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2026 CLCSC Awards Ceremony

  • November 14, 2026
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • 33 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA 91024
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Registration

  • Registration for 2026 CLCSC Award Winner and one Guest
  • Community Sponsors receive /\ Recognition in event program, website, and social media AND /\ Two (2) Tickets to the Children’s Literature Award Ceremony.
  • Admin use only
  • Friend Sponsors receive /\ Recognition in event program, website, and social media AND /\ One (1) Tickets to the Children’s Literature Award Ceremony.
  • Ticket for non-member registration
  • Presenting Sponsors receive /\ Exclusive recognition across all printed materials and social media, /\ Feature in award presentations, /\ Sponsorship signage displayed at Excellence in an Non-Fiction Picture Book, Excellence in Picture Book Artistry, or Excellence in Juvenile Fiction Award Winner table, /\ Four (4) Tickets to the Children’s Literature Award Ceremony, AND /\ Collection of year's Award Winning Books.
  • Ticket for student registration
  • Supporting Sponsors receive /\ Recognition in event program, website, and social media, /\ Feature in award presentations, /\ Sponsorship signage displayed at Myra Cohn Livingston, Peggy C. Miller, or Dorothy C. McKenzie Award Winner table, AND /\ Two (2) Tickets to the Children’s Literature Award Ceremony.

Register

You are invited to the 2026 CLCSC Awards Ceremony!

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Join us in celebrating the 2026 CLCSC Award Winners at the 

2026 CLCSC Awards Ceremony

Saturday, November 14, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Lodge at Sierra Madre
33 E Sierra Madre Blvd, Sierra Madre, CA 91024

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2026 Award Winners

* Winners denoted by asterisk

Outstanding Non-Fiction Picture Book

To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities by Patricia Morris Buckley*, Illustrated by E.B. Lewis


Inspiring Non-Fiction Picture Book

Girls on the Rise by Amanda Gorman*, Illustrated by Loveis Wise*


Outstanding Juvenile Novel in Verse

A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by Maria Dolores Águila*


Myra Cohn Livingston Award for Poetry

Awesome Earth: Concrete Poems Celebrate Caves, Canyons, and Other Fascinating Landforms by Joan Bransfield Graham*, Illustrated by Tania Garcia


Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature

I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You This by Eugene Yelchin*


BOOKS

A bookseller will be on site with the award winning books available. You may also bring their books that you already own.

A box lunch will be served. Please note, we cannot guarantee vegan or vegetarian selections after November 7, 2026.

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Lifetime and Supporting Members register for free (log in to the website first, then select CLC Supporting or Lifetime Member ticket level on the registration page).

Questions? Registration problems? General feedback? Please email Helen Fairman, awardsceremonychair@childrensliteraturecouncil.org.

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