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2023
Julio Anta
Gabrielle Balkan
Tracey Baptiste
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Miya T. Beck
Brian Biggs
Winsome Bingham
Sophie Blackall
Valerie Bolling
Lynnor Bontigao
Erik J. Brown
Peter Brown
Ruth Chan
Margery Cuyler
Avani Dwivedi
X. Fang
Rachel Ignotofsky
E.B. Lewis
Elizabeth Lilly
Nina Mata
Kyrie McCauley
Patrick McDonnell
Kayla Miller
Sharee Miller
Dan Misdea
David Barclay Moore
Herman Parish
John Parra
Greg Pizzoli
Christine Platt
Anica Mrose Rissi
Doug Salati
Liz Garton Scanlon
Arya Shahi
Steve Sheinkin
Benson Shum
Mika Song
J.E. Thomas
Audrey Vernick
K.L. Walther
Joyce Wan
Rowboat Watkins
Maggie Edkins Willis
2022
Alex Aster
Don Brown
Lauren Castillo
Sheela Chari
Alyssa Colman
Nina Crews
Mike Dawson
Barbara DiLorenzo
Carrie Finison
Heather Fox
Laura Gehl
E. B. Goodale
Wendy Gorton
Raj Haldar
Abby Hanlon
Patrick McDonnell
Katrina Moore
Herman Parish
Jason Patterson
Alexandra Penfold
Victor Piñeiro
Sherri Duskey Rinker
Anica Rissi
Isabel Roxas
Eliot Schrefer
Colby Cedar Smith
Mika Song
Jonathan Stutzman
Gita Varadarajan
2021
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Veronica Agarwal
Damian Alexander
Mac Barnett
Tanita Davis
Lee Durfey-Lavoie
Ame Dyckman
Carson Ellis
Kathryn Erskine
Tiffany D. Jackson
Tae Keller
Victoria Lee
Kate Milford
Anica Mrose Rissi
Dan Santat
Chad Sell
Jonathan Stutzman
Erica Waters
Wendy Xu
2020
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Airlie Anderson
Phil Bildner
Anna Birch
Sophie Blackall
Amy Jo Burns
Pablo Cartaya
Lauren Castillo
Ruth Chan
Margery Cuyler
Barbara DiLorenzo
Beth Ferry
Eric Gansworth
Lamar Giles
Chris Grabenstein
John Patrick Green
KA Holt
Victoria Jamieson
Mike Jung
Hena Khan
Remy Lai
Darcie Little Badger
Torrey Maldonado
Janae Marks
Megan McCafferty
Patrick McDonnell
Daniel Nayeri
Adam Rex
Anica Mrose Rissi
Jon Scieszka
Mika Song
Phil Stamper
Robin Stevenson
Aiden Thomas
Ngozi Ukazu
Steven Weinberg
Gene Luen Yang
2019
Airlie Anderson
Tracey Baptiste
Phil Bildner
Sophie Blackall
Molly Brooks
Peter Brown
Frank Cammuso
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Chris Carpenter
Jay Cooper
Jerry Craft
Lucy Ruth Cummins
Mike Curato
Sayantani DasGupta
Jacky Davis
Ame Dyckman
Kama Einhorn
Brian Floca
Kristina Forest
Heather Fox
Deborah Freedman
Josh Funk
Whitney Gardner
Raj Haldar
Gareth Hinds
Joan Holub
Amy Ignatow
Sarah Jacoby
Jessie Janowitz
Alan Katz
Jacob Kramer
Anne Lambelet
Matt Landis
Claire Legrand
Jarrett Lerner
Dana Alison Levy
Kevin Lewis
Elizabeth Lim
Katherine Locke
Jessica Love
Lauren Magaziner
Scott Magoon
Johnny Marciano
Patrick McDonnell
Sharee Miller
Kayla Miller
Mike Moran
Laurie Morrison
Matt Myklusch
Zachariah OHora
Carmen Oliver
Nicole Panteleakos
Herman Parish
John Parra
Matt Phelan
Chris Raschka
Jean Reidy
Anica Mrose Rissi
Misa Saburi
Doug Salati
Jon Scieszka
Steve Sheinkin
Benson Shum
Jessie Sima
Ronald L. Smith
David Soman
K-Fai Steele
Heidi Stemple
Jonathan Stutzman
Amy Rebecca Tan
Addie Thorley
Kim Tomsic
Andrea Tsurumi
Padma Venkatraman
Audrey Vernick
Rowboat Watkins
Brendan Wenzel
Jin Xiaojing
Jane Yolen
Salina Yoon
2018
