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'{{refimprove|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox award |name = Coretta Scott King Award |image = |imagesize = |caption = |description = (Book Awards) the most distinguished portrayal of African American experience in literature for children or teens |presenter = Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange (EMIERT), a round table of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA) |country = United States |year = 1970 |website = {{URL|www.ala.org/awardsgrants/coretta-scott-king-book-awards}} }} '''The Coretta Scott King Award''' is an annual award presented by the Ethnic & Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, part of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA). Named for [[Coretta Scott King]], wife of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], this award recognizes outstanding [[African American]] authors and illustrators, and is awarded for books about the African-American experience that are written for a youth audience (high school or elementary). ==History== Lillie Patterson won the first award in 1970 for ''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace''. Since 1974, both author and illustrator awards are granted. Starting in 1978 Honor Books have been recognized. Illustrator Honor Books recognitions began in 1981. The Coretta Scott King Award Seal was designed by artist Lev Mills in 1974; bronze for winning books and pewter for honor books. There has since been a revision of the seal; a bronze and black seal for winners, pewter and black for honors.<ref name=about/> Dr. [[Henrietta M. Smith]] edited four volumes published by the American Library Association that provide a history of the award.<ref name=smith/> ==Recipients== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Coretta Scott King Book Awards winners and runners-up<ref name=winners/> !width="5%"|Year !width="10%"|Work !width="20%"|Recipient !width="30%"|Title !width="10%"|Citation |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2017 | author | {{sort|Lewis, John|[[John Lewis (Georgia politician)|John Lewis]]}} and {{sort|Aydin, Andrew|[[Andrew Aydin]]}} | ''[[March (comics)|March: Book Three]]'' | Winner |- | 2017 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|Jason Reynolds}} | ''As Brave as You'' | Honor |- | 2017 | author | {{sort|Bryan, Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} | ''Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan'' | Honor |-style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|Javaka Steptoe}} | ''Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat'' | Winner |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|R. Gregory Christie}} | ''Freedom in Congo Square'' | Honor |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Bryan, Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} | ''Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan'' | Honor |- | 2017 | illustrator | {{sort|Pinkney, Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} | ''[[In Plain Sight (book)|In Plain Sight]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2016 | author | {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} | ''Gone Crazy in Alabama'' | Winner |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|Jason Reynolds}} and {{sort|Kiely, Brendan|Brendan Kiely}} | ''All American Boys'' | Honor |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Reynolds, Jason|Jason Reynolds}} | ''The Boy in the Black Suit'' | Honor |- | 2016 | author | {{sort|Shabazz, Ilyasah|[[Ilyasah Shabazz]]}} and {{sort|Magoon,Kekla|Kekla Magoon}} | ''X: A Novel'' | Honor |-style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Collier, Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} | ''Trombone Shorty'' | Winner |- | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|R. Gregory Christie}} | ''The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore'' | Honor |- | 2016 | illustrator | {{sort|Robinson,Christian|Christian Robinson}} | ''[[Last Stop on Market Street]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2015 | author | {{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} | ''[[Brown Girl Dreaming]]'' | Winner |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Alexander,Kwame|[[Kwame Alexander]]}} | ''[[The Crossover]]'' | Honor |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} | ''How I Discovered Poetry'' | Honor |- | 2015 | author | {{sort|Magoon,Kekla|Kekla Magoon}} | ''How It Went Down'' | Honor |-style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} | ''Firebird'' | Winner |- | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Robinson,Christian|Christian Robinson}} | ''Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker'' | Honor |- | 2015 | illustrator | {{sort|Morrison,Frank|Frank Morrison}} | ''Little Melba and Her Big Trombone'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2014 | author | {{sort|Williams-Garcia, Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} | ''P.S. Be Eleven'' | Winner |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Lewis,John|[[John Lewis (Georgia politician)|John Lewis]] and [[Andrew Aydin]]}} | ''[[March (comics)|March: Book One]]'' | Honor |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} | ''Darius & Twig'' | Honor |- | 2014 | author | {{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} | ''Words with Wings'' | Honor |-style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2014 | illustrator | {{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} | ''Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me'' | Winner |- | 2014 | illustrator | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''Nelson Mandela'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2013 | author | {{sort|Pinkney,Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}} | ''Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America'' | Winner |- | 2013 | author | {{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} | ''The Dear One'' | Honor |- | 2013 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}} | ''No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''I, Too, Am America'' |Winner |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Minter,Daniel|[[Daniel Minter]]}} |''Ellen's Broom'' |Honor |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''H.O.R.S.E.'' |Honor |- |2013 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr.'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2012 | author | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans'' | Winner |- | 2012 | author | {{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} | ''The Great Migration: Journey to the North'' | Honor |- | 2012 | author | {{sort|McKissack,Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}} | ''[[Never Forgotten]]'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" | 2012 | illustrator | {{sort|Evans,Shane W.|Shane W. Evans}} | ''[[Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom]]'' | Winner |- | 2012 | illustrator | {{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} | ''Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans'' | Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2011 |author |{{sort|Williams-Garcia,Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} |[[One Crazy Summer (novel)|''One Crazy Summer'']] |Winner |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Lockdown'' |Honor |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Rhodes,Jewell Parker|[[Jewell Parker Rhodes]]}} |''Ninth Ward'' |Honor |- |2011 |author |{{sort|Neri,G.|[[G. Neri]]}} |''Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty'' |Honor |- |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2011 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave'' |Winner |- |2011 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,Javaka|Javaka Steptoe}} |''Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix'' |Honor |- |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2010 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Vaunda Micheaux|[[Vaunda Micheaux Nelson]]}} |''Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal'' |Winner |- |2010 |author |{{sort|Davis,Tanita S.|Tanita S. Davis}} |''Mare's War'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2010 |illustrator |{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|Charles S. Smith, Jr.}} |''My People'' |Winner |- |2010 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''[[The Negro Speaks of Rivers]]'' |Honor |-style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2009 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball'' |Winner |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Smith, Hope Anita|Hope Anita Smith}} |''[[Keeping the Night Watch]]'' |Honor |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |{{sort|Blacker the Berry,The|''The Blacker the Berry''}} |Honor |- |2009 |author |{{sort|Weatherford,Carole Boston|[[Carole Boston Weatherford]]}} |''Becoming Billie Holiday'' |Honor |-style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|Floyd Cooper}} |{{sort|Blacker the Berry,The|''The Blacker the Berry''}} |Winner |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball'' |Honor |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |{{sort|Moon Over Star,The|''[[The Moon Over Star]]''}} |Honor |- |2009 |illustrator |{{sort|Qualls,Sean|Sean Qualls}} |''Before John Was a Jazz Giant'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2008 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |''[[Elijah of Buxton]]'' |Winner |- |2008 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''November Blues'' |Honor |- |2008 |author |{{sort|Smith, Charles R.|Charles R. Smith Jr.}} |''[[Twelve Rounds to Glory|Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals'' |Winner |- |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Devard, Nancy|Nancy Devard}} |{{sort|Secret Olivia Told Me,The|''The Secret Olivia Told Me''}} |Honor |- |2008 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Jazz On A Saturday Night'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2007 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''[[Copper Sun]]'' |Winner |- |2007 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |{{sort|Road to Paris,The|''The Road to Paris''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom'' |Winner |- |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''Jazz'' |Honor |- |2007 |illustrator |{{sort|Andrews,Benny|[[Benny Andrews]]}} |''Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2006 