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Award winners and finalists, 1996, 1999 Year Book Author Illustrator Result Ref. 1996 Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales: Virginia Hamilton: Leo and Diane Dillon: Winner [1] 1999 Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color: Patricia McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack Jr. James E. Ransome: Winner
The MER Prizes, named after Afrikaans children's author Mimie E. Rothmann, are longstanding awards which recognise illustrated children's books and youth literature, aimed at (but not exclusively for) ages 0–8 and 8–16 respectively. [3] The prize in the children's category is split between the author and the illustrator.
The C.P. Hoogenhout Award is awarded since 1960 to recognize the best original Afrikaans book for children between seven and twelve years of age. The South African Library Association instituted the prize for the best children's picture book. [2] In earlier years the prize was awarded annually, but since 1982 it is awarded every two years.
The South African Literary Awards (SALA) have been awarded annually since 2005 to exceptional South African writers. They "pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as ground-breaking producers and creators of literature" and celebrate "literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and art."
The 2024 National Book Awards finalists will read from their work on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the annual NYU Skirball event, which will be livestreamed and hosted by award-winning journalist and host ...
The prize is awarded annually to African citizens who submit a short story geared toward children and/or young adults in one of three categories: Junior Category (stories for readers aged 8–11 years), Senior Category (stories for readers aged 12–15 years) and a Rising Writer prize for a promising writer aged 18 years and under.
The International Day of the African Child, [1] also known as the Day of the African Child (DAC), [2] [3] has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the OAU Organisation of African Unity. [1] It honors those who participated in the Soweto Uprising in 1976 on that day.
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (USA) – since 1957; Nienke van Hichtum-prijs (Netherlands) – since 1964; Guardian Award (UK) – since 1967; Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish children's and teen literature – since 1968; Coretta Scott King Award for African-American Literature (USA) – since 1970; Tir na n-Og Awards (Wales ...