Sarah Albee
Jonathan Auxier
Tracey Baptiste
Mira Bartok
Kamilla Benko
Samantha Berger
Ariel Bernstein
Galia Bernstein
Brian Biggs
Phil Bildner
Sophie Blackall
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Lauren Castillo
Ruth Chan
Tami Charles
Asia Citro
Margery Cuyler
Alexandra Diaz
Barbara DiLorenzo
Angela Dominguez
Ame Dyckman
Christopher Franceschelli
Nicholas Gannon
Laura Gehl
A.V. Geiger
Abby Hanlon
Robie Harris
Susanna Leonard Hill
Joan Holub
Susan Hood
Cordelia Jensen
Anna Kang
Aram Kim
Matthew Landis
Heather Lang
Brian Lies
Steve Light
Andrea J. Loney
Lauren Magaziner
Mike Malbrough
Torrey Maldonado
John Bemelmans Marciano
Wendy Mass
Patrick McDonnell
Margaret McNamara
Derek Milman
Christopher Silas Neal
Zachariah OHora
Alison Oliver
Herman Parish
John Parra
Greg Pizzoli
Ellen Potter
Abigail Rayner
Anica Mrose Rissi
Isabel Roxas
Sean Rubin
Daniel Salmieri
Liz Garton Scanlon
Gregg Schigiel
Laura Sebastian
Drew Sheneman
Laura Shovan
Jessie Sima
Gennady Spirin
Vesper Stamper
Rebecca Stead
David Ezra Stein
Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Shadra Strickland
Dasha Tolstikova
Christian Trimmer
Andrea Tsurumi
Susan Verde
Audrey Vernick
Joyce Wan
Rowboat Watkins
Christopher Weyant
David Wiesner
Dana Wulfekotte
Jane Yolen
Paul O. Zelinksky
2017
Sarah J. Albee
Isabel Bandeira
Hannah Barnaby
Jonathan Bean
Ruth Behar
Brian Biggs
Phil Bildner
Michael Buckley
Laurie Calkhoven
Jen Calonita
Alyssa Capucilli
Lauren Castillo
Veronica Chambers
Ruth Chan
Ben Clanton
Marcie Colleen
Margery Cuyler
Barbara Dee
Anika Denise
Barbara Dilorenzo
Sarah Beth Durst
Ame Dyckman
Beth Ferry
Deborah Freedman
Josh Funk
Laura Gehl
Jennifer George
Stephanie Graegin
Chuck Groenink
Corey Ann Haydu
Tad Hills
Jannie Ho
Kate Hosford
Stacy Innerst
Melissa Iwai
Anna Kang
Christine Kendall
Daniel Kirk
Matthew Landis
Claire Legrand
Caron Levis
Kevin Lewis
Steve Light
Lauren Magaziner
Fran Manushkin
John Bemelmans Marciano
Denis Markell
Wendy Mass
Kevin McCloskey
Patrick McDonnell
Richard Michelson
Diana Murray
Zachariah OHora
Jessica Olien
Micol Ostow
Emma Otheguy
Jerry Pallotta
Lisa Papp
Alexandra Penfold
Brian Pinkney
Greg Pizzoli
Anna Raff
Karuna Riazi
Lori Richmond
Anica Mrose Rissi
Ruth Sanderson
Judy Schachner
Jessie Sima
Ed Steckley
Heidi Stemple
Monica Tesler
Jeffrey Turner
Mara Van Fleet
Matthew Van Fleet
Audrey Vernick
Melissa Walker
Laurie Wallmark
Meg Walters
Joyce Wan
Tracey West
Carol Weston
Chris Weyant
Jane Yolen
Hyewon Yum
2016
Heather Alexander
Airlie Anderson
Karen Bao
Kelly Barnhill
Gene Barretta
Joan Bauer
Rebecca Behrens
Brian Biggs
Ross Burach
Jen Calonita
Frank Cammuso
Jeff Campbell
Scott Campbell
Lauren Castillo
Melanie Conklin
Russ Cox
Paul Czajak
Jacky Davis
Stacy Davidowitz
Julia Denos
Angela DiTerlizzi
Angela Dominguez
Sarah Beth Durst
Ame Dyckman
Beth Ferry
Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Josh Funk
David Gordon
Chris Grabenstein
John Grant
Mike Grosso
Lee Harper
Jen Hill
Tad Hills
Larissa (Lolly) Hopwood
Amy Ignatow
Stacy Innerst
Melissa Iwai
Michelle Knudsen
Yvonne (YoYo) Kusters
Tara Lazar
Claire Legrand
Adam Lehrhaupt
Brian Lies
Kelly Light
Steve Light
