Awards for literature representing Asian-

AmericansAlexandra Jennelle-Collins

LIS 629 Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults

Asian American Literary Award

Issued by the Asian-American Writers’ Workshop since 1998

To be eligible: book must be written by someone of Asian descent living in the US. The book must have been first published in English.

Honors

Fiction

Nonfiction

Poetry

Asian American Literary Award Winners

Asian Pacific American Award for Literature

http://www.apalaweb.org/ (So cool!)

To honor and recognize works related to Asian/Pacific American experiences or cultures

For books published in USA or any of its territories, or in Canada.

Book must have been originally published in English.

Winner, honor book in each category: Picture Book, Children’s Literature, and Young Adult Literature

Asian Pacific American Award for Literature Winners

Honor Books:

The Batchelder Award

http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward

Presented by the ALSC

Named for the amazing Mildred Batchelder

Award is for an American publisher, recognizes the most outstanding translated work of the year

Works have won from many different language families, with a considerable number of Japanese winners

Batchelder Award: Asian Books

But wait, there’s more!

For Asian literature that is great for American audiences, check out the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (http://afcc.com.sg/_2013)

2013 will be the fifth year

Each year focuses on a different country in Asia

The festival presents three awards through the National Book Development Council of Singapore:

The SingTel Asian Book Award

The Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award

The Scholastic Asian Book Award (Yup, that Scholastic)

Winners and the short lists for all of these awards are available through the festival website.