Michael L. Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It is sponsored by Booklist magazine; administered by the ALA's young-adult division, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); and named for the Topeka, Kansas, school librarian Mike Printz, a long-time active member of YALSA."The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). American Library Association. (ALA). Retrieved 2012-04-20. Up to four worthy runners-up may be designated Honor Books and three or four have been named every year.

History The Printz Award was founded in 2000 for 1999 young adult publications.Waddle, Linda. "The Association's Associations: YALSA Becomes Printz-Oriented. (Young Adult Library Services Association introduces Michael L. Printz Award) (Michael L. Printz Award) (Brief Article)". American Libraries 30.11 (Dec 1999): 7. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. June 30, 2009. The award "was created as a counterpoint to the Newbery" in order to highlight the best and most literary works of excellence written for a young adult audience.

Jonathon Hunt, a Horn Book reviewer, hopes that the Printz Award can create a "canon as revered as that of the Newbery."

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 of 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 that end he encouraged writers to focus on the young adult audience. He created an author-in-residence program at the high school to promote new talent and encourage his students. His most noteworthy find was Chris Crutcher. Printz died at the age of 59 in 1996.American Libraries, March 1997, p. 76.

Criteria and procedure Source: "The Michael L. Printz Award Policies and Procedures""The Michael L. Printz Award Policies and Procedures". YALSA. ALA. Retrieved 2012-04-20.

The selection committee comprises nine YALSA members appointed by the president-elect for a one-year term. They award one winner and honor up to four additional titles. The term 'young adult' refers to readers from ages 12 through 18 for purposes of this award."YALSA Awards Youth Books." Education Technology News 17.3 (Feb 2, 2000): NA. Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. June 30, 2009. The Michael L. Printz Award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association (ALA)."Teen books honored". Reading Today 24.2 (Oct-Nov 2006): 12(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Hennepin County Library. June 30, 2009.

Non-fiction, fiction, poetry and anthologies are all eligible to receive the Printz Award. Books must have been published between January 1 and December 31 of the year preceding the announcement of the award. 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. Works of joint authorship or editorship are eligible. The award may be issued posthumously. Books previously published in another country are eligible (presuming an American edition has been published during the period of eligibility).

Recipients The Printz Medal has been awarded for one work annually without exception. Only A. S. King has received the award twice, one for a single-authored book in 2020 and another as editor and contributor to an anthology in 2024. + Printz Award winners and runners-up Year Author Book ResultRef.2000MonsterWinnerSkelligHonorSpeakHard Love2001Kit's WildernessWinnerMany StonesHonorAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal SnoggingStuck in Neutral2002WinnerHonorHeart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American ArtFreewillTrue Believer2003Postcards from No Man's LandWinnerHonorMy HeartbeatJack Hole in My Life2004WinnerHonorKeesha's HouseFat Kid Rules the World2005How I Live NowWinnerAirbornHonorChanda's SecretsLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy2006Looking for AlaskaWinnerBlack JuiceHonorI Am the MessengerJohn Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, a Photographic Biography2007American Born ChineseWinnerHonorSurrender2008WinnerDreamquakeHonorOne Whole and Perfect DayRepossessedYour Own Sylvia2009Jellicoe RoadWinnerHonorNationTender Morsels2010Going BovineWinnerCharles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of FaithHonorPunkzillaTales of the Madman Underground: An Historical Romance, 19732011Ship BreakerWinnerStolenHonorPlease Ignore Vera DietzRevolverNothing2012Where Things Come BackWinnerWhy We Broke UpHonorJasper Jones2013In DarknessWinnerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseHonorCode Name VerityDodger2014MidwinterbloodWinnerEleanor & ParkHonorKingdom of Little WoundsMaggot MoonNavigating Early2015I'll Give You the SunWinnerHonorAnd We StayGrasshopper JungleThis One Summer2016Bone GapWinnerOut of DarknessHonor2017, , and March: Book ThreeWinnerAsking for ItHonorScytheThe Sun Is Also a Star2018We Are OkayWinnerHonorLong Way DownVincent and Theo: The Van Gogh BrothersStrange the Dreamer2019WinnerDamselHonorI, Claudia2020DigWinner with Cathy Hirano (trans.)The Beast PlayerHonor with Rosemary Valero-O’Connell (illus.)Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with MeOrdinary Hazards: A MemoirWhere the World Ends2021Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)WinnerApple (Skin to the Core)Honor with Lark Pien (color)Dragon HoopsEvery Body LookingWe Are Not Free2022Firekeeper's DaughterWinnerConcrete Rose HonorLast Night at the Telegraph ClubRevolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the PeopleStarfish2023All My RageWinnerScout's HonorHonorIcebreakerWhen the Angels Left the Old CountryQueer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality2024 (ed.), written by King, M. T. Anderson, E.E. Charlton-Trujillo, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Greg Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres SanchezWinner with Eva Apelqvist (trans.)Fire from the SkyHonorGatherSalt the Water2025 with Mar Julia (illus.)BrownstoneWinnerBright Red FruitHonorRoad HomeCompound Fracture2026Cynthia Leitich Smith (ed.)Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal StoriesWinnerT.L. SimpsonCope FieldHonorAdina KingThe House No One SeesAngeline BoulleySisters in the WindSong of a Blackbird

Multiple awards As of 2025, only A. S. King has won the Printz twice; she also received an Honor. Marcus Sedgwick and M. T. Anderson have written one Award winner and two Honor Books. David Almond, John Green, Geraldine McCaughrean, and Gene Luen Yang have written one Award winner and one Honor Book. Seven people have two Honor Books but have never won the Award: Margo Lanagan, Terry Pratchett, Markus Zusak, Deborah Heiligman, Mariko Tamaki, Candice Iloh, and Angie Thomas.

Six writers have won both the Printz Award and the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians: David Almond, Aidan Chambers, Geraldine McCaughrean, Meg Rosoff, Elizabeth Acevedo, and Jason Reynolds. Only Chambers and Acevedo have won both for the same book; Chambers won the 1999 Carnegie and 2003 Printz for Postcards from No Man's Land, and Acevedo won the 2019 Carnegie and Printz for The Poet X. In its scope, books for children or young adults (published in the UK), the British Carnegie corresponds to the American Newbery and Printz awards.

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