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |''Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue'' |Winner |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Bolden, Tonya|Tonya Bolden}} |''Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl'' |Honor |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Dark Sons'' |Honor |- |2006 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |{{sort|Wreath for Emmett Till,A|''A Wreath for Emmett Till''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2006 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |[[Rosa (children's book)|''Rosa'']] |Winner |- |2006 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|R. Gregory Christie }} |''Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2005 |author |{{sort|Morrison,Toni|[[Toni Morrison]]}} |''Remember: The Journey to School Integration'' |Winner |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Moses,Shelia P.|[[Shelia P. Moses]]}} |{{sort|Legend of Buddy Bush,The|''The Legend of Buddy Bush''}} |Honor |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Flake,Sharon C.|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}} |''Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives'' |Honor |- |2005 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |''Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''Ellington Was Not a Street'' |Winner |- |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[God Bless the Child (picture book)|God Bless the Child]]'' |Honor |- |2005 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: The Picture Book,The|''[[The People Could Fly: The Picture Book]]''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2004 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |{{sort|First Part Last,The|''[[The First Part Last]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2004 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Days Of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States]]'' |Honor |- |2004 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |{{sort|Battle of Jericho,The|[[The Battle of Jericho (novel)|''The Battle of Jericho'']]}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Beautiful Blackbird'' |Winner |- |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Bootman, Colin|Colin Bootman}} |''Almost to Freedom'' |Honor |- |2004 |illustrator |{{sort|Nelson,Kadir|[[Kadir Nelson]]}} |''Thunder Rose'' |Honor |- |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2003 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Bronx Masquerade'' |Winner |- |2003 |author |{{sort|Woods, Brenda|Brenda Woods}} |{{sort|Red Rose Box,The|''The Red Rose Box''}} |Honor |- |2003 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman'' |Winner |- |2003 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Visiting Langston'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2002 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Land,The|''[[The Land (Mildred D. Taylor)|The Land]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2002 |author |{{sort|Flake,Sharon|[[Sharon G. Flake]]}} |''Money-Hungry'' |Honor |- |2002 |author |{{sort|Nelson,Marilyn|[[Marilyn Nelson]]}} |''Carver: A Life in Poems'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2002 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Goin' Someplace Special]]'' |Winner |- |2002 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Martin's Big Words'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2001 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''Miracle's Boys'' |Winner |- |2001 |author |{{sort|Pinkney,Andrea Davis|[[Andrea Davis Pinkney]]}} |''Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Uptown'' |Winner |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Collier,Bryan|[[Bryan Collier]]}} |''Freedom River'' |Honor |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|R. Gregory Christie}} |''Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth'' |Honor |- |2001 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |2000 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |''[[Bud, Not Buddy]]''<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |2000 |author |{{sort|English,Karen|[[Karen English]]}} |''Francie'' |Honor |- |2000 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers]]'' |Honor |- |2000 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Monster (Walter Dean Myers novel)|Monster]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|Brian Pinkney}} |''In the Time of the Drums'' |Winner |- |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |''My Rows and Piles of Coins'' |Honor |- |2000 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''Black Cat'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1999 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |''Heaven'' |Winner |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Grimes,Nikki|[[Nikki Grimes]]}} |''Jazmin’s Notebook'' |Honor |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce and McGowan, Gary|Joyce Hansen and Gary McGowan}} |''Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground'' |Honor |- |1999 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson]]}} |{{sort|Other Side: Shorter Poems,The|''The Other Side: Shorter Poems''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Wood, Michele|Michele