The Ezra Jack Keats Awards “recognize and encourage authors and illustrators starting out in the field of children’s books.”  The New Writer Award started in 1985 with the New Illustrator Award following in 2001.  Here are the 2013 award winners:

 

New Writer Award Winner

Julie Fogliano for And Then It’s Spring

New Illustrator Award Winner

Hyewon Yum for Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten

 

Honorable Mentions

  

New Writer Honor

Mara Rockliff for My Heart Will Not Sit Down

Jennifer Lanthier for The Stamp Collector

Don Tate for It Jes’ Happened

 

New Illustrator Honor

K. G. Campbell for Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters

Sanjay Patel for Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth

(My apologies for not having links to Goodreads, the site is currently down.)