Awards & Winners

2009 Coretta Scott King Award

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Coretta Scott King Award for Authors

Kadir Nelson

Honored for : We Are the Ship

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Hope Anita Smith Keeping the Night Watch
Joyce Carol Thomas The Blacker the Berry
Carole Boston Weatherford Becoming Billie Holiday
Kadir Nelson We Are the Ship
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators

Floyd Cooper

Honored for : The Blacker the Berry

Nominations »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kadir Nelson We Are the Ship
Jerry Pinkney The Moon Over Star
Sean Qualls Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Floyd Cooper The Blacker the Berry
John Steptoe New Talent Award

Shadra Strickland

Honored for : Bird