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Annual literary award
The Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature , known as "The Walters,” was created by the American nonprofit
We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) in 2014, and the inaugural award was presented in 2016.
[1] Named after
young adult author
Walter Dean Myers , the award recognizes published, diverse authors who champion marginalized voices in their stories.
[2] The awards program is managed by WNDB's co-directors Kathie Weinberg and Terry Hong. In 2018, WNDB changed the categories from a single category of young adult titles to two categories of teen and young readers.
[3] Subsequent awards include both categories.
[4]
Recipients
Award winners and finalists
Year
Category
Recipient
Title
Result
Ref.
2016
N/A
Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All American Boys
Winner
[5]
[6]
Margarita Engle and Edel Rodriguez (illus.)
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir
Honor
[6]
Ilyasah Shabazz and
Kekla Magoon
X
2017
N/A
John Lewis ,
Andrew Aydin , and Nathan Powell
March: Book Three
Winner
[7]
[8]
Marina Budhos
Watched
Honor
[8]
Meredith Russo
If I Was Your Girl
Nicola Yoon
The Sun Is Also a Star
2018
Teen
Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down
Winner
[9]
[10]
Mitlali Perkins
You Bring the Distant Near
Honor
[9]
[10]
Francisco X. Stork
Disappeared
Younger Reader
Carole Boston Weatherford and
Eric Velasquez (illus.)
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Winner
[9]
[10]
Margarita Engle
Forest World
Honor
[9]
[10]
2019
Teen
Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X
Winner
[11]
[12]
[13]
Tiffany Jackson
Monday’s Not Coming
Honor
[11]
[12]
[13]
Emily X.R. Pan
The Astonishing Color of After
Younger Reader
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Ghosts Boys
Winner
[11]
[12]
[13]
David Bowles
They Call Me Güero
Honor
[11]
[12]
[13]
Veera Hiranandani
The Night Diary
2020
Teen
Mariko Tamaki and
Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (illus.)
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
Winner
[14]
[15]
Akwaeke Emezi
Pet
Honor
[14]
[15]
Elizabeth Acevedo
With the Fire on High
Younger Reader
Padma Venkatraman
The Bridge Home
Winner
[14]
[15]
Lisa Moore Ramée
A Good Kind of Trouble
Honor
[14]
[15]
Jasmine Warga
Other Words for Home
2021
Teen
Ibi Zoboi and
Yusef Salaam and Omar T. Pasha (illus.)
Punching the Air
Winner
[16]
[17]
Traci Chee
We Are Not Free
Honor
[16]
[17]
Robin Ha
Almost American Girl
Younger Reader
Victoria Jamieson , Omar Mohamed, and Iman Geddy
When Stars Are Scattered
Winner
[16]
[17]
Kacen Callender
King and the Dragonflies
Honor
[16]
[17]
Daniel Nayeri
Everything Sad Is Untrue
2022
Teen
Angeline Boulley
Firekeeper’s Daughter
Winner
[18]
[19]
Malinda Lo
Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Honor
[18]
[19]
Kekla Magoon
Revolution in Our Time
Younger Reader
Rajani LaRocca
Red, White, and Whole
Winner
[18]
[19]
Thomas King and
Natasha Donovan (illus.)
Borders
Honor
[18]
[19]
Eden Royce
Root Magic
2023
Teen
Andrea L. Rogers and
Jeff Edwards
Man Made Monsters
Winner
[20]
Sonora Reyes
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
Honor
[20]
Sabaa Tahir
All My Rage
Young Reader
Angela Joy and
Janelle Washington
Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement
Winner
[20]
Christina Soontornvat
The Last Mapmaker
Honor
[20]
Ibi Zoboi
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler
2024
Teen
Ari Tison
Saints of the Household
Winner
[21]
[22]
Hannah V. Sawyerr
All the Fighting Parts
Honor
[21]
[22]
Young Reader
Jacqueline Woodson
Remember Us
Winner
[21]
[22]
Aisha Saeed ,
Huda Al-Marashi ,
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow , and
S. K. Ali
Grounded
Honor
[21]
[22]
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