NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature

The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature is an American literary award given every odd-number year by World Literature Today. The main criterion is positive impact of a writer's work on the quality of children's literature and living writers alone are eligible. The winner gets a check for $25,000, a silver medallion, and a certificate, in a public ceremony at the University of Oklahoma. The prize is funded by Nancy Barcelo, Susan Neustadt Schwartz, and Kathy Neustadt, the three daughters of Walter Jr. and Dolores Neustadt.^[1]

Winners:^[2]

2003: Mildred D. Taylor

2005: Brian Doyle

2007: Katherine Paterson

2009: Vera B. Williams

2011: Virginia Euwer Wolff

2013: Naomi Shihab Nye

2015: Meshack Asare^[3][4]

References

1. "NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature". World Literature Today.
2. "Candidates and Juries for NSK Prize, 2003-2011". World Literature Today.
3. Jennifer Sefa-Boakye (29 October 2014). "Ghana’s Meshack Asare Is First African Winner Of NSK Neustadt Children’s Literature Prize". www.okayafrica.com. okayafrica. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
4. "Asare is the first African writer to be awarded the biennial $25,000 Prize". www.authorsinafrica.com. authorsinafrica. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.