- Golden Duck Awards
The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction have been given annually since 1992.
Categories
The categories are:
* Picture Book
* Middle Grades (theEleanor Cameron Award)
* Young Adult (theHal Clement Award)Funding
The Golden Duck Awards are funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., a
501(c) 3 corporation, which also sponsors the U.S. midwest regional science fiction conventionDucKon . Winners are selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.Golden Duck Award Winners
Picture Book
* 2007 - "Night of the Homework Zombies" by Scott Nickel, Illustrated by Steve Harpster; (ISBN 9781598890358)
* 2006 - (tie)::"Whales on Stilts" byM. T. Anderson , illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Harcourt, 2005. ISBN: 0152053409)::"The Fran That Time Forgot" byJim Benton (Aladdin, ISBN: 0689862989)
* 2005 - "Science Verse" byJon Scieszka and Lane Smith (Illustrator) (Viking)
* 2004 - "Hazel Nutt , Mad Scientist" by , David Elliot illustrated byTrue Kelley (Holliday House, c2003 ISBN: 0823417115)Eleanor Cameron Award
* 2007 - "Apers" by
Mark Jansen withBarbara Day Zinicola (Dailey Swan Publishing, 2006; ISBN 9780977367627)
* 2006 - "Uglies" byScott Westerfeld (Simon Pulse, 2005)
* 2005 - "Supernaturalist" byEoin Colfer (Hyperion)
* 2004 - "Escape from Memory" byMargaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster)Hal Clement Award
* 2007 - "
Rash " byPete Hautman (Simon & Schuster, 2006; ISBN 9780689868016)
* 2006 - "Balance of Trade" bySharon Lee andSteve Miller (Meisha Merlin, 2004)
* 2005 - "Balance of Trade" by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin, 2004)
* 2004 - "Gunpowder Empire" byHarry Turtledove (Tor Books)pecial Award Winner
* 2007 - Nonfiction - "Write Your Own Science Fiction Story" by
Tish Farrell (Compass Point Books, 2006; ISBN 9780756516437)
* 2003 Best Science and Technology Education - "Tales of the Wonderzone (Entire Series)" byJulie E. Czerneda (Trifolium Books)
* 2000 Promotion of Reading - "Harry Potter series" byJ. K. Rowling
* 1999 Australian Contribution to Children's Science Fiction - toGarth Nix
* 1997 Strong Female Characters - "Kipton and the Tower of Time" byCharles L. Fontenay (Royal Fireworks Press, 1996)External links
* [http://www.goldenduck.org Golden Duck website]
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