Awards & Winners

Michael L. Printz Award

Michael L. Printz Award

The Michael L. Printz Award is an American Library Association literary award that annually recognizes the "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It is sponsored by Booklist magazine; administered by the ALA's young-adult division, the Young Adult Library Services Association; and named for the Topeka, Kansas, school librarian Mike Printz, a long-time active member of YALSA. Up to four worthy runners-up may be designated Honor Books and three or four have been named every year. Marcus Sedgwick won the 15th Printz Award for Midwinterblood, published by Roaring Brook Press. It was announced during the ALA midwinter meeting, January 27, 2014, when four Honor Books were also named.
Date Established : 1999

Check all the winners of Michael L. Printz Award presented under Michael L. Printz Award since 2000 .


Paolo Bacigalupi

Honored for : Ship Breaker

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Janne Teller Nothing
Honor Book
Marcus Sedgwick Revolver
Honor Book
A.S. King Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Honor Book
Lucy Christopher Stolen
Honor Book

Libba Bray

Honored for : Going Bovine

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Deborah Heiligman Charles and Emma: The Darwins\u2019 Leap of Faith
Honor Book
Rick Yancey The Monstrumologist
Honor Book
Adam Rapp Punkzilla
Honor Book
John Barnes Tales of the Madman Underground
Honor Book

Melina Marchetta

Honored for : Jellicoe Road

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Tobin Anderson The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves
Honor Book
E. Lockhart The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Honor Book
Terry Pratchett Nation
Honor Book
Margo Lanagan Tender Morsels
Honor Book
Melina Marchetta Jellicoe Road

Geraldine McCaughrean

Honored for : The White Darkness

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Elizabeth Knox Dreamquake
Honor Book
Judith Clarke One Whole & Perfect Day
Honor Book
A. M. Jenkins Repossessed
Honor Book
Stephanie Hemphill Your Own, Sylvia
Honor Book
Geraldine McCaughrean The White Darkness

Gene Yang

Honored for : American Born Chinese

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Matthew Tobin Anderson The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume 1: The Pox Party
Honor Book
John Green An Abundance of Katherines
Honor Book
Sonya Hartnett Surrender
Honor Book
Markus Zusak The Book Thief
Honor Book
Gene Yang American Born Chinese

John Green

Honored for : Looking for Alaska

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Margo Lanagan Black Juice
Honor Book
Markus Zusak The Messenger
Honor Book
Elizabeth Partridge John Lennon
Honor Book
Marilyn Nelson A Wreath for Emmett Till
Honor Book
John Green Looking for Alaska

Meg Rosoff

Honored for : How I Live Now

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Kenneth Oppel Airborn
Honor Book
Allan Stratton Chanda's Secrets
Honor Book
Gary D. Schmidt Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Honor Book
Meg Rosoff How I Live Now

Angela Johnson

Honored for : The First Part Last

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Jennifer Donnelly A Northern Light
Honor Book
Helen Frost Keesha's House
Honor Book
KL Going Fat Kid Rules the World
Honor Book
Carolyn Mackler The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Honor Book
Angela Johnson The First Part Last

Aidan Chambers

Honored for : Postcards from No Man's Land

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Nancy Farmer The House of the Scorpion
Honor Book
Garret Weyr My Heartbeat
Honor Book
Jack Gantos Hole in My Life
Honor Book
Aidan Chambers Postcards from No Man's Land

An Na

Honored for : A Step From Heaven

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Dickinson The Ropemaker
Honor Book
Jan Greenberg Heart to Heart
Honor Book
Chris Lynch Freewill
Honor Book
Virginia Euwer Wolff True Believer
Honor Book
An Na A Step From Heaven

David Almond

Honored for : Kit's Wilderness

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carolyn Coman Many Stones
Honor Book
Carol Plum-Ucci The Body of Christopher Creed
Honor Book
Louise Rennison Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Honor Book
Terry Trueman Stuck In Neutral
Honor Book
David Almond Kit's Wilderness

Walter Dean Myers

Honored for : Monster

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Almond Skellig
Honor Book
Laurie Halse Anderson Speak
Honor Book
Ellen Wittlinger Hard Love
Honor Book
Walter Dean Myers Monster