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The 2025 conference scheduled to be held in Phoenix will continue as planned, according to ALA's announcement, which said the organization was working toward the best way to continue to present certain events during that conference, including the Youth Media Awards.

This dedicated page features everything about the awards, including all of SLJ's reporting of the ceremony and recognized titles and authors; a complete list of winners and honor books; plus links to book reviews, author interviews, blog posts, and related coverage.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards.

A list of the winners of the 2024 Youth Media Awards.

Read about the winners and honorees of the top awards along with more news and reactions to the 2024 Youth Media Awards announcements.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Michael L. Printz Award and Honors winners.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Caldecott Medal and Honors winners.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2024 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Newbery Medal and Honors winners.

Vashti Harrison earns a place in history with her 2024 Caldecott win for 'Big,' the first book she both wrote and illustrated.

The 2015 Caldecott winner explains why the award should go to the illustrator and the author, and reveals his memorable middle-of-the-night DM from that year's Newbery winner, Kwame Alexander.

Authors, committee members, and Katherine Schneider herself reflect on how the Schneider Family Book Award has propelled disability representation into the spotlight.

On the occasion of receiving the 2023 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his significant and lasting contribution to writing for teens, Jason Reynolds took the reins on SLJ's Instagram. Here's the full AMA, your feel-good watch of the day.

ALA’s second annual LibLearnX conference (the first to be held in person) took place on January 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where the topics of censorship, equity, and activism permeated the event’s programming.

The author's debut was a Printz honor book, along with winning the young adult category of the Stonewall Awards and the Sydney Taylor Book Awards at the 2030 Youth Media Awards.

This dedicated page features everything about the awards, including all of SLJ's reporting of the ceremony and recognized titles and authors; a complete list of winners and honor books; plus links to book reviews, author interviews, blog posts, and related coverage.

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2023 Youth Media Awards.

The Youth Media Awards ceremony returned in person as children's literature celebrated its biggest day, honoring the best titles of the year.

It's the fifth year the Sydney Taylor Book Awards will be announced at the Youth Media Awards, an inclusion that has vaulted books with Jewish content into a broader spotlight.

These bold Caldecott titles broke new ground in many different ways. 

The author and a young fan debate the finer points of Yelchin's memoir The Genius Under the Table, about growing up in Cold War Russia.

Author Cynthia Levinson knew that  Jewish artist and activist Ben Shahn would be a great subject for a children's book. Her work, The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art, won the 2022 Sibert Award.

The author spoke to SLJ about Unspeakable, the impact of the Youth Media Awards, white supremacy, and late illustrator Floyd Cooper.

This dedicated page features everything YMAs with all of SLJ's coverage of the awards, a complete list of winners and honor titles plus links to book reviews, author interviews, blog posts, and related coverage.

It's all here: Interviews with YMA winners, reviews of recognized titles, blog posts, and more.

SLJ's roundup of reviews for the winners and honorees of the 2022 Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and more.

Individual award committees seek the best book that meets the criteria they've been handed. But, in the context of the times, the 2022 Youth Media Awards winners list made a collective statement to those across the country trying to ban books.

Donna Barba Higuera's Newbery win was just one of multiple awards for her novel, while Watercress, Firekeeper's Daughter, Unspeakable, and Last Night at the Telegraph Club also had a big day at the 2022 Youth Media Awards.

Here are the winners of the 2022 Youth Media Awards, announced during a virtual ceremony at ALA's LibLearnX.

In the main, awards season will celebrate honored books and their creators. Yet such a high-profile occasion presents a unique opportunity to celebrate and honor, too, the right of kids and teens to read and access content.

These five titles combine excellent writing, research, presentation, and readability for readers ages 12-18.

The winner of the annual award for YA debut author will be announced at the Youth Media Awards in January.

Magoon spoke with best-selling author Ibi Zoboi about the book that’s closest to her heart, forming her identity while reckoning with history, and being a writer ahead of her time.

In this clip from their conversation, 2020 Margaret A. Edwards Award winner Kekla Magoon talks to Ibi Zoboi (American Street) about her childhood, her experience getting her MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and diversity in children’s literature.

All of SLJ's coverage from the 2021 Youth Media Awards, as well as reviews and related content for winners and honorees, all in one place.

Daniel Nayeri's Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) won the 2021 Printz Award, rewarding and bringing great joy to a new publisher and the author, who used the spotlight to try to help others.

SLJ's roundup of reviews for the winners and honorees of the 2021 Caldecott, Newbery, Printz, and more.

Here is a list of the 2021 Youth Media Awards winners announced during the virtual ceremony at the ALA Midwinter conference.

Tae Keller and Michaela Goade win prestigious Newbery and Caldecott medals, respectively, while Daniel Nayeri takes the Printz Award for Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) on a day when women dominated, sweeping the Newbery and Caldecott awards.

Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first BIPOC woman and first Indigenous illustrator to win the Caldecott medal when the 2021 Youth Media Awards were announced. Goade was one of many women creators recognized as women swept the Caldecott and Newbery medals.

Illustrator Michaela Goade became the first BIPOC woman and first Indigenous illustrator to win the prestigious Caldecott Medal.

Tae Keller's When You Trap a Tiger is the "book of my heart," the author says, and it earned her a Newbery Medal on a day when women swept the prestigious award.  

It was a tough year, but there is always an author, educator, or young person to remind even the most cynical among us that there are reasons to believe better days are coming.

Five debut YA authors are in the running for the 2021 Morris Award.

The five standout titles represent some of the year's best in nonfiction for young adults. 

The multi-talented 2020 Edwards Award winner is interviewed by legendary comic artist Stan Mack. 

Our page dedicated to the 2020 Youth Media Awards includes exclusive SLJ content about books in all YMA and affiliate award categories. 

Jerry Craft's title named Newbery winner on a huge day for graphic novels at the 2020 Youth Media Awards. Kadir Nelson's illustrations earn the Caldecott for 'The Undefeated' by Kwame Alexander.

The winners of the 2020 Youth Media Awards, announced at the ALA Midwinter meeting in Philadephia.

A tribute to M.T. Anderson, who received the 2019 Margaret A. Edwards Award, which honors a “significant and lasting” contribution to young adult literature.