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Recent NSK Prize Finalists

Laurie Halse Anderson
Laurie Halse Anderson
Eric Garnsworth
Eric Garnsworth
Meg Medina
Meg Medina
Linda Sue Park
Linda Sue Park
Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Laurel Snyder
Laurel Snyder
Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle
Jeanette Winter
Renée Watson
Beverley Naidoo
Yuyi Morales
Margarita Engle
Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry
Marilyn Nelson
Marilyn Nelson
Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang
Molly Ostertag
Molly Ostertag
LeUyen Pham
LeUyen Pham
Richard Van Camp
Richard Van Camp
Renée Watson
Renée Watson
Carole Boston Weatherford
Carole Boston Weatherford
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock
Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia

All NSK Prize Finalists

Finalists for the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature are nominated by a jury member. The following is full list of finalists for the prize from 2003 to present day.

YEARAUTHOR NAMEGENDERAUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR
2003Gary SotoMAuthor
2003Paul FleischmanMAuthor
2003Patricia PolaccoFAuthor, Illustrator
2003Susan CooperFAuthor
2003Mildred D. TaylorFAuthor
2003Margaret MahyFAuthor
2003Tomi UngererMAuthor, Illustrator
2003Lois LowryFAuthor
2005Nancy GardenFAuthor
2005Ifeoma OkoyeFAuthor
2005Perry NodelmanMAuthor
2005Kevin HenkesMAuthor, Illustrator
2005Ashley BryanMAuthor, Illustrator
2005Kate DiCamilloFAuthor
2005E. L. KonigsburgFAuthor, Illustrator
2005Brian DoyleMAuthor
2005Diana Wynne JonesFAuthor
2007Walter Dean MyersMAuthor
2007Katherine PatersonFAuthor
2007Jane YolenFAuthor
2007Margaret MahyFAuthor
2007Peter SísMAuthor, Illustrator
2007Peter SísMAuthor, Illustrator
2007Jean C. GeorgeFAuthor
2007Chris RashchkaMAuthor, Illustrator
2007Nyambura MpeshaFAuthor
2009Walter Dean MyersMAuthor
2009Martha BrooksFAuthor
2009Jamila GavinFAuthor
2009Peter SísMAuthor, Illustrator
2009Philip PullmanMAuthor
2009Aidan ChambersMAuthor
2009Russell FreedmanMAuthor
2009Pam Muñoz RyanFAuthor
2009Vera B. WilliamsFAuthor, Illustrator
2011Mordicai GersteinMAuthor, Illustrator
2011Jacqueline WoodsonFAuthor
2011Anne FineFAuthor
2011Brian SelznickMAuthor, Illustrator
2011Christopher Paul CurtisMAuthor
2011David MacaulayMAuthor, Illustrator
2011Jacqueline WoodsonFAuthor
2011Virginia Euwer WolffFAuthor
2013Naomi Shihab NyeFAuthor
2013Joan LingardFAuthor
2013DemiFAuthor, Illustrator
2013Lois LowryFAuthor
2013Zilpha Keatley SnyderFAuthor
2013Laurence YepMAuthor
2013Lois LowryFAuthor
2013Tamora PierceFAuthor
2013Walter Dean MyersMAuthor
2015Benjamin Alire SáenzMAuthor
2015David SmallMAuthor, Illustrator
2015Jamila GavinFAuthor
2015Julie FlettFAuthor, Illustrator
2015Leodnard Everett FisherMAuthor, Illustrator
2015Meshack AsareMAuthor, Illustrator
2015Peter SísMAuthor, Illustrator
2017Alma Flor AdaFAuthor
2017Lynda BarryFAuthor, Illustrator
2017Lori Marie CarlsonFAuthor
2017Candace FlemingFAuthor
2017Marilyn NelsonFAuthor
2017Ema WolfFAuthor
2017Jacqueline WoodsonFAuthor
2019Margarita EngleFAuthor
2019René Colato LaínezFAuthor
2019Ana Maria MachadoFAuthor
2019Isabel Minhós MartinsFAuthor
2019Hilary McKayFAuthor
2019Yuyi MoralesFAuthor, Illustrator
2019Beverley NaidooFAuthor
2019Renée WatsonFAuthor
2019Jeanette WinterFAuthor, Illustrator
2021Laurie Halse AndersonFAuthor
2021Eric GansworthMAuthor, Illustrator
2021Meg MedinaFAuthor
2021Linda Sue ParkFAuthor
2021Mitali PerkinsFAuthor
2021Jason ReynoldsMAuthor
2021Cynthia Leitich SmithFAuthor
2021Laurel SnyderFAuthor
2021Alex WheatleMAuthor
2023Gene Luen YangMAuthor, Illustrator
2023Barbara McClintock FAuthor, Illustrator
2023Molly Knox Ostertag FAuthor, Illustrator
2023LeUyen PhamFAuthor, Illustrator
2023Richard Van Camp MAuthor
2023Renée Watson FAuthor
2023Carole Boston Weatherford FAuthor
2023Rita Williams-Garcia FAuthor
2025Hena KhanFAuthor
2025Martine LeavittFAuthor
2025Lulu DelacreFAuthor
2025Malinda LoFAuthor
2025Aida SalazarFAuthor
2025Hatem AlyMIllustrator
2025Cherie DimalineFAuthor
2025Samira AhmedFAuthor
2025Kyo MaclearFIllustrator

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