Golden Kite Award Winners Announced

Posted on March 12, 2008

The SCBWI has announced this year's winners of the The Golden Kite Awards.

Golden Kite Award Winners:

Fiction: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate (ages 9-12)

Nonfiction: Muckrakers by Ann Bausum (ages 9-12)

Picture Book Text: Pierre in Love by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Petra Mathers (kindergarten-grade 2) Littlenight

Picture Book Illustration: Little Night, illustrated and written by Yuyi Morales (preschool-kindergarten)

Golden Kite Honor Recipients:

Fiction: Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis (ages 9-12)

Nonfiction: 1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen Lange (grades 3-6)

Picture Book Text: The End by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Richard Egielski (preschool-grade 3)

Picture Book Illustration: <Who Put the B in Ballyhoo?, illustrated and written by Carlyn Beccia (kindergarten-grade 4)

The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the SCBWI to recognize excellence in children's literature. The awards grant cash prizes of $2,500 to author and illustrator winners in four categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration. Authors and illustrators will also receive an expense-paid trip to Los Angeles to attend the award ceremony at the Golden Kite Luncheon at SCBWI's Summer Conference in August.

SCBWI's Board also made the unprecedented decision to recognize the work of editors and art directors who play pivotal roles in shaping the Golden Kite-winning books. Editors of winning books will receive $1,000, and for the winning book in the Picture Book Illustration category, an additional $1,000 will be given to the book's art director.