The Children's Book Awards Committee of the Youth Services Section has selected and announced the 2020 award winners for the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla Award, Outstanding Books of the Year, and the Notable Wisconsin Authors/Illustrators Award. Check out these fantastic authors today!

2020 AWARD WINNERS

Madhuri Vijay Wins Literary Prize from Wisconsin Libraries

The Literary Awards Committee of the Wisconsin Library Association is pleased to announce that Madhuri Vijay’s novel The Far Field is the Literary Award winner for 2020.  This award is for the highest literary achievement by an author with a Wisconsin connection, for a work written in 2019.  

The Wisconsin Library Association Announces the 2019 Literary Award and Children’s Book Award Winners

Chloe Benjamin Wins Literary Prize from the Wisconsin Library Association
For Her Novel: The Immortalists

The Wisconsin Library Association is pleased to announce the 2019 Awards & Honors Winners, selected for their outstanding contributions to libraries and librarianship: 

• Citation of Merit: Vicki Reuling, Community Library Supporter, Three Lakes, WI 

• Library of the Year: L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, Eau Claire, WI 

• Programming Innovation Award: Dementia-Friendly Programs at North Shore Library, Glendale, WI 

• Trustee of the Year: Kathy Pletcher, Nicolet Federated Library System, Green Bay, WI 

• WLA/DEMCO Librarian of the Year: Marla Sepnafski, Director, Wisconsin Valley Library Service, Wausau, WI 
  
  

More information about the 2019 award winners