Kristine A. Lombardi
Michaela MacColl
Lauren Magaziner
Lee Gjertsen Malone
John Bemelmans Marciano
Denis Markell
Wendy Mass
Megan McCafferty
Kevin McCloskey
Patrick McDonnell
Hazel Mitchell
Diana Murray
Zachariah OHora
Jessica Olien
Herman Parish
Matt Phelan
Greg Pizzoli
Anna Raff
Lori Richmond
Anica Mrose Rissi
Isabel Roxas
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Judy Schachner
Tiffany Schmidt
Corey Rosen Schwartz
Tor Seidler
Steve Sheinkin
Courtney Sheinmel
Marilyn Singer
David Soman
Liz Starin
Rebecca Stead
David Ezra Stein
Nanci Turner Steveson
Neil Swaab
Gita Varadarajan
Tracey West
Eric Wight
Dan Yaccarino
Robin Yardi
Karen Romano Young
2015
Tony Abbott
Heather Alexander
Adam Auerbach
Kelly Barnhill
Aaron Becker
Samantha Berger
Jennifer Berne
David Biedrzycki
Brian Biggs
Sophie Blackall
Paulette Bogan
Max Brallier
Nick Bruel
Michael Buckley
Emilie Christie Burack
Laurie Calkhoven
Jeff Campbell
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Lauren Castillo
Catia Chien
Scott M. Cohn
Sally Cook
Bruce Coville
Mike Curato
Margery Cuyler
Jacky Davis
Angela Dominguez
Ame Dyckman
Chris Eliopoulos
Doris Ettlinger
Beth Ferry
Laura Marx Fitzgerald
Brian Floca
Deborah Freedman
Lisa Greenwald
Tommy Greenwald
Mark Greenwood
Brett Helquist
Edward Hemingway
Tad Hills
Melissa Iwai
Val Jones
Alan Katz
Michelle Knudsen
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Nancy Krulik
London Ladd
Claire Legrand
Adam Lehrhaupt
Frané Lessac
Gail Carson Levine
E.B. Lewis
Steve Light
Kristine A. Lombardi
David Lubar
Lauren Magaziner
Fran Manushkin
Wendy Mass
Megan McCafferty
Patrick McDonnell
Florence Minor
Wendell Minor
Hazel Mitchell
Roxie Munro
Matt Myklusch
Robin Newman
Zachariah OHora
Jessica Olien
Jerry Pallotta
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Herman Parish
John Parra
Ida Pearle
Matt Phelan
Jerry Pinkney
Greg Pizzoli
David Potter
James Preller
Sujean Rim
Lizzy Rockwell
Sergio Ruzzier
Kate Samworth
Charles Santore
Jennifer Sattler
Corey Rosen Schwartz
Steve Sheinkin
Courtney Sheinmel
David Soman
Jordan Sonnenblick
David Ezra Stein
Susan Stockdale
Nancy Tafuri
Rachel Vail
Audrey Vernick
Liza Gardner Walsh
Sarah Weeks
Monica Wellington
Rosemary Wells
Tracey West
J.A. White
Eric Wight
Rita Williams-Garcia
2014
Airlie Anderson
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Jennifer Berne
Brian Biggs
Sophie Blackall
Pseudonymous Bosch
Peter Brown
Laurie Calkhoven
Mônica Carnesi
Lauren Castillo
Lesa Cline-Ransom
Bryan Collier
Floyd Cooper
Bruce Coville
Pat Cummings
Margery Cuyler
Debbie Dadey
Jacky Davis
Barbara Dee
Ame Dyckman
Brian Floca
Alison Ashley Formento
David Gordon
Stephanie Greene
Tommy Greenwald
Lee Harper
Charise Mericle Harper
Deborah Heiligman
Brett Helquist
Edward Hemingway
Leeza Hernandez
Tad Hills
Susan Hood
Melissa Iwai
Marthe Jocelyn
Daniel Kirk
David Kirk
Michelle Knudsen
Nancy Krulik
Claire Legrand
Adam Lehrhaupt
Brian Lies
Kelly Light
David Lubar
Jen Malone
Fran Manushkin
John Bemelmans Marciano
Leonard S. Marcus
Denis Markell
Wendy Mass
Megan McCafferty
Florence Minor
Wendell Minor
Roxie Munro
Kevin O’Malley
Zachariah OHora
Laura Overdeck
Jerry Pallotta
