SCBWI Announces 2020 Crystal Kite Winners

The winners of the 2020 Crystal Kite Awards have just been announced! Given to books in fifteen regions that represent excellence in the field of children’s literature, the Crystal Kites Awards are peer-selected, voted on by SCBWI members from local regions. Congratulations to the 2020 winners of this prestigious award and their wonderful books, proudly presented here by regional division.

Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Wash DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland) HEDY LAMARR'S DOUBLE LIFE: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by Katy Wu

Australia, New Zealand CATCH A FALLING STAR by Meg McKinlay

California, Hawaii THE DOWNSTAIRS GIRL by Stacey Heather Lee

Canada SMALL WORLD by Ishta Mercurio-Wentworth, illustrated by Jen Corace

Internationals Other SWISSTORY: The Untold, Bloody, and Absolutely Real History of Switzerland by Laurie Theurer, illustrated by Michael Meister

Mid South Division (Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana) POETREE by Shauna LaVoy Reynolds, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani

Middle East, India, Asia INDIGO GIRL by Suzanne Kamata

Mid West Division (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio) JUST LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG by Sarah Aronson, illustrated by Robert Neubecker

New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island) THE BRIDGE HOME by Padma Venkatraman

New York THE LITTLE GREEN GIRL by Lisa Anchin

South East Division (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama THE BOY WHO GREW A FOREST: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz, illustrated by Kayla Harren

South West Division (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, southern Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico) TRUMAN by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Texas, Oklahoma HER OWN TWO FEET: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk by Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze

UK, Ireland THE TIDE by Clare Welsh by Ashling Lindsay

Western Division (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota) GHOST CAT by Kevan Atteberry