Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award

The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award is given annually by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English), also called ALAN. Each year, the awards committee selects a young adult novel that displays "literary excellence, widespread appeal, and a positive outlook on life" (source: award homepage).

The awards committee is appointed by the previous year's ALAN chair, and is composed of 3 teachers, 3 university professors, 3 librarians, and a chair. One winner is chosen each year, and up to four finalists are honored. The selected titles must be fiction published within one year prior to the selection period in the United States.

Winners and Honor Books

 * 2015 Winner: Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King; Honor Books: Diamond Boy by Michael Williams; Gabby, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero; The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson; Revolution by Deborah Wiles
 * 2014 Winner: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell; Honor Books: Jumped In by Patrick Flores-Scott; The Milk of Birds by Sylvia Whitman; Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg; Winger by Andrew Smith
 * 2013 Winner: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green; Honor Books: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz; Ask the Passengers by A.S. King; Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
 * 2012 Winner: Shine by Lauren Myracle; Honor Books: The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow; Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys; Blood Red Road by Moira Young; Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
 * 2011 Winner: The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork; Honor Books: After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick; I Will Save You by Matt de la Peña; Sorta Like A Rockstar by Matthew Quick; Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me by Kristen Chandler
 * 2010 Winner: Fire by Kristin Cashore; Honor Books: Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork; The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey; North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley; The Sweetheart of Prosper County by Jill S. Alexander
 * 2009 Winner: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger; Honor Books: After Tupac and D Foster by Jacqueline Woodson; Graceling by Kristin Cashore; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Me, the Missing, and the Dead by Jenny Valentine