Wood}} |''I See the Rhythm'' |Winner |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper,Floyd|Floyd Cooper}} |''I Have Heard of a Land'' |Honor |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Lewis,E B|[[E. B. Lewis (illustrator)|E. B. Lewis]]}} |{{sort|Bat Boy and His Violin,The|''The Bat Boy and His Violin''}} |Honor |- |1999 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|Brian Pinkney}} |''Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1998 |author |{{sort|Draper,Sharon|[[Sharon Draper]]}} |''Forged By Fire'' |Winner |- |1998 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement'' |Honor |- |1998 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|Joyce Hansen}} |''I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe, Javaka|Javaka Steptoe}} |''In Daddy's Arms I am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers'' |Winner |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry'' |Honor |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Myers,Christopher|[[Christopher Myers]]}} |''Harlem'' |Honor |- |1998 |illustrator |{{sort|Diakité, Baba Wagué|Baba Wagué Diakité}} |{{sort|Hunterman and the Crocodile,The|''The Hunterman and the Crocodile''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1997 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Slam'' |Winner |- |1997 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman]]'' |Winner |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Christie, R. Gregory|R. Gregory Christie}} |''The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children'' |Honor |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|Ruffins,Reynold|[[Reynold Ruffins]]}} |''Running the Road to ABC'' |Honor |- |1997 |illustrator |{{sort|James,Synthia Saint|[[Synthia Saint James]]}} |''Neeny Coming, Neeny Going'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1996 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales'' |Winner |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Curtis,Christopher Paul|[[Christopher Paul Curtis]]}} |{{sort|Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963,The|''[[The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Williams-Garcia,Rita|[[Rita Williams-Garcia]]}} |''Like Sisters on the Homefront'' |Honor |- |1996 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |{{sort|Middle Passage,The|''The Middle Passage''}} |Winner |- |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Her Stories'' |Honor |- |1996 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|Brian Pinkney}} |''The Faithful Friend'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1995 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''[[Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters]]'' |Winner |- |1995 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|Joyce Hansen}} |{{sort|Captive,The|''The Captive''}} |Honor |- |1995 |author |{{sort|Woodson,Jacqueline|[[Jacqueline Woodson]]}} |''I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This'' |Honor |- |1995 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick Jr.<!-- whereas "Fredrick" is Fredrick Sr. -->|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.}} |''[[Black Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues]]'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Ransome, James|James Ransome}} |{{sort|Creation,The|''The Creation''}} |Winner |- |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Shaffer, Teresa|Teresa Shaffer}} |''The Singing Man'' |Honor |- |1995 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|Floyd Cooper}} |''Meet Danitra Brown'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1994 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson (writer)|Angela Johnson]]}} |''Toning the Sweep'' |Winner |- |1994 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |''Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea'' |Honor |- |1994 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Soul Looks Back in Wonder'' |Winner |- |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Cooper, Floyd|Floyd Cooper}} |''Brown Honey in Broom Wheat Tea'' |Honor |- |1994 |illustrator |{{sort|Ransome, James|James Ransome}} |''Uncle Jed's Barbershop'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1993 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia |[[Patricia C. McKissack]]}} |''The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural'' |Winner |- |1993 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |''Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?'' |Honor |- |1993 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Somewhere in the Darkness'' |Honor |- |1993 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|Mildred Pitts Walter}} |''Mississippi Challenge'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Wilson, Kathleen Atkins|Kathleen Atkins Wilson}} |{{sort|Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth,The|''The Origin of Life on Earth: An African Creation Myth''}} |Winner |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Clay, Wil|Wil Clay}} |''Little Eight John'' |Honor |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney, Brian|Brian Pinkney}} |''Sukey and the Mermaid'' |Honor |- |1993 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}} |''Working