Pura Belpré Award for Writing (Belpré Medal) - Winners

Belpré Medal

Check all the winners of Pura Belpré Award for Writing presented under Belpré Medal since 1996 .

Julia Alvarez

Honored for : Return to Sender

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Georgina Lázaro	Federico García Lorca
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	Diego: Bigger Than Life
Julia Alvarez	Return to Sender

Margarita Engle

Honored for : The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Yuyi Morales	Just In Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book
Francisco Jimenez	Reaching Out
Lucia M. Gonzalez	The Storyteller's Candle
Margarita Engle	The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom

Margarita Engle

Honored for : The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography in Poems of Juan Francisco Manzano

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life!
Carmen Agra Deedy	Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Marisa Montes	Los Gatos Black on Halloween
Margarita Engle	The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography in Poems of Juan Francisco Manzano

Viola Canales

Honored for : The Tequila Worm

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Carmen T. Bernier-Grand	Cesar: Si, Se Puede! Yes, We Can!
Pat Mora	Dona Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart
Pam Muñoz Ryan	Becoming Naomi León
Viola Canales	The Tequila Worm

Julia Alvarez

Honored for : Before We Were Free

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nancy Osa	Cuba 15
Amada Irma Pérez	My Diary from Here to There
Julia Alvarez	Before We Were Free

Pam Muñoz Ryan

Honored for : Esperanza Rising

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Francisco Jimenez	Breaking Through
Francisco X. Alarcón	Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems
Pam Muñoz Ryan	Esperanza Rising

Alma Flor Ada

Honored for : Under The Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Francisco X. Alarcón	From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems
Juan Felipe Herrera	Laughing Out Loud, I Fly: Poems in English and Spanish
Alma Flor Ada	Under The Royal Palms: A Childhood in Cuba

Victor Martinez

Honored for : Parrott in the Oven: Mi Vida

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Francisco X. Alarcón	Laughing Tomatoes And Other Spring Poems
Floyd Martinez	Spirits of the High Mesa
Victor Martinez	Parrott in the Oven: Mi Vida

Judith Ortiz Cofer

Honored for : An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Lucia M. Gonzalez	El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale
Gary Soto	Baseball in April and Other Stories
Judith Ortiz Cofer	An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio

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