Annual Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children's Literature

The Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children’s Literature was established in 2007 to recognize outstanding works of children’s literature by authors living in Virginia and the mid-Atlantic region. Books are selected
by a juried panel from nominated titles. Readers online and at public libraries and bookstores vote for the winner. The winner, who receives a cash prize and an engraved crystal book, is announced each year at the Library of Virginia Literary Awards Celebration.

Nominations for the 2013 Award are currently closed. You may nominate a book for the 2014 Award using the entry form.

Past Winners:
15th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2012)
Cardozo Award: When a Dragon Moves In by Jodi Moore

14th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2011)
Cardozo Award: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

13th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2010)
Cardozo Award: Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation by Jacqueline Jules

12th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2009)
Cardozo Award: Abe's Honest Words by Doreen Rappaport

11th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2008)
Cardozo Award: The Old House by Pamela Duncan Edwards

10th Annual Library of Virginia Literary Awards (2007)
Cardozo Award: Duck & Goose by Tad Hills