Michael L. Printz Award

Printz Award
Awarded for	literary excellence in young adult literature
Presented by	Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
Country	United States
First awarded	2000
Official website	http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm

The Michael L. Printz Award is an annual award in the United States for a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a school librarian from Topeka, Kansas, who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). The national award is sponsored by Booklist magazine and administered by YALSA, a division of the American Library Association.

Contents 1 History and creation of the Award 2 Criteria for the award 3 Recipients 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

History and creation of the Award

The Michael L. Printz Award was first awarded in 2000.^[1] The award highlights works of literary excellence that are written for a young adult audience.

Michael L. Printz was a librarian at Topeka West High School in Topeka, Kansas until he retired in 1994. He was also an active member in YALSA, serving on the Best Books for Young Adults Committee and the Margaret A. Edwards Award Committee. He dedicated his life to ensuring that his students had access to good literature. To this end, he encouraged writers to focus on the young adult audience. He created an author-in-residence program at the high school where he worked to promote new talent and encourage his students. His most noteworthy find was author Chris Crutcher.^[1] He died at the age of 59 in 1996.^[2]

Criteria for the award

The selection committee composed of nine Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) members appointed by the president-elect for a one-year term. They award one winner and honor up to four additional titles.^[1] The term 'young adult' refers to readers from ages 12 through 18 for purposes of this award.^[3] The Michael L. Printz Award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association (ALA).^[4]

• Non-fiction, fiction, poetry and anthologies are all eligible to receive the Printz Award.^[5]
• Books must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the year preceding announcement of the award.^[5]
• Titles must be designated 'young adult' by its publisher or published for the age range that YALSA defines as "young adult," i.e., 12 through 18. Adult books are not eligible.^[5]
• Works of joint authorship or editorship are eligible.^[5]
• The award may be issued posthumously.^[5]
• Books previously published in another country are eligible (presuming an American edition has been published during the period of eligibility).^[5]

Recipients

Year	Author	Book	Citation
2011	Bacigalupi, Paolo !Paolo Bacigalupi	Ship Breaker	Winner
2011	Christopher, Lucy !Lucy Christopher	Stolen	Honor
2011	King, A.S. !A.S. King	Please Ignore Vera Dietz	Honor
2011	Sedgwick, Marcus !Marcus Sedgwick	Revolver	Honor
2011	Teller, Janne !Janne Teller	Nothing	Honor
2010	Bray, Libba !Libba Bray	Going Bovine	Winner
2010	Heiligman, Deborah !Deborah Heiligman	Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith	Honor
2010	Yancey, Rick !Rick Yancey	Monstrumologist, The !The Monstrumologist	Honor
2010	Rapp, Adam !Adam Rapp	Punkzilla	Honor
2010	Barnes, John !John Barnes	Tales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 1973	Honor
2009	Marchetta,Melina !Melina Marchetta	Jellicoe Road	Winner
2009	Anderson,M T !M. T. Anderson	Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves,The !The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves	Honor
2009	Lockhart,E !E. Lockhart	Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks,The !The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks	Honor
2009	Pratchett,Terry !Terry Pratchett	Nation	Honor
2009	Lanagan,Margo !Margo Lanagan	Tender Morsels	Honor
2008	McCaughrean,Geraldine !Geraldine McCaughrean	White Darkness,The !The White Darkness	Winner
2008	Knox,Elizabeth !Elizabeth Knox	Dreamquake	Honor
2008	Clarke,Judith !Judith Clarke	One Whole and Perfect Day	Honor
2008	Jenkins,A M !A. M. Jenkins	Repossessed	Honor
2008	Hemphill,Stephanie !Stephanie Hemphill	Your Own Sylvia	Honor
2007	Yang,Gene Luen !Gene Luen Yang	American Born Chinese	Winner
2007	Anderson,M T !M. T. Anderson	Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party,The !The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party	Honor
2007	Green,John !John Green	Abundance of Katherines,An !An Abundance of Katherines	Honor
2007	Harnett,Sonya !Sonya Hartnett	Surrender	Honor
2007	Zusak,Markus !Markus Zusak	Book Thief,The !The Book Thief	Honor
2006	Green,John !John Green	Looking for Alaska	Winner
2006	Lanagan,Margo !Margo Lanagan	Black Juice	Honor
2006	Zusak,Markus !Markus Zusak	I Am the Messenger	Honor
2006	Partridge,Elizabeth !Elizabeth Partridge	John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography	Honor
2006	Nelson,Marilyn !Marilyn Nelson	Wreath for Emmett Till,A !A Wreath for Emmett Till	Honor
2005	Rosoff,Meg !Meg Rosoff	How I Live Now	Winner
2005	Oppel,Kenneth !Kenneth Oppel	Airborn	Honor
2005	Stratton,Allan !Allan Stratton	Chanda's Secrets	Honor
2005	Schmidt,Gary D !Gary D. Schmidt	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy	Honor
2004	Johnson,Angela !Angela Johnson	First Part Last,The !The First Part Last	Winner
2004	Donnelly,Jennifer !Jennifer Donnelly	Northern Light,A !A Northern Light	Honor
2004	Frost,Helen !Helen Frost	Keesha's House	Honor
2004	Going,K L !K. L. Going	Fat Kid Rules the World	Honor
2004	Mackler,Carolyn !Carolyn Mackler	Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things,The !The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things	Honor
2003	Chambers,Aidan !Aidan Chambers	Postcards from No Man's Land	Winner
2003	Farmer,Nancy !Nancy Farmer	House of the Scorpion,The !The House of the Scorpion	Honor
2003	Freymann-Weyr,Garret !Garret Freymann-Weyr	My Heartbeat	Honor
2003	Gantos,Jack !Jack Gantos	Hole in My Life	Honor
2002	Na,An !An Na	Step From Heaven,A !A Step From Heaven	Winner
2002	Dickinson,Peter !Peter Dickinson	Ropemaker,The !The Ropemaker	Honor
2002	Greenberg,Jan !Jan Greenberg	Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art	Honor
2002	Lynch,Chris !Chris Lynch	Freewill	Honor
2002	Wolff,Virginia Euwer !Virginia Euwer Wolff	True Believer	Honor
2001	Almond,David !David Almond	Kit's Wilderness	Winner
2001	Coman,Carolyn !Carolyn Coman	Many Stones	Honor
2001	Plum-Ucci,Carol !Carol Plum-Ucci	Body of Christopher Creed,The !The Body of Christopher Creed	Honor
2001	Rennison,Louise !Louise Rennison	Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging	Honor
2001	Trueman,Terry !Terry Trueman	Stuck in Neutral	Honor
2000	Myers,Walter Dean !Walter Dean Myers	Monster	Winner
2000	Almond,David !David Almond	Skellig	Honor
2000	Anderson,Laurie Halse !Laurie Halse Anderson	Speak	Honor
2000	Wittlinger,Ellen !Ellen Wittlinger	Hard Love	Honor

See also

• Newbery Medal the first children's literary award in the world
• Caldecott Medal for outstanding American picture books
• Carnegie Medal in Literature for outstanding children's books published in the United Kingdom
• Coretta Scott King Award for outstanding children's books related to the African-American experience
• Guardian Award for works of children's literature written by British or Commonwealth authors
• Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding works of illustration in children's literaure from the United Kingdom
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for outstanding lifetime contribution to children's literature
• Young Adult Library Services Association

References

External links

• YALSA | Michael L. Printz Award

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