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Herman Parish
Helen Perelman
Erica Perl
Matt Phelan
Greg Pizzoli
James Preller
James Ransome
Michael Rex
Fiona Robinson
Anne Rockwell
Lizzy Rockwell
Dave Roman
Carol Roth
Sergio Ruzzier
Stephen Savage
Corey Rosen Schwartz
Jon Scieszka
David Soman
Heidi E.Y. Stemple
Raina Telgemeier
Bill Thomson
Eric Velasquez
Nancy Viau
Eric Wight
Maryrose Wood
Dan Yaccarino
2013
Avi
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Sophie Blackall
Nick Bruel
Jen Bryant
Laurie Calkhoven
Alyssa Capucilli
Monica Carnesi
Bryan Collier
Shana Corey
David Hyde Costello
Nina Crews
Margery Cuyler
Debbie Dadey
Elizabeth Dahl
Ame Dyckman
Doris Ettlinger
Alison Formento
Alexis Frederick Frost
David Gordon
Lisa Greenwald
Melissa Guion
Laura Lee Gulledge
Tiffany Streilitz Haber
Brett Helquist
Edward Hemingway
Susan Hood
Kate Hosford
Amy Ignatow
Melissa Iwai
Dar Hosta James
Vincent X. Kirsch
Michelle Knudsen
Diane Krednesor
Tara Lazar
Claire Legrand
Brian Lies
Kelly Light
Lenore Look
Fran Manushkin
John Bemelmans Marciano
Leonard S. Marcus
Denis Markell
Ann M. Martin
Megan McCafferty
Steve Metzger
Hazel Mitchell
Denise Dowling Mortensen
Roxie Munro
Trinka Hakes Noble
Jerry Pallotta
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Herman Parish
Helen Perelman
Erica Perl
Matt Phelan
Leah Pileggi
Greg Pizzoli
Michael Rex
Fiona Robinson
John Rocco
Anne Rockwell
Lizzy Rockwell
Dave Roman
Marisabina Russo
Sergio Ruzzier
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Stephen Savage
Stephen Shaskan
Steve Sheinkin
Erin Soderberg
David Ezra Stein
Julie Sternberg
Janet Tashjian
Raina Telgemeier
Bill Thomson
Audrey Vernick
Nancy Viau
Joyce Wan
Monica Wellington
Eric Wight
Maryrose Wood
Dan Yaccarino
Paul O. Zelinsky
2012
Victoria Adler
Linda Barth
Artie Bennett
Christine Brodien-Jones
Peter Brown
Nick Bruel
Michael Buckley
Laurie Calkhoven
Scott Campbell
Alyssa Capucilli
Monica Carnesi
Lauren Castillo
Sheela Chari
Shana Corey
Margery Cuyler
Debbie Dadey
Kathleen Benner Duble
Ame Dyckman
Dan Elish
Doris Ettlinger
Brian Floca
Alison Formento
Keith Geist
Tiffany Streilitz Haber
Lee Harper
Brett Helquist
Leeza Hernandez
Amy Ignatow
Patricia Intriago
Melissa Iwai
Laurie Jacobs
P.G. Kain
Katy Kelly
Allegra Kent
Michelle Knudsen
Diane Kredensor
Brian Lies
Lenore Look
Matt Luckhurst
Fran Manushkin
John Bemelmans Marciano
Dennis Markell
Wendy Mass
Emily Arnold McCully
Patrick McDonnell
Hazel Mitchell
Roxie Munro
Ammi-Joan Paquette
Herman Parish
Helen Perelman
Erica Perl
Ned Rauch-Mannino
Michael Rex
Fiona Robinson
Eileen Rosenthal
Marc Rosenthal
Carol Roth
Daniel Salmieri
Julia Sarcone-Roach
Steven Savage
Judy Schachner
Jane Schoenberg
Steve Shaskan
Bob Shea
Ryan Sias
Aaron Starmer
Nancy Tafuri
Timothy Tocher
Joyce Wan
Monica Wellington
Eric Wight
Maryrose Wood
Timothy Young
2011
Selina Alko
Jennifer Allison
Cyn Balog
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Beth Ann Bauman
Artie Bennett
David Biedrzycki
Becky Birtha
Sophie Blackall
Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud
Laurie Calkhoven
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Sheela Chari
R. Gregory Christie
