Prize Winners

2019

Sunrise on Pluto
Arielle Schussler

First Place, Creative Nonfiction Prize

The Alligator
Katie Trang Quach

Runner-Up, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Three Poems
Daniel Arias Gómez

First Place, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Dizzy // House
Hannah Erickson

Runner-Up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

El Ratoncito (The Mexican mouse that became a fairy for a night)
Adriana Martinez

Picture Book Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult & Children’s Writing

2018

The Cord
by Helen Whybrow

First Place, Creative Nonfiction Prize

The Biological Station
by David Carlin

Runner Up, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Origin of the Species
by Ainsley Drew

First Place, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Burial
by Tara Westmor

Runner Up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Reception Study
by Ainsley Drew

Honorable Mention, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Noble Nuptials: An Elizabethan Wedding Alphabet
by Helen Kemp Zax

Middle-Grade Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Bird Girl: A Reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre
by Christy Lenzi

Young Adult Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Randolph Caldecott, Forever in Motion
by Barbara Younger

Honorable Mention, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

2017

Animals Saved Me
by Richard Gilbert

First Place, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Baker's Dozen
by Saffron Marchant

Honorable Mention, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Remembering Ethel
by Jeri Griffith

Honorable Mention, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Being of Islands
by Ezra Baeli-Wang

First Place, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Starlings
by Kathleen O'Toole

Runner Up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

The Stuff Between the Stars
by Sandra Nickel

Picture Book Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

A Roundabout Way
by Patricia Jacaban Miranda

Middle Grade Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

2016

A Good Medicine
by Jude Whelchel

First Place, Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

The Slide
by Jennifer Hasty

Runner Up, Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Edna, With Her Mouth
by Katherine Schaefer

First Place, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Adventure Counselor
by Jocelyn Edelstein

Runner Up, Creative Nonfiction Prize

All the Pieces Came Together
by Chris J. Rice

Runner Up, Creative Nonfiction Prize

Carol Amber
by Kate Kingston

Runner Up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Terrorists
by Donald Levering

Runner Up, Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Oprah, Maslow, and Me
by Amy Emm

Overall First Place, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

A Proud Family of Sneezers
by Sandra Nickel

Picture Book Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

The Gifts of Ratoncito Pérez
by Joe Baillargeon

Middle-Grade Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

The Angel Age
by Val Howlett

Young Adult Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

2015

The 4-D Dog
by April Kelly

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Triptych, detail

Heliciculture
by Lisa Nikolidakis

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Random Sample
by Alan Sincic

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Theories
by B. Boyer-White

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Milk

Julie Cadwallader Staub

Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Pink
by Kari Smith

Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Time Under a Bridge
by Lisa Breger

Ruth Stone Poetry Prize

Tilt-A-Whirl
by Rachel Furey

Overall First Place, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

The Lies And Illusions Of Lucy Sparrow
by Sharry Wright

Young Adult Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Banu the Builder
by Mathangi Subramanian

Middle-Grade Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Anglerfish: the Black Devil of the Deep
by E. M. Alexander

Picture Book Winner, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

In the Middle of the Night
by Catey Miller

Honorable Mention, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature

Attack of the Giant Meatball!
by Callie C. Miller

Honorable Mention, Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature