The 2022 Golden Kite Award Winners!

Congratulations to these 2022 winners and honorees...

Picture Book Text

Winner: Joanna Ho, “Eyes That Kiss In The Corners”, illustrated by Dung Ho, Harper Collins Books for Young Readers

Donation made to First Book (firstbook.org)

Honor: Winsome Bingham, “Soul Food Sunday”, illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, Abrams Books for Young Readers

Donation made to Start Lighthouse (startlighthouse.org)

Picture Book Illustration

Winner: Stephen Costanza, “King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin” Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Donation made to Musical Bridges Around the World (mbaw.org)

Honor: Micha Archer, “Wonder Walkers” Nancy Paulsen Books

Donation made to Barbershop Books (barbershopbooks.org)

Middle Grade Fiction

Winner: Rajani LaRocca, “Red, White, and Whole”, Quill Tree Books

Donation made to World Literacy Foundation (worldliteracyfoundation.org)

Honor: Adrianna Cuevas, “Cuba in My Pocket”, Farrar, Straus, Giroux Books for Young Readers

Donation made to Lambda Literary (lambdaliterary.org/lgbtq-writers-in-schools/)

Illustrated Book for Older Readers

Winner: Fahmida Azim, “Samira Surfs”, Kokila

Donation made to The Rohingya Children Projects (rohingyachildren.com)

Honor: Eugene Yelchin, “Genius Under the Table”, Candlewick Press

Donation made to The Dream Builders Project (dbpla.org)

Nonfiction Text for Younger Readers

Winner: Colleen Paeff: “The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem” illustrated by Nancy Carpenter, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Donation made to Access Books (accessbooks.net)

Honor: Cynthia Levinson, “The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought For Justice With Art” illustrated by Evan Turk

Donation made to The Highlights Foundation Scholarship Fund (highlightsfoundation.org/scholarships/)

Nonfiction Book for Older Readers - Two winners in this category!!

Winner: Ariel Henley, “A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome”, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers

Donation made to myFace (myface.org)

Winner: Anton Treuer, “Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask”, Levine Querido

Donation made to Minnesota American Indian Bar Association - for Native American Scholarships (maiba.org)

Young Adult

Winner: Pamela N. Harris, “When You Look Like Us”, Quill Tree Books

Donation made to Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond (dsagr.org)

Honor: Olivia Abtahi, “Perfectly Parvin”, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

Donation made to The Word for Diversity (thewordfordiversity.org)

It's a great reading list - congratulations again to the winners, honorees, and nominees. You can find out more about SCBWI's Golden Kite Awards here.

Illustrate, Translate, and Write On,
Lee