Cotton'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1992 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''Now is Your Time: The African American Struggle for Freedom'' |Winner |- |1992 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Night on Neighborhood Street'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Ringgold,Faith|[[Faith Ringgold]]}} |''Tar Beach'' |Winner |- |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African American Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1992 |illustrator |{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|[[Jan Spivey Gilchrist]]}} |''Night on Neighborhood Street'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1991 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Road to Memphis,The|''[[The Road to Memphis]]''}} |Winner |- |1991 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Black Dance in America'' |Honor |- |1991 |author |{{sort|Johnson,Angela|[[Angela Johnson]]}} |''When I Am Old with You'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1991 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |''Aida'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1990 |author |{{sort|McKissack,Patricia and Fredrick|[[Patricia C. McKissack|Patricia C.]] and [[Fredrick L. McKissack]]}} |{{sort|Long Hard Journey: the Story of the Pullman Porter,The|''A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter''}} |Winner |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Nathaniel Talking'' |Honor |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Bells of Christmas,The|''The Bells of Christmas''}} |Honor |- |1990 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|Lillie Patterson}} |''Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Freedom Movement'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1990 |illustrator |{{sort|Gilchrist, Jan Spivey|Jan Spivey Gilchrist}} |''Nathaniel Talking'' |Winner |- |1990 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South]]'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1989 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Fallen Angels (Myers novel)|Fallen Angels]]''<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1989 |author |{{sort|Berry,James|[[James Berry (poet)|James Berry]]}} |{{sort|Thief in the Village and Other Stories,A|''A Thief in the Village and Other Stories''}} |Honor |- |1989 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Mirandy and Brother Wind]]'' |Winner |- |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Ferguson,Amos|[[Amos Ferguson]]}} |''Under the Sunday Tree'' |Honor |- |1989 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|Pat Cummings}} |''Storm in the Night'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1988 |author |{{sort|Talyor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |{{sort|Friendship,The|''[[The Friendship]]''}}<!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1988 |author |{{sort|Veaux,Alexis De|[[Alexis De Veaux]]}} |{{sort|Enchanted Hair Tale,A|''An Enchanted Hair Tale''}} |Honor |- |1988 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |{{sort|Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit,The|''[[The Tales of Uncle Remus: the Adventures of Brer Rabbit (Lester book)|The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit]]''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale'' |Winner |- |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''What a Morning! The Christmas Story in Black Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1988 |illustrator |{{sort|JoeSam|JoeSam}} |{{sort|Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua,The|''The Invisible Hunters: A Legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1987 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|Mildred Pitts Walter}} |''Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World'' |Winner |- |1987 |author |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales'' |Honor |- |1987 |author |{{sort|Hansen, Joyce|Joyce Hansen}} |''Which Way Freedom'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''[[Half a Moon and One Whole Star]]'' |Winner |- |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Lion and the Ostrich Chicks and Other African Folk Tales'' |Honor |- |1987 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|Pat Cummings}} |''C.L.O.U.D.S.'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1986 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The|''[[The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales]]''}} |Winner |- |1986 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Junius Over Far'' |Honor |- |1986 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|Mildred Pitts Walter}} |''Trouble’s Child'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1986 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |{{sort|Patchwork Quilt,The|''The Patchwork Quilt''}} |Winner |- |1986 |illustrator |{{sort|Dillon,Leo and Diane|[[Leo and Diane Dillon]]}} |{{sort|People Could Fly: American Black Folktales,The|''The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales''}} |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1985 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Motown and Didi]]'' |Winner |- |1985 |author |{{sort|Boyd,Candy Dawdon|[[Candy Dawson Boyd]]}} |''Circle of Gold'' |Honor |- |1985 