Margery Cuyler
Debbie Dadey
Barbara Dee
Laura Dower
Doris Ettlinger
Brian Floca
Alison Ashley Formento
Margie Gelbwasser
Lindsay Barrett George
Ponder Goembel
David Gordon
Chris Grabenstein
Dan Gutman
Lee Harper
Brett Helquist
John Hendrix
Will Hillenbrand
Kate Hosford
Patricia R. Hyatt
Patricia Intriago
Melissa Iwai
Marthe Jocelyn
Jacqueline Jules
Alan Katz
Katy Kelly
Leslie Kimmelman
Jeanette Larson
Ann Haywood Leal
Galen Longstreth
Fran Manushkin
John Bemelmans Marciano
Keri Mikulski
Roxie Munro
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Fiona Robinson
John Rocco
Ryan Sias
Judythe Sieck
Tricia Springstubb
Bill Thomson
Eric Velasquez
Audrey Vernick
Kay Winters
Dan Yaccarino
Kat Yeh
2006-2010
Participants over the years have included:
Tony Abbott
Marcie Aboff
Victoria Adler
Danny Alderman
Kim Alderman
Selina Alko
Jennifer Allison
Lynne Barasch
Lauren Baratz-Logstead
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Laura T. Barnes
Lisi Barros-Sehringer
Alexis Beard
Artie Bennett
Lesley M.M. Blum
Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud
Linda Bozzo
Kristen Bramsen
Irene Breznak
Pat Brisson
Peter Brown
Michael Buckley
Timothy Butcher
Laurie Calkhoven
Stephanie Calmenson
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Lynne Cherry
R. Gregory Christie
Sally Cook
Floyd Cooper
Jen Corace
Pat Cummings
Margery Cuyler
Diane de Groat
Matt de la Peña
Pegi Deitz-Shea
DyAnne DiSalvo
Sarah Beth Durst
Stephanie Duckworth Elliott
Joan Elste
Eve Feldman
Lin Fong-O’Neil
Alison Ashley Formento
Robin Friedman
David Gavril
Ponder Goembel
Diane Goode
Chris Grabenstein
Lisa Graff
David Gray
Lisa Greenwald
Dan Gutman
Lee Harper
Deborah Heiligman
Amy Hest
Tad Hills
Jan Huling
Phil Huling
Gale Sypher Jacob
Daniel Jennewein
Marthe Jocelyn
Kevin Kammeraad
Alan Katz
Irene Kelly
Jane Kelly
Katy Kelly
Rose Kent
Leslie Kimmelman
Daniel Kirk
Michelle Knudsen
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Bob Krech
Steven Kroll
Susan Kuklin
Will Lach
London Ladd
Chuku Lee
E.B. Lewis
Brian Lies
Sally Lloyd-Jones
Greg Logstead
Ana Lomba
Tina Louise
Pamela Lowell
Carolyn MacCullough
Maryann MacDonald
Pooja Makhijani
Ann Malaspina
Fran Manushkin
Leslie Margolis
Trish Marx
Wendy Mass
Charles Micucci
Julia Moberg
Jennifer Morgan
Denise Dowling Mortensen
Diane Muldrow
Lisa Mullarkey
Roxie Munro
Donna Jo Napoli
Henry Neff
David Neuhaus
Trinka Hakes Noble
Linda Oatman-High
Diane Ochiltree
Peter Oppenheim
Micol Ostow
Margie Palatini
Herman Parrish
Erica Perl
Wendy Pffefer
Elise Primavera
Sean Qualls
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Mara Rockliff
Edel Rodriguez
Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Shelly Rotner
Lynda Gene Rymond
Patricia Saxton
Judythe Sieck
Mavis Smith
Rebecca Stead
Andrea Stenn Stryer
R.L. Stine
Pamela Curtis Swallow
Nancy Tafuri
Iza Trapani
Matthew Trueman
Marc Tyler-Nobleman
Jean Van Leeuwen
Crystal Velasquez
Audrey Vernick
Nancy Viau
David Vision
Mutiya Vision
Heleen Von Rossum
Ellen Weiss
Candace Whitman
David Wiesner
Eric Wight
Helen Wilbur
Lisa Funari Willever
Carol Williams
Ferida Wolff
Maryrose Wood
Tom Yezerski
Kaethe Zemach
Harriet Ziefert