You are invited to the 2026 CLCSC Awards Ceremony! Click on the "Register" button on the left to get started.
Join us in celebrating the 2026 CLCSC Award Winners at the
* 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*
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.