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Little Love,A|''A Little Love''}} |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1985 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1984 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Everett Anderson’s Goodbye'' |Winner |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |{{sort|Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl,The|''The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl''}} |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Lena Horne'' |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Thomas,Joyce Carol|[[Joyce Carol Thomas]]}} |''Bright Shadow'' |Honor |- |1984 |author |{{sort|Walter, Mildred Pitts|Mildred Pitts Walter}} |''Because We Are'' |Honor |- style="background:Lavender; color:black" |1984 |author |{{sort|King,Coretta Scott|[[Coretta Scott King]] (editor)}} |{{sort|Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.,The|''The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr''}} |Special |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1984 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|Pat Cummings}} |''My Mama Needs Me'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1983 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''[[Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush]]'' |Winner |- |1983 |author |{{sort|Lester,Julius|[[Julius Lester]]}} |''This Strange New Feeling'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Magubane,Peter|[[Peter Magubane]]}} |''Black Child'' |Winner |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''All the Colors of the Race'' |Honor |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''I'm Going to Sing: Black American Spirituals'' |Honor |- |1983 |illustrator |{{sort|Cummings, Pat|Pat Cummings}} |''Just Us Women'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1982 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''[[Let the Circle Be Unbroken]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Winner |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Childress,Alice|[[Alice Childress]]}} |''Rainbow Jordan'' |Honor |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Hunter,Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}} |''Lou In the Limelight'' |Honor |- |1982 |author |{{sort|Mebane, Mary E.|Mary E. Mebane}} |''Mary: An Autobiography'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1982 |illustrator |{{sort|Steptoe,John|[[John Steptoe]]}} |''Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senegal'' |Winner |- |1982 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Daydreamers'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1981 |author |{{sort|Poitier,Sidney|[[Sidney Poitier]]}} |''This Life'' |Winner |- |1981 |author |{{sort|Veaux,Alexis De|[[Alexis De Veaux]]}} |''Don’t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Bryan,Ashley|[[Ashley Bryan]]}} |''Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum'' |Winner |- |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}} |''Grandmama's Joy'' |Honor |- |1981 |illustrator |{{sort|Pinkney,Jerry|[[Jerry Pinkney]]}} |''Count on Your Fingers African Style'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1980 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |{{sort|Young Landlords,The|''The Young Landlords''}} |Winner |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Gordy,Berry|[[Berry Gordy]]}} |''Movin’ Up'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Greenfield, Eloise and Little, Leslie Jones|[[Eloise Greenfield]] and Lessie Jones Little}} |''[[Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir]]'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Andrew Young: Young Man with a Mission'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''James Van Der Zee: The Picture Takin’ Man'' |Honor |- |1980 |author |{{sort|Southerland, Ellease|Ellease Southerland}} |''Let the Lion Eat Straw'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1980 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}} |''Cornrows'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1979 |author |{{sort|Davis,Ossie|[[Ossie Davis]]}} |''Escape to Freedom'' |Winner |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|Lillie Patterson}} |''Benjamin Banneker'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Peterson, Jeanne W.|Jeanne W. Peterson}} |''I Have a Sister, My Sister is Deaf'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Hamilton,Virginia|[[Virginia Hamilton]]}} |''Justice and Her Brothers'' |Honor |- |1979 |author |{{sort|Fenner,Carol|[[Carol Fenner]]}} |''Skates of Uncle Richard'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1979 |illustrator |{{sort|Feelings,Tom|[[Tom Feelings]]}} |''Something on My Mind'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1978 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Africa Dream'' |Winner |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Faulkner, William J.