Andre Norton Award

Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
Logo of the Andre Norton Award
Awarded for	The best young adult science fiction or fantasy novel published in the prior calendar year
Presented by	Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	Alaya Dawn Johnson (Love Is the Drug)
Official website	www.sfwa.org/tag/andre-norton-award

The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy is an annual award presented by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to the author of the best young adult or middle grade science fiction or fantasy book published in the United States in the preceding year. It is named to honor prolific science fiction and fantasy author Andre Norton (1912–2005), and it was established by then SFWA president Catherine Asaro and the SFWA Young Adult Fiction committee and announced on February 20, 2005.^[1][2] Any published young adult or middle grade science fiction or fantasy novel is eligible for the prize, including graphic novels. There is no limit on word count. The award is presented along with the Nebula Awards and follows the same rules for nominations and voting; as the awards are separate, works may be simultaneously nominated for both the Andre Norton award and a Nebula Award.^[3][4]

Andre Norton Award nominees and winners are chosen by members of the SFWA, though the authors of the nominees do not need to be members. Works are nominated each year between November 15 and February 15 by published authors who are members of the organization, and the six works that receive the most nominations then form the final ballot, with additional nominees possible in the case of ties. A SFWA panel of jurors determines if the nominated works are written for young adults, and they may add up to three works to the ballot. Members may then vote on the ballot throughout March, and the final results are presented at the Nebula Awards ceremony in May. Authors are not permitted to nominate their own works, and ties in the final vote are broken, if possible, by the number of nominations the works received.^[4] Beginning with the 2009 awards, the rules were changed to the current format. Prior to then, the eligibility period for nominations was defined as one year after the publication date of the work, which allowed works to be nominated in the calendar year after their publication and then be awarded in the calendar year after that. Works were added to a preliminary list for the year if they had ten or more nominations, which were then voted on to create a final ballot, to which the SFWA organizing panel was also allowed to add an additional work.^[5]

During the 11 nomination years, 67 authors have had works nominated, of which 10 have won. Holly Black and Scott Westerfeld have had the most nominations at four—with Black winning once and Westerfield yet to win—followed by Sarah Beth Durst with three, and Alaya Dawn Johnson, A. S. King, Alethea Kontis, Nnedi Okorafor, Megan Whalen Turner, and Ysabeau S. Wilce with two nominations each. Black, Johnson, and Wilce are the only authors nominated multiple times to have won the award, with one win apiece.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.

