Awards for literature representing Asian-Americans
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Awards for literature representing Asian-
AmericansAlexandra Jennelle-Collins
LIS 629 Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults
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Asian American Literary Award
Issued by the Asian-American Writers’ Workshop since 1998
To be eligible: book must be written by someone of Asian descent living in the US. The book must have been first published in English.
Honors
Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
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Asian American Literary Award Winners
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Asian Pacific American Award for Literature
http://www.apalaweb.org/ (So cool!)
To honor and recognize works related to Asian/Pacific American experiences or cultures
For books published in USA or any of its territories, or in Canada.
Book must have been originally published in English.
Winner, honor book in each category: Picture Book, Children’s Literature, and Young Adult Literature
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Asian Pacific American Award for Literature Winners
Honor Books:
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The Batchelder Award
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/batchelderaward
Presented by the ALSC
Named for the amazing Mildred Batchelder
Award is for an American publisher, recognizes the most outstanding translated work of the year
Works have won from many different language families, with a considerable number of Japanese winners
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Batchelder Award: Asian Books
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But wait, there’s more!
For Asian literature that is great for American audiences, check out the Asian Festival of Children’s Content (http://afcc.com.sg/_2013)
2013 will be the fifth year
Each year focuses on a different country in Asia
The festival presents three awards through the National Book Development Council of Singapore:
The SingTel Asian Book Award
The Hedwig Anuar Children’s Book Award
The Scholastic Asian Book Award (Yup, that Scholastic)
Winners and the short lists for all of these awards are available through the festival website.