|William J. Faulkner}} |{{sort|Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be,The|''The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be''}} |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Glass, Francina|Francina Glass}} |''Marvin and Tige'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Mary McCleod Bethune'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |''Barbara Jordan'' |Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|Lillie Patterson}} |''Coretta Scott King'' ||Honor |- |1978 |author |{{sort|Stewart, Ruth Ann|Ruth Ann Stewart}} |''Portia: The Life of Portia Washington Pittman, the Daughter of Booker T. Washington'' ||Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1978 |illustrator |{{sort|Byard, Carole|Carole Byard}} |''Africa Dream'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1977 |author |{{sort|Haskins,James|[[James Haskins]]}} |{{sort|Story of Stevie Wonder,The|''The Story of Stevie Wonder''}} |Winner |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Everett Anderson's Friend'' |Honor |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''[[Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1977 |author |{{sort|Blake, Clarence N. and Donald F. Martin|Clarence N. Blake and Donald F. Martin}} |''Quiz Book on Black America'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1977 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1976 |author |{{sort|Bailey,Pearl|[[Pearl Bailey]]}} |''Duey's Tale'' |Winner |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Graham,Shirley|[[Shirley Graham]]}} |''Julius K. Nyerere: Teacher of Africa'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Greenfield,Eloise|[[Eloise Greenfield]]}} |''Paul Robeson'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Myers,Walter Dean|[[Walter Dean Myers]]}} |''[[Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff]]'' |Honor |- |1976 |author |{{sort|Taylor,Mildred|[[Mildred Taylor]]}} |''Song of the Trees'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1976 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1975 |author |{{sort|Robinson, Dorothy|Dorothy Robinson}} |{{sort|Legend of Africania,The|''The Legend of Africania''}} |Winner |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1975 |illustrator |&nbsp; |&nbsp; |None |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1974 |author |{{sort|Mathis, Sharon Bell|Sharon Bell Mathis}} |''Ray Charles'' |Winner |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Childress,Alice|[[Alice Childress]]}} |''[[A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich]]'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Clifton,Lucille|[[Lucille Clifton]]}} |''Don't You Remember?'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Crane,Louise|[[Louise Crane]]}} |''Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Hunter,Kristin|[[Kristin Hunter]]}} |''Guest in the Promise Land'' |Honor |- |1974 |author |{{sort|Nagenda,John|[[John Nagenda]]}} |''Mukasa'' |Honor |- style="background: LightYellow; color:black" |1974 |illustrator |{{sort|Ford,George|George Ford}} |''Ray Charles'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1973 |author |{{sort|Duckett, Alfred|Alfred Duckett}} |''I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography of Jackie Robinson'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1972 |author |{{sort|Fax,Elton C.|[[Elton Fax]]}} |''17 Black Artists'' |Winner |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1971 |author |{{sort|Rollins,Charlemae|[[Charlemae Rollins]]}} |''Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes'' |Winner |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Angelou,Maya|[[Maya Angelou]]}} |''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'' <!-- blue link --> |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Chisholm,Shirley|[[Shirley Chisholm]]}} |''Unbought and Unbossed'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Evans,Mari|[[Mari Evans]]}} |''I Am a Black Woman'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Graham, Lorenz|Lorenz Graham}} |''Every Man Heart Lay Down'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Jordan, June and Terri Bush|[[June Jordan]] and Terri Bush}} |''The Voice of the Children'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Groom, Gladys and Barney Grossman|Gladys Groom and Barney Grossman}} |''Black Means'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Peters, Margaret W.|Margaret W. Peters}} |''Ebony Book of Black Achievement'' |Honor |- |1971 |author |{{sort|Udry,Janice May|[[Janice May Udry]]}} |''Mary Jo's Grandmother'' |Honor |- style="background:LemonChiffon; color:black" |1970 |author |{{sort|Patterson, Lillie|Lillie Patterson}} |''Martin Luther King, Jr.: Man of Peace'' |Winner |- |} == Steptoe Award for New Talent <span id=John Steptoe Award></span>== From 1996 the Coretta Scott King Awards program includes the occasional John Steptoe Award for New Talent. Through 2012, seventeen new talents have been recognized in 18 years.<ref name=winners/> <!