The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents

ALAN, The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents is a teachers organization in the United States, an independent assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Founded in November 1973, ALAN is made up of teachers, authors, librarians, publishers, teacher-educators and their students, and others who are particularly interested in the area of young adult literature. ALAN, which is self-governing, holds its annual meetings during the NCTE annual convention in November and also publishes The ALAN Review.

Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. The recipient may be a publisher, author, librarian, scholar, editor, or servant to the organization. Each year, an honoree is chosen by the Executive Board and receives the ALAN Award at the annual ALAN breakfast, which is held early morning Saturday during the NCTE Convention. In addition, in 2000 ALAN created the Hipple Award in honor of longtime Executive Secretary Ted Hipple, whose service led to the creation of the award for dedicated service to the organization.

The ALAN Award

Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN Award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. The recipient may be a publisher, author, librarian, scholar, editor, or servant to the organization. Each year, an honoree is chosen by the Executive Board and receives the ALAN Award at the annual ALAN breakfast, which is held early morning Saturday during the NCTE Convention. A list of past honorees is listed below.

ALAN Award recipients^[1]

The Ted Hipple Service Award

The Ted Hipple Service Award is given each year to the individual who has contributed to the ALAN organization. It is named in honor of Ted Hipple, the first and long-time ALAN Executive Secretary, who died on November 25, 2004. Ted shaped ALAN through decades of unwavering service and support. He was a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee, where he was a former chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Previously, he was a Professor of Education at the University of Florida. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois and was a high school English teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.

Hipple Award recipients^[2]

• 2014 Connie Zitlow
• 2013 Rick Williams
• 2012 Joan F. Kaywell, University of South Florida, ALAN Past President and Membership Secretary
• 2011 Gary Salvner, Youngstown State University, ALAN Past President and Executive Secretary
• 2010 Christopher E. Crowe, Brigham Young University, ALAN Past President
• 2009 Wendy Lamb, Wendy Lamb Books, Random House
• 2008 Jeanne McDermott, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
• 2007 Patricia Kelly, ALAN Past President
• 2006 Allene Pace Nilson, ALAN Past President
• 2005 Bill Subick, National Council of Teachers of English
• 2004 John Mason, Scholastic, Inc.
• 2003 M. Jerry Weiss, ALAN Past President
• 2002 Terry Borzumato, Random House Children's Books
• 2001 Don Gallo, ALAN Past President
• 2000 Ted Hipple, ALAN Executive Secretary and Past President

The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award

Beginning 2009 the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award annually recognizes "a book that exemplifies literary excellence, widespread appeal, and a positive approach to life in young adult literature". The winner and honor books must be fiction published in the United States during one year prior to the call for nominations (perhaps previously published elsewhere).^[3]

ALAN Presidents

References

External links

• Official website
• The ALAN Review at Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Tech