The Coretta Scott King Award is given in January each year to one African American author and one African American illustrator for outstanding books that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples.
The award is designed to commemorate the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to honor Mrs. Coretta Scott King for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood.
- Coretta Scott King Award Official Website
- List of Winners – Coretta Scott King Award Since 1970
2013
Author Winner: Andrea Davis Pinkney for Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
Author Honor: Jacqueline Woodson for Each Kindness
Author Honor: Vauna Micheaux Nelson for No Crystal Stair
Illustrator: Bryan Collier for I, Too, Am America
Illustrator Honor: Christopher Myers for H.O.R.S.E.: a Game of Basketball and Imagination
Illustrator Honor: Daniel Minter for Ellen’s Broom
Illustrator Honor: Kadir Nelson for I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Jr.
2012
Author: Kadir Nelson for Heart and Soul
Illustrator: Shane Evans for Underground
2011
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia for Once Crazy Summer
Illustrator: Bryan Collier for Dave the Potter
2010
Author: Vaunda Nelson for Bad News for Outlaws
Illustrator:Charles R. Smith Jr. for My People
2009
Author: Kadir Nelson for We Are the Ship
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper for The Blacker the Berry
2008
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis for Elijah of Buxton
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan for Let it Shine
2007
Author: Sharon Draper for Copper Sun
Illustrator:Kadir Nelson for Moses
2006
Author: Julius Lester for Day of Tears
Illustrator:Bryan Collierfor Rosa
2005
Author: Toni Morrison for Remember
Illustrator:Kadir Nelson for Ellington Was Not a Street
2004
Author: Angela Johnson for The First Part Last
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan for Beautiful Blackbird
2003
Author: Nikki Grimes for Bronx Masquerade
Illustrator:E.B. Lewis for Talkin’ About Bessie The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
2002
Author: Mildred Taylor for The Land
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkneyfor Goin’ Someplace Special
2001
Author: Jacqueline Woodson for Miracle’s Boys
Illustrator: Bryan Collier for Uptown
2000
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis for Bud, Not Buddy
Illustrator:Brian Pinkney for In the Time of the Drums
1999
Author: Angela Johnson for Heaven
Illustrator:Michele Wood for I See the Rhythm
1998
Author: Sharon Draper for Forged by Fire
Illustrator:Javaka Steptoe for In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall
1997
Author: Walter Dean Myers for Slam!
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney for Minty
1996
Author: Virginia Hamilton for Her Stories
Illustrator:Tom Feelings for The Middle Passage
1995
Author: Patricia McKissack for Christmas in the Big House
Illustrator:James Ransome for The Creation
1994
Author: Angela Johnson for Toning the Sweep
Illustrator: Tom Feelingsfor Soul Looks Back in Wonder
1993
Author: Patricia McKissack for The Dark Thirty
Illustrator:Kathleen Atkins Wilson for The Origin of Life on Earth
1992
Author: Walter Dean Myers for Now is Your Time
Illustrator: Faith Ringgold for Tar Beach
1991
Author: Mildred Taylor for The Road to Memphis
Illustrator:Leo and Diane Dillon for Aida