-- prefix "* yyyy:" plus unedited copy-and-paste --> * 1995: [[Sharon Draper]], author of ''Tears of a Tiger'' (Simon & Schuster) * 1996: none * 1997: [[Martha Southgate]], author of ''Another Way to Dance'' (Delacorte) * 1998: none * 1999: [[Sharon Flake]], author of ''The Skin I'm In'' (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion) * 1999: Eric Velasquez, illustrator of ''The Piano Man'', written by Debbie Chocolate (Walker Books for Young Readers) * 2000: none * 2001: none * 2002: [[Jerome Lagarrigue]], illustrator of ''Freedom Summer'', written by [[Deborah Wiles]] (Atheneum) * 2003: [[Janet McDonald]], author of ''Chill Wind'' (Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * 2003: [[Randy DuBurke]], author and illustrator of ''The Moon Ring'' (Chronicle Books) * 2004: Hope Anita Smith, author of ''The Way a Door Closes'', illustrated by Shane W. Evans (Henry Holt) * 2005: Barbara Hathaway, author of ''Missy Violet and Me'' (Houghton Mifflin) * 2005: Frank Morrison, illustrator of ''Jazzy Miz Mozetta'', written by Brenda C. Roberts (Farrar Straus Giroux) * 2006: Jaime Adoff, author of ''Jimi & Me'' (Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children) * 2007: Traci L. Jones, author of ''Standing Against the Wind'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) * 2008: Sundee T. Frazier, author of ''Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It'' (Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children's Books) * 2009: Shadra Strickland, illustrator of ''Bird'', written by Zetta Elliott (Lee & Low Books) * 2010: Kekla Magoon, author of ''The Rock and the River'' (Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division) * 2011: Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon, authors of ''Zora and Me'' (Candlewick Press) * 2011: Sonia Lynn Sadler, illustrator of ''Seeds of Change'', written by Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee & Low Books) * 2012: none * 2013: none * 2014: Theodore Taylor III, illustrator of ''When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop ''(Roaring Brook Press) * 2015: Jason Reynolds, author of ''When I Was the Greatest'' (Atheneum) * 2016: Ronald L. Smith, author of ''Hoodoo'' (Clarion Books) * 2016: Ekua Holmes, illustrator of ''Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement'' (Candlewick Press) * 2017: Nicola Yoon, author of ''The Sun Is Also a Star'' (Delacorte Press) == Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement <span id=Virginia Hamilton Award></span>== From 2010 the Coretta Scott King Awards include the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement, or Virginia Hamilton Award.<ref name=winners/><ref name=hamilton/> It is presented to creators and practitioners alternately: in even years, to an African American writer or illustrator of books for children or young adults; in odd years, to a practitioner for "active engagement with youth using award winning African American literature for children and/or young adults, via implementation of reading and reading related activities/programs."<ref name=hamilton/> <!-- prefix "* yyyy:" plus unedited copy-and-paste --> * 2010: [[Walter Dean Myers]], author * 2011: [[Henrietta M. Smith|Dr. Henrietta Mays Smith]], professor emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa, School of Library and Information Science * 2012: [[Ashley Bryan]], storyteller, artist, author, poet, and musician * 2013: Demetria Tucker<strong>,</strong> family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System * 2014: [[Patricia McKissack|Patricia]] and [[Fredrick McKissack]], children's authors * 2015: Deborah D. Taylor, young adult librarian * 2016: [[Jerry Pinkney]], illustrator * 2017: Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop, Professor Emerita of Education at Ohio State University ==See also== {{Portal bar |Children's literature |African Americans }} <!-- delete the word "bar" only if/when there are enough ordinary See also --> ==References== {{reflist |25em |refs= <ref name=about> {{cite web | title = About the Coretta Scott King Book Awards | publisher = [[American Library Association]] ('''ALA''') | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/about | accessdate = 2013-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=winners> {{cite web | title = Coretta Scott King Book Award — All Recipients, 1970–Present | publisher = ALA | url = http://www.ala.org/emiert/coretta-scott-king-book-awards-all-recipients-1970-present | accessdate = 2009-04-08}}</ref> <ref name=hamilton> [http://www.ala.org/emiert/virginia-hamilton-award-lifetime-achievement "Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement"]. ALA. Retrieved 2013-05-05.</ref> <ref name=smith> Smith, Henrietta M. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book: from Vision to Reality''. Chicago: American Library Association. 1994. ISBN 978-0-8389-3441-8<br> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards Book, 1970–1999''. ALA. 1999. ISBN 978-0-8389-3496-8<br> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2004''. ALA. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8389-3540-8<br> ——. ''The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970–2009''. ALA. 2009. ISBN 978-0-8389-3584-2 </ref> }} ==External links== * [http://beyondthemargins.com/2011/01/the-2011-coretta-scott-king-awards/ Behind the Scenes of the Coretta Scott King Awards: Interview with 2011 chair judge] {{Coretta Scott King}} {{American Library Association}} {{DEFAULTSORT:King Award,Coretta Scott}} <!--CATEGORIES--> [[Category:American children's literary awards]] [[Category:American Library Association awards]] [[Category:American literary awards]] [[Category:Awards established in 1970]] [[Category:Coretta Scott King]] [[Category:Librarianship and human rights]] [[Category:Literary awards honoring minority groups]] [[Category:Awards honoring African Americans]]'