There are a bunch of awards that are given to authors.
The Caldecott Medal
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
Coretta Scott King Award
The Coretta Scott King Book Award is presented annually by the Coretta Scott King Committee of the American Library Association's Ethnic Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT). The award (or awards) is given to an African American author and an African American illustrator for an outstandingly inspirational and educational contribution. The books promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. The Award is further designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. (copied from the ALA website)
Newbery Honor Medal
The Newbery Medal was named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. (copied from the The American Library Association website)
Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author, as well as a specific body of his or her work, that have been popular over a period of time. The annual award is administered by YALSA and sponsored by School Library Journal magazine. It recognizes an author's work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world. (copied from the The American Library Association website)
National Book Award
The National Book Awards have become the nation's preeminent literary prizes, and The National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner the most important event on our literary calendar. Today, the Awards are given to recognize achievements in four genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature. (copied from the The National Book Awards website)
ALA Notable
The American Library Association annually honors the best and brightest in the profession through its divisions, offices, and round tables with more than 250 awards, scholarships, and grants. Fueled by a variety of donors and sponsors, recognition is given for individual and collective achievement in the various areas of librarianship. The winners are selected by award juries who work tirelessly to select from thousands of dedicated and qualified librarians nationwide. (copied from the ALA website)
Parents’ Choice Award
The Parents’ Choice Awards Committees, comprised of moms, dads, teachers, performing artists, librarians, and yes, kids themselves, search out and recommend products that help kids grow - imaginatively, physically, morally and mentally - fairly priced products that are fun, safe and socially sound. Children’s media that helps children.
Detroit Public School Students’ Favorite Author
Here is a list of the awards won by each of my books:
Feathers
- Newbery Honor Medal
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Lena, From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, If You Come Softly, Miracle’s Boys
- Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement
“Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of the 2006 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring her outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens. Woodson’s sensitive and lyrical books reveal and give a voice to outsiders often invisible to mainstream America.” —from the The American Library Association website
Show Way
- Newbery Honor Medal
Coming On Home Soon
- Caldecott Honor
- ALA Notable
- Booklist Editor’s Choice
- Child Magazine Best of 2004
Behind You
- 2005 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- YALSA Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults for 2005
Locomotion
- National Book Award Finalist
- Coretta Scott King Honor
- 2003 Boston Globe—Horn Book Award (Fiction Honor)
- Horn Book Fanfare List
- SLJ Best Book
- IRA-CBC Children's Choice for 2004
- 2004 Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts (sponsored by the Children’s Literature Assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English)
- 2005 New Mexico Battle of the Books (Middle School/Grades 7-9)
- 2004-2005 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Master List (children’s choice award for Vermont)
- 2005 Kentucky Bluegrass Master List (Grades 3-5)
- 2006 Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award Nominee (Grades 3-5)
- 2004-2005 Maine Student Book Award Nominee (Grades 4-8)
- 2004-2005 William Allen White Children’s Book Award Nominee (Kansas children’s choice award)
Hush
- National Book Award nominee
- 2003 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- SLJ Best Book
- 2002 Booklist Editor’s Choice
- 2003 New York Public Libraries Books for the Teen Age
- Bank Street Best Children’s Books of the Year (“Today” category / 12 & up)
- 2003 Riverbank Review Children's Books of Distinction Short list
- 2003-2004 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List
- 2003-2004 Maine Student Book Award Master List
- 2002 Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Young Adult Top 40 Nominees
- 2004-2005 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominee (Grades 6-8) (children’s choice award for Minnesota)
- 2005 Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ)
The Other Side
- ALA Notable
- Riverbank Review Book of Distinction
- Texas Blue Bonnet List
- SLJ Best Book
- Booklist Editor’s Choice
- New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
- 2001 Time of Wonder Award
- IRA Teacher’s Choices 2002
- (featured on covers of The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Booklist and The Baltimore Sun)
- 2004 Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award (Honor)
- 2003-2004 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Master List
- California Young Reader Medal Nominee
- 2003-2004 South Carolina Book Award Nominee
Miracle’s Boys
- Coretta Scott King Award
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- Sequoyah Book Award Master List, Young Adult Category
- 2003-2004 Sunshine State Master List (grades 6-8)
- 2003-2004 Georgia Children’s Book Award nominee
If You Come Softly
- ALA Best Book for Young Adults
- Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
- 2005 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (all readers)