Awards & Winners

Coretta Scott King Award for Authors

Coretta Scott King Award

Date Established : 1970

Check all the winners of Coretta Scott King Award for Authors presented under Coretta Scott King Award since 1970 .


Rita Williams-Garcia

Honored for : One Crazy Summer

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Honored for : Bad news for outlaws

Kadir Nelson

Honored for : We Are the Ship

Nominations 2009 »

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

Christopher Paul Curtis

Honored for : Elijah of Buxton

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sharon Draper November blues
Charles R. Smith, Jr. Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton

Sharon Draper

Honored for : Copper sun

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nikki Grimes
Sharon Draper Copper sun

Julius Lester

Honored for : Day of Tears

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tonya Bolden Maritcha
Nikki Grimes Dark sons
Marilyn Nelson A Wreath for Emmett Till
Julius Lester Day of Tears

Toni Morrison

Honored for : Remember: The Journey to School Integration

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shelia P. Moses The Legend of Buddy Bush
Sharon Flake Who Am I Without Him?
Marilyn Nelson Fortune's bones
Toni Morrison Remember: The Journey to School Integration

Angela Johnson

Honored for : The First Part Last

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia McKissack Days of Jubilee
Fredrick McKissack Days of Jubilee
Sharon Draper The Battle of Jericho
Angela Johnson The First Part Last

Nikki Grimes

Honored for : Bronx Masquerade

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Brenda Woods The Red Rose Box
Nikki Grimes Talkin' About Bessie
Nikki Grimes Bronx Masquerade

Mildred D. Taylor

Honored for : The Land

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sharon Flake Money hungry
Marilyn Nelson Carver: A Life in Poems
Mildred D. Taylor The Land

Jacqueline Woodson

Honored for : Miracle's Boys

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Jacqueline Woodson Miracle's Boys

Christopher Paul Curtis

Honored for : Bud, Not Buddy

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Karen English Francie
Patricia McKissack Black Hands, White Sails
Fredrick McKissack Black Hands, White Sails
Walter Dean Myers Monster
Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy

Angela Johnson

Honored for : Heaven

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nikki Grimes Jazmin's notebook
Joyce Hansen Breaking ground, breaking silence
Gary McGowan Breaking ground, breaking silence
Angela Johnson The other side
Angela Johnson Heaven

Sharon Draper

Honored for : Forged by fire

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
James Haskins Bayard Rustin
Joyce Hansen I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly
Sharon Draper Forged by fire

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : Slam!

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia McKissack
Fredrick McKissack
Walter Dean Myers Slam!

Virginia Hamilton

Honored for : Her stories

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Christopher Paul Curtis The Watsons Go to Birmingham \u2013 1963
Rita Williams-Garcia Like Sisters on the Homefront
Jacqueline Woodson From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun
Virginia Hamilton Her stories

Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

Honored for : Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joyce Hansen Captive
Jacqueline Woodson I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Patricia McKissack Black Diamond
Fredrick McKissack Black Diamond
Patricia McKissack Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters

Angela Johnson

Honored for : Toning the Sweep

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Joyce Carol Thomas Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea
Walter Dean Myers Malcolm X
Angela Johnson Toning the Sweep

Patricia McKissack

Honored for : The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia McKissack
Fredrick McKissack
Walter Dean Myers Somewhere in the Darkness
Mildred Walter Mississippi challenge
Patricia McKissack The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : Now is your time!

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Dean Myers Now is your time!
Eloise Greenfield Night on Neighborhood Street

Mildred D. Taylor

Honored for : The Road to Memphis

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mildred D. Taylor The Road to Memphis
James Haskins Black dance in America
Angela Johnson When I am old with you

Patricia McKissack, Fredrick McKissack

Honored for : A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Patricia McKissack A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter
Eloise Greenfield Nathaniel talking
Virginia Hamilton The bells of Christmas
Lillie Patterson Martin Luther King Jr

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : Fallen Angels

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Walter Dean Myers Fallen Angels
James Berry Thief in the Village
Virginia Hamilton Anthony Burns

Mildred D. Taylor

Honored for : The Friendship

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mildred D. Taylor The Friendship
Alexis De Veaux An Enchanted Hair Tale
Julius Lester The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Mildred Walter

