lies
New York
Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito; illustrated by Laura Freeman
South East Division (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama
Evangeline of the Bayou by Jan Eldredge
South West Division (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, southern Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico)
The 11:11 Wish by Kim Tomsic
Texas, Oklahoma
The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast by Samantha Clark
UK, Ireland
Orphan Monster Spy by Matt Killeen
Western Division (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have A Horse by Corinna Luyken
