Mystery Writers of America selected the 2005 Edgar Winners.
Winner for best young adult was In Darkness, Death by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler.
Winner for best juvenile was Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.

DesMoinesRegister.com has an article about Amanda Gotera, the teen who won a $10,000 scholarship for winning the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, an annual competition for teen writers. She was also interviewed by NPR where she reads from her work.

The Children’s Literature Assembly has announced their 2005 Notables List of Children’s Books in the English Language Arts. The list contains many of my favorites of the year and others that I haven’t read yet.

The Carnegie Medal Shortlist has been announced.
Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.
Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech.
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson.
The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman.

The 2005 Jane Addams Peace Awards have been announced. “Books chosen for the Awards effectively address themes or topics that promote peace, justice, world community, and/or equality of the sexes and all races. The books must also meet conventional standards of literary and artistic excellence.”
The winners are:
Younger Children: Selavi, That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope by Youme Landowne.
Older Children: With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman’s Right to Vote by Ann Bausum.

Los Angeles Times Names Book Prize Winners
Doing It by Melvin Burgess has won the 2005 LA Times Prize for Young Adult Fiction!

The Amelia Bloomer Project has their 2005 List of Recommended Feminist Books for Youth available online. The books were selected based on their:
Significant feminist content
Excellence in writing
Appealing format
Age appropriateness for young readers
Books range from picture book to teen levels and include fiction and nonfiction.

First inductees into new Science Fiction Hall of Fame announced has the list of the first four inductees: Philip K. Dick, Steven Spielberg, animator Ray Harryhausen, and artist Chesley Bonestall.

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award has been awarded to Phillip Pullman, author of many fantasy novels for children and teens, and Ryoji Arai, a Japanese illustrator of children’s books. The award is given to a person’s body of work regardless of thier language or nationality. The prize of five million Swedish crowns is the largest children’s book prize in the world.