Annual award for children's SF books
TheGolden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at eitherWorldcon or theNorth American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In 2018 they were replaced by Notable Book Lists of the same names sponsored by theLibrary and Information Technology Association (LITA).
The Golden Duck Awards were funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., the sponsor of the U.S. midwest regional science fiction conventionDucKon . Winners were selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.
The categories are:
There was also a provision for a Special Award if a book was found to be outstanding but did not fit any of the standard categories.
The Picture Book Award is sometimes given to a book with non-fictional science content with a story "wrapper" as well as traditional science fiction themes.
1992 –Time Train byPaul Fleischman , illustrated by Claire Ewart1993 –June 29, 1999 byDavid Wiesner 1994 –Richie's Rocket by Joan Anderson, photographed byGeorge Ancona 1995 –Time Flies byEric Rohmann 1996 –Insects from Outer Space byVladimir Vagin andFrank Asch 1997 –Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon by Timothy Gaffney, illustrated by Barry Root1998 –Floating Home by David Getz, illustrated by Michael Rex1999 –Noah and the Space Ark by Laura Cecil, illustrated byEmma Chichester Clark 2000 –Hush, Little Alien by Daniel Kirk2001 –Rex by Robert Gould and Kathleen Duey, illustrated by Eugene Epstein2002 –Baloney (Henry P.) Jon Scieszka , illustrated byLane Smith 2003 –Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones by Curtis Saxton and Richard Chasemore2004 –Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist byDavid Elliot , illustrated by True Kelley (Holliday House,ISBN 0-8234-1711-5 2005 –Science Verse byJon Scieszka , illustrated byLane Smith (Viking)2006 –Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O'Malley, illustrated by Patrick O'Brien2007 –Night of the Homework Zombies by Scott Nickel, illustrated by Steve Harpster (ISBN 9781598890358 2008 –Mars Needs Moms byBerkeley Breathed 2009 –We're Off to Look for Aliens byColin McNaughton 2010 –Swamps of Sleethe byJack Prelutsky 2011 –Oh No! (Or, How My Science Project Destroyed the World) byMac Barnett , illustrated byDan Santat 2012 –Earth to Clunk by Pam Smallcomb, illustrated byJoe Berger 2013 –Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or At Least My History Grade) byMac Barnett , illustrated byDan Santat 2014 –Vader's Little Princess byJeffrey Brown 2015 –Max Goes to the Space Station by Jeffrey Bennett, illustrated byMichael Carroll 2016 –Interstellar Cinderella , byDeborah Underwood , illustrated byMeg Hunt 2017 –Blip! written and illustrated byBarnaby Richards Eleanor Cameron Award [ edit ] This award is given to chapter books and middle grade novels. The protagonists are science users and problem solvers. Occasionally, books with fantasy elements but a science fiction theme have won.
Whales on Stilts M. T. Anderson , illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Harcourt, 2005.ISBN 0-15-205340-9 The Fran That Time Forgot Jim Benton (Aladdin,ISBN 0-689-86298-9 Shanghaied to the Moon by Michael J. DaleyGravity Buster: Journal #2 of a Cardboard Genius byFrank Asch 2009 –Lighter than Air by Henry Melton2010 –Z Rex bySteve Cole 2011 –Alien Encounter by Pamela Service and Mike Gorman2012 –Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure #2: Mars! by Hena Kahn and David Borgenicht2013 –Alien on a Rampage from the Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast series by Clete Barrett Smith2014 – Two books from the Galaxy Zack series:Hello, Nebulon! andJourney to Juno by Ray O'Ryan and Colin Jack2015 –Ambassador byWilliam Alexander 2016 –Fuzzy Mud , byLouis Sacher Hal Clement's own writings were not YA, but his high school science teaching career strongly connects him to the YA age group. The primary story elements are correct science with science fictional extrapolations and characters who solve problems on their own.
The Winds of Mars byH. M. Hoover The Night Room by E. M. GoldmanThe Hunger Games Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Press, 2008,ISBN 978-0-439-02348-1 Little Brother Cory Doctorow (Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC, 2008,ISBN 978-0-7653-1985-2 A Beautiful Friendship David Weber A Long, Long Sleep byAnna Sheehan 1997 Strong Female Characters –Kipton and the Android byCharles L. Fontenay (Royal Fireworks Press, 1996)1999 Australian Contribution to Children's Science Fiction –Garth Nix 2000 Promotion of Reading –Harry Potter series J. K. Rowling 2003 Best Science and Technology Education –Tales from the Wonder Zone (entire series) byJulie E. Czerneda (Trifolium Books)2007 Nonfiction –Write Your Own Science Fiction Story by Tish Farrell (Compass Point Books, 2006;ISBN 978-0-7565-1643-7 2008 Nonfiction –World of Science Fiction – 12 titles by John Hamilton (ABDO Publishing Company)+ Stone Arch Books for publishing quality science fiction graphic novels 2010 Nonfiction –You Write It: Science Fiction by John Hamilton (ABDO Publishing Company)
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