YMA Awards Announced for 2022

The American Library Association announced their Youth Media Awards today! This is always an exciting day in the YA literature world. I have a personal challenge each year in which I try to read all the American Library Association Young Adult Award Winners from books published in 2021. This year, I actually watched the announcement, which was fun, and it means that I really paid attention to every single one of the 22 awards. Usually I only try to read 11 awards, but this year I will try for 16 of the 22 awards.

Here are this year's winners:

Alex "Margaret Alexander Edwards" Awards (10 best adult books that appeal to teens)

• Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
• The 100 Years of Lennie and Margot by Marianne Cronin
• The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
• The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
• How Lucky by Will Leitch
• Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• Crossing the Line: A Fearless Team of Brothers and the Sport that Changed their Lives Forever by Kareem Rosser
• Lore Olympous, Volume 1 by Rachel Smythe
• Malice by Heather Walter

American Indian Youth Literature Award

• Apple (Skin to Core) by Eric Gansworth

Asian / Pacific American Award for Youth Literature

• Amina's Song by Hena Khan (children's winner)
• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (winner)
• We Are Not Free by Tracy Chee (honor YA)

Coretta Scott King/Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achivement

• Nikki Grimes

Coretta Scott King Author Award (African American Author)

• Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford

Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award (African American Illustrator)

• Unspeakable, illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award (African American New Talent)

• The Me I Choose to Be by Regis and Kahran Bethencourt
• Me (Moth) by Amber McBride

Michael L. Printz Award (Best YA literature of the year)

• The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Margaret A. Edwards Award (Author who has made a significant contribution to YA or Children's Lit)

• A.S. King

Odyssey Award (best audio book)

• When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris

Pura Belpré (Latino Author)

• How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Schneider Family Book Award (Teen living with a disability)

• Words in My Hands by Asphyxia

Stonewall Children's and Young Adult Literature (LGBT)

• Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (winner)

Sydney Taylor Award for Jewish Youth Literature

• The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
• Body of Work award: Jane Yolen

William C. Morris Award (First YA novel by author)

• The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

YALSA Award for (Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults)

• Ambushed! The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield by Gail Jarrow