Coretta Scott King Award Winners New Talent/Author

Awards List

2021

Legendborn

Legendborn (Winner)
Tracy Deonn

Sep-2020
/ Fantasy

2019

Monday's Not Coming

Monday's Not Coming (Winner)
Tiffany D. Jackson

Jun-2018
/ General Fiction

2018

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

The Stars Beneath Our Feet (Winner)
David Barclay Moore

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

2017

The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star (Winner)
Nicola Yoon

Nov-2016
/ Contemporary Romance

2016

Hoodoo

Hoodoo (Winner)
Ronald L. Smith

Sep-2015
/ Fantasy

2015

When I Was the Greatest

When I Was the Greatest (Winner)
Jason Reynolds

Jan-2014
/ General Fiction

2011

Zora and Me

Zora and Me (Winner)
Victoria Bond; T.R. Simon

Oct-2010
/ Historical

1997

Another Way to Dance

Another Way to Dance (Winner)
Martha Southgate

/ General Fiction

1995

Tears of a Tiger

Tears of a Tiger (Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Oct-1994
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

New Talent/Author

New Talent/Illustrator

Award Years