Margo Lanagan has won the World Fantasy Award for both short fiction and collection for her book of short stories, Black Juice. I have not yet read the book but it is sitting on my shelf in my huge to-be-read pile and I can’t wait! I have heard great things about it for a long time.

Reed Business Information and NBC announce winners of the first Quill Awards. Winners were chosen by readers across the country.
Book of the Year: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling.
Children’s Illustrated Book: Runny Babbit: a Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein.
Children’s Chapter Book/Middle Grade: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling.
Young Adult/Teen: Girls in Pants by Ann Brashares.
Graphic Novel: Marvel 1602 Volume I by Neil Gaiman.
The awards will be presented on Saturday, October 22nd and will air on NBC channels from 7-8 pm.

The National Book Foundation has announced the finalists for the 2005 National Book Awards. The following are the finalists for Young People’s Literature:
Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks (Alfred A. Knopf)
Adele Griffin, Where I Want to Be (Putnam)
Chris Lynch, <em Inexcusable (Atheneum)
Walter Dean Myers, Autobiography of My Dead Brother (HarperTempest)
Deborah Wiles, Each Little Bird That Sings (Harcourt)

Kids’ book awards shortlist out for the 2005 Nestle Children’s Book Prize. The shortlist follows:
5 years and under:
* Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
* Wolves by Emily Gravett
* The Dancing Tiger by Malachy Doyle, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
6-8 years:
* The Whisperer by Nick Butterworth
* Michael Rosen’s Sad Book by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Quentin Blake
* Corby Flood by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, published by Doubleday
9-11 years:
* I, Coriander by Sally Gardner
* The Scarecrow and the Servant by Philip Pullman
* The Whispering Road by Livi Michael

Caroline Arnold, author of over 100 books for children has been selected to receive the 2005 Washington Post – Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award. The award is given each year for a body of work that “has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children.”

The Guardian Unlimited site has the news that Kate Thompson has won the Guardian Prize for children’s fiction for her novel, The New Policeman. It appears that the book is not available yet in the U.S. but we can expect that to change now that it has been awarded the Guardian.

There’s magic in the air announces the short list for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.
The finalists are:
The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn.
The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
The Hunted by Alex Shearer
The New Policeman by Kate Thompson
The winner will be announced on October 1st.

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards Nominees for 2006 have been announced. The awards are presented every other year by the International Board on Books for Young People. 28 countries submitted 26 authors and 25 illustrators as nominees. Americans will know very few of these names, but they are ones we can look out for if they get translated.

Quills Awards is a new national book award that involves consumers in the selection process. Sponsored by NBC, Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Reed Business, it is definitely worth participating. There are a variety of categories such as illustrated children’s books, chapter books, graphic novels, teen, and science fiction/fantasy. Plus many more for adult books. you can vote online or at any participating Borders or Barnes & Noble.
The nominees are a little strange, though some of my favorite books are on the lists. Hopefully you will find some favorites of your own to support!