Phoenix Award

:"This award is given to authors of children's literature. For the one given to science fiction authors, see Phoenix Award (science fiction)"

The Phoenix Award is awarded annually to a book originally published in English twenty years previously which did not receive a major award at the time of its publication.

It was established in 1985 by the Children's Literature Association, an association that wishes to promote serious study of children's literature. The recipient is chosen by an elected committee of Children's Literature Association members from nominations made by members and others.

The award is named after the mythical bird Phoenix which rises from its ashes. It signifies the book's rise from obscurity.

List of Phoenix Award Winners

* 2008: Peter Dickinson, "Eva"
* * Honor Book: Jane Yolen, "The Devil's Arithmetic"
* 2007: Margaret Mahy, "Memory"
* * Honor Book: Sheila Gordon, "Waiting for the Rain"
* 2006: Diana Wynne Jones, "Howl's Moving Castle"
** Honor Book: Margaret Mahy, "The Tricksters"
** Honor Book: Philip Pullman, "The Shadow in the North / The Shadow in the Plate"
* 2005: Margaret Mahy, "The Catalogue of the Universe"
** Honor Book: Diana Wynne Jones, "Fire and Hemlock"
* 2004: Berlie Doherty, "White Peak Farm"
** Honor Book: Brian Doyle, "Angel Square"
* 2003: Ivan Southall, "The Long Night Watch"
** Honor Book: Cynthia Voigt, "A Solitary Blue"
* 2002: Zibby Oneal, "A Formal Feeling"
** Honor Book: Clayton Bess, "Story for a Black Night"
* 2001: Peter Dickinson, "The Seventh Raven"
** Honor Book: Kathryn Lasky, "The Night Journey"
* 2000: Monica Hughes, "Keeper of the Isis Light"
** Honor Book: Jane Langton, "The Fledgling"
* 1999: E.L. Konigsburg, "Throwing Shadows"
** Honor Book: Rosa Guy, "The Disappearance"
** Honor Book: Ouida Sebestyen, "Words by Heart"
* 1998: Jill Paton Walsh, "A Chance Child"
** Honor Book: Robin McKinley, "Beauty"
** Honor Book: Doris Orgel, "The Devil in Vienna"
* 1997: Robert Cormier, "I Am the Cheese"
** Honor Book: "no award given"
* 1996: Alan Garner, "The Stone Book"
** Honor Book: William Steig, "Abel's Island"
* 1995: Laurence Yep, "Dragonwings"
** Honor Book: Natalie Babbitt, "Tuck Everlasting"
* 1994: Katherine Paterson, "Of Nightingales that Weep"
** Honor Book: James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier, "My Brother Sam is Dead"
** Honor Book: Sharon Bell Mathis, "Listen for the Fig Tree"
* 1993: Nina Bawden, "Carrie's War"
** Honor Book: E.L. Konigsburg, "A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver"
* 1992: Mollie Hunter, "A Sound of Chariots"
* 1991: Jane Gardam, "A Long Way from Verona"
** Honor Book: William Mayne, "A Game of Dark"
** Honor Book: Ursula LeGuin, "The Tombs of Atuan"
* 1990: Sylvia Engdahl, "Enchantress from the Stars"
** Honor Book: William Mayne, "Ravensgill"
** Honor Book: Scott O'Dell, "Sing Down the Moon"
* 1989: Helen Cresswell, "The Night-Watchmen"
** Honor Book: Milton Meltzer, "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"
** Honor Book: Adrienne Richard, "Pistol"
* 1988: Erik Christian Haugaard, "The Rider and his Horse"
* 1987: Leon Garfield, "Smith"
* 1986: Robert Burch, "Queenie Peavy"
* 1985: Rosemary Sutcliff, "The Mark of the Horse Lord"

External links

* [http://chla.wikispaces.com/Phoenix+Award Phoenix Award on Children's Literature Association Wiki]