Honored for : Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ashley Bryan Lion and the ostrich chicks, and other African folk tales
Joyce Hansen Which way freedom?
Mildred Walter Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

Virginia Hamilton

Honored for : The People Could Fly

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Virginia Hamilton The People Could Fly
Virginia Hamilton Junius over far
Mildred Walter Trouble's child

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : Motown and Didi

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Candy Dawson Boyd
Walter Dean Myers Motown and Didi
Virginia Hamilton A little love

Lucille Clifton

Honored for : Everett Anderson\u2019s Good-bye

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson\u2019s Good-bye
Coretta Scott King Words of Martin Luther King, Jr
Virginia Hamilton The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
James Haskins Lena Horne
Joyce Carol Thomas Bright shadow
Mildred Walter Because we are

Coretta Scott King

Honored for : Words of Martin Luther King, Jr

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson\u2019s Good-bye
Coretta Scott King Words of Martin Luther King, Jr
Virginia Hamilton The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl
James Haskins Lena Horne
Joyce Carol Thomas Bright shadow
Mildred Walter Because we are

Virginia Hamilton

Honored for : Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Julius Lester This Strange New Feeling
Virginia Hamilton Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush

Mildred D. Taylor

Honored for : Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mildred D. Taylor Let the Circle Be Unbroken
Alice Childress Rainbow Jordan
Kristin Hunter Lou In the Limelight
Mary Mebane Mary

Sidney Poitier

Honored for : This life

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Alexis De Veaux Don\u2019t Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday
Sidney Poitier This life

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : The young landlords

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lessie Jones Little Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
Eloise Greenfield Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
Walter Dean Myers The young landlords
Berry Gordy Movin' up
James Haskins Andrew Young, man with a mission
James Haskins James Van DerZee
Ellease Southerland Let the Lion Eat Straw

Ossie Davis

Honored for : Escape to freedom

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lillie Patterson Benjamin Banneker, genius of early America
Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson I Have a Sister--My Sister Is Deaf
Virginia Hamilton Justice and her brothers
Carol Fenner The Skates of Uncle Richard
Ossie Davis Escape to freedom

Eloise Greenfield

Honored for : Africa Dream

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Eloise Greenfield Africa Dream
William Faulkner The Days When the Animals Talked: Black Folk Tales and How They Came to Be
Francina Glass Marvin and Tige
Eloise Greenfield Mary McLeod Bethune
James Haskins Barbara Jordan
Lillie Patterson Coretta Scott King
Ruth Ann Stewart Portia

James Haskins

Honored for : The story of Stevie Wonder

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Donald F. Martin Quick Book on Black America
Clarence N. Blake Quick Book on Black America
Lucille Clifton Everett Anderson's Friend
Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
James Haskins The story of Stevie Wonder

Pearl Bailey

Honored for : Duey's tale

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Pearl Bailey Duey's tale
Shirley Graham Du Bois Julius K. Nyerere
Eloise Greenfield Paul Robeson
Walter Dean Myers Fast Sam, Cool Clyde, and Stuff
Mildred D. Taylor Song of the trees

Dorothy Robinson

Honored for : The Legend of Africania

Sharon Mathis

Honored for : Ray Charles

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Sharon Mathis Ray Charles
Alice Childress A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich
Lucille Clifton Don't you remember?
Louise Crane Ms. Africa: Profiles of Modern African Women
Kristin Hunter Guests in the promised land
John Nagenda Mukasa

Eton C. Fax

Honored for : 17 Black Artists

Charlemae Hill Rollins

Honored for : Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee Nominated Work
June Jordan The Voice of the Children
Terri Bush The Voice of the Children
Barney Grossman Black Means
Gladys Groom Black Means
Maya Angelou I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Shirley Chisholm Unbought and unbossed
Mari Evans I Am a Black Woman
Lorenz B Graham Every Man Heart Lay Down
Margaret Peters The Ebony Book of Black Achievement
Janice May Udry Mary Jo's grandmother
Charlemae Hill Rollins Black Troubadour: Langston Hughes

Lillie Patterson

Honored for : Martin Luther King Jr