NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature

The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature is an American literary award given every odd-number year by World Literature Today. The main criterion is positive impact of a writer's work on the quality of children's literature and living writers alone are eligible. The winner gets a check for $25,000, a silver medallion, and a certificate, in a public ceremony at the University of Oklahoma. The prize is funded by Nancy Barcelo, Susan Neustadt Schwartz, and Kathy Neustadt, the three daughters of Walter Jr. and Dolores Neustadt.[1]

Winners:[2]

2003: Mildred D. Taylor
2005: Brian Doyle
2007: Katherine Paterson
2009: Vera B. Williams
2011: Virginia Euwer Wolff
2013: Naomi Shihab Nye
2015: Meshack Asare[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature". World Literature Today.
  2. ↑ "Candidates and Juries for NSK Prize, 2003-2011". World Literature Today.
  3. ↑ Jennifer Sefa-Boakye (29 October 2014). "Ghana’s Meshack Asare Is First African Winner Of NSK Neustadt Children’s Literature Prize". www.okayafrica.com. okayafrica. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Asare is the first African writer to be awarded the biennial $25,000 Prize". www.authorsinafrica.com. authorsinafrica. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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