  *   Winners

Year	Author	Novel	Publisher	Ref.
2006	Black, HollyHolly Black*	Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie	Simon & Schuster	[6]
	Spiegler, LouiseLouise Spiegler	The Amethyst Road	Clarion Books	[6]
	Halam, AnnAnn Halam	Siberia	Wendy Lamb Books	[6]
	Vaught, SusanSusan Vaught	Stormwitch	Bloomsbury Publishing	[6]
2007	Larbalestier, JustineJustine Larbalestier*	Magic or Madness	Razorbill	[7]
	Johnson, MaureenMaureen Johnson	Devilish	Razorbill	[7]
	Turner, Megan WhalenMegan Whalen Turner	The King of Attolia	Greenwillow Books	[7]
	Westerfeld, ScottScott Westerfeld	Midnighters 2: Touching Darkness	Eos	[7]
	Westerfeld, ScottScott Westerfeld	Peeps	Razorbill	[7]
	Pfeffer, Susan BethSusan Beth Pfeffer	Life as We Knew It	Harcourt	[7]
2008	Rowling, J. K.J. K. Rowling*	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	Arthur A. Levine Books	[8]
	Berman, SteveSteve Berman	Vintage: A Ghost Story	Haworth Press	[8]
	Durst, Sarah BethSarah Beth Durst	Into the Wild	Razorbill	[8]
	Okorafor-Mbachu, NnediNnedi Okorafor-Mbachu	The Shadow Speaker	Jump at the Sun	[8]
	Rex, AdamAdam Rex	The True Meaning of Smekday	Hyperion Books	[8]
	Wilce, Ysabeau S.Ysabeau S. Wilce	Flora Segunda	Harcourt	[8]
	Wein, ElizabethElizabeth Wein	The Lion Hunter	Viking Juvenile	[8]
2009	Wilce, Ysabeau S.Ysabeau S. Wilce*	Flora's Dare	Harcourt	[9]
	Cashore, KristinKristin Cashore	Graceling	Harcourt	[9]
	Cornish, D. M.D. M. Cornish	Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter	G. P. Putnam's Sons	[9]
	Law, IngridIngrid Law	Savvy	Walden Media	[9]
	Pearson, Mary E.Mary E. Pearson	The Adoration of Jenna Fox	Henry Holt and Company	[9]
2010	Valente, Catherynne M.Catherynne M. Valente*	The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making	catherynnemvalente.com	[10]
	Baker, KageKage Baker	Hotel Under the Sand	Tachyon Publications	[10]
	Durst, Sarah BethSarah Beth Durst	Ice	Margaret K. McElderry	[10]
	Lo, MalindaMalinda Lo	Ash	Little, Brown and Company	[10]
	Mantchev, LisaLisa Mantchev	Eyes Like Stars	Feiwel & Friends	[10]
	Scalzi, JohnJohn Scalzi	Zoe's Tale	Tor Books	[10]
	Stead, RebeccaRebecca Stead	When You Reach Me	Wendy Lamb Books	[10]
	Westerfeld, ScottScott Westerfeld	Leviathan	Simon Pulse	[10]
2011	Pratchett, TerryTerry Pratchett*	I Shall Wear Midnight	Victor Gollancz Ltd	[11]
	Bacigalupi, PaoloPaolo Bacigalupi	Ship Breaker	Little, Brown and Company	[11]
	Black, HollyHolly Black	White Cat	Margaret K. McElderry	[11]
	Collins, SuzanneSuzanne Collins	Mockingjay	Scholastic Press	[11]
	Deutsch, BarryBarry Deutsch	Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword	Amulet Books	[11]
	North, PearlPearl North	The Boy from Ilysies	Tor Teen	[11]
	Turner, Megan WhalenMegan Whalen Turner	A Conspiracy of Kings	Greenwillow Books	[11]
	Westerfeld, ScottScott Westerfeld	Behemoth	Simon Pulse	[11]
2012	Sherman, DeliaDelia Sherman*	The Freedom Maze	Big Mouth House	[12]
	Okorafor, NnediNnedi Okorafor	Akata Witch	Viking Juvenile	[12]
	Billingsley, FrannyFranny Billingsley	Chime	Dial Press	[12]
	Taylor, LainiLaini Taylor	Daughter of Smoke and Bone	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers	[12]
	King, A. S.A. S. King	Everybody Sees the Ants	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers	[12]
	van Eekhout, GregGreg van Eekhout	The Boy at the End of the World	Bloomsbury Children's Books	[12]
	Carson, RaeRae Carson	The Girl of Fire and Thorns	Greenwillow Books	[12]
	Anderson, R. J.R. J. Anderson	Ultraviolet	Orchard Books	[12]
2013	Myers, E. C.E. C. Myers*	Fair Coin	Pyr	[13]
	Barnhill, KellyKelly Barnhill	Iron Hearted Violet	Little, Brown and Company	[13]
	Black, HollyHolly Black	Black Heart	Victor Gollancz Ltd	[13]
	Bobet, LeahLeah Bobet	Above	Arthur A. Levine Books	[13]
	Bray, LibbaLibba Bray	The Diviners	Little, Brown and Company	[13]
	Durst, Sarah BethSarah Beth Durst	Vessel	Margaret K. McElderry	[13]
	Hartman, RachelRachel Hartman	Seraphina	Random House	[13]
	Kontis, AletheaAlethea Kontis	Enchanted	Harcourt	[13]
	Levithan, DavidDavid Levithan	Every Day	Alice A. Knopf Books for Young Readers	[13]
	McCall, Guadalupe GarciaGuadalupe Garcia McCall	Summer of the Mariposas	Tu Books	[13]
	Miéville, ChinaChina Miéville	Railsea	Del Rey Books	[13]
	Reese, JennJenn Reese	Above World	Candlewick Press	[13]
2014	Hopkinson, NaloNalo Hopkinson*	Sister Mine	Grand Central Publishing	[14]
	Black, HollyHolly Black	The Coldest Girl in Coldtown	Little, Brown and Company	[14]
	Healey, KarenKaren Healey	When We Wake	Little, Brown and Company	[14]
	Johnson, Alaya DawnAlaya Dawn Johnson	The Summer Prince	Arthur A. Levine Books	[14]
	Kontis, AletheaAlethea Kontis	Hero	Harcourt	[14]
	Madison, BennettBennett Madison	September Girls	Harper Teen	[14]
	Moriarty, JaclynJaclyn Moriarty	A Corner of White	Arthur A. Levine Books	[14]
2015	Johnson, Alaya DawnAlaya Dawn Johnson*	Love Is the Drug	Arthur A. Levine Books	[15]
	Brennan, Sarah ReesSarah Rees Brennan	Unmade	Random House	[15]
	Duncan, AlexandraAlexandra Duncan	Salvage	Greenwillow Books	[15]
	King, A. S.A. S. King	Glory O'Brien's History of the Future	Little, Brown and Company	[15]
	McCarry, SarahSarah McCarry	Dirty Wings	St. Martin's Griffin	[15]
	Milford, KateKate Milford	Greenglass House	Clarion Books	[15]
	Walton, LeslyeLeslye Walton	The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender	Candlewick Press	[15]
2016	Kornher-Stace, NicoleNicole Kornher-Stace	Archivist Wasp	Big Mouth House	[16]
	Ruby, LauraLaura Ruby	Bone Gap	Balzer + Bray	[16]
	Elliott, KateKate Elliott	Court of Fives	Little, Brown and Company	[16]
	Hardinge, FrancesFrances Hardinge	Cuckoo Song	Macmillan, Amulet	[16]
	Stevenson, NoelleNoelle Stevenson	Nimona	Harper Teen	[16]
	Connolly, TinaTina Connolly	Seriously Wicked	Tor Teen	[16]
	Older, Daniel JoséDaniel José Older	Shadowshaper	Arthur A. Levine Books	[16]
	Wilde, FranFran Wilde	Updraft	Tor Books	[16]
	Lee, FondaFonda Lee	Zeroboxer	Flux	[16]

References

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External links

• SFWA's Nebula Awards Weekend