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Nonfiction Award Past Winners
Nonfiction Award Past Winners
Nonfiction Award - Previous Winners
| Year | Award Winner | Honors | Guest Speakers |
| 1977 | David Macaulay | Olivia Coolidge Laurence Pringle |
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| 1978 | Millicent Selsam | Jean Fritz | |
| 1979 | Jean Fritz | Milton Meltzer Laurence Pringle |
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| 1980 | Shirley Glubok | Leonard E. Fisher Walter Dean Myers |
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| 1981 | Milton Meltzer | Katherine Paterson Nancy Larrick |
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| 1982 | Tana Hoban | Joan Aiken Karla Kuskin |
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| 1983 | Patricia Lauber | Ashley Bryan Cynthia Voigt |
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| 1984 | Jill Krementz | M.E.Kerr Vera Williams |
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| 1985 | Isaac Asimov | Jack Prelutsky Trina Schart Hyman |
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| 1986 | Kathryn Lasky | Betsy Byars Charles Mikolaycak |
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| 1987 | Gail Gibbons | Norma Fox Mazer Paul Zelinsky |
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| 1988 | Jim Arnosky | Alice Provensen Gary Paulsen |
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| 1989 | Leonard Everett Fisher | Lois Lowry Jerry Pinkney |
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| 1990 | Brent Ashabranner | Eve Bunting Bruce Degan |
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| 1991 | Joanna Cole | X.J.Kennedy Anita Lobel |
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| 1992 | Russell Freedman | John Scieszka Pat Cummings |
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| 1993 | Seymour Simon | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Patricia Polacco |
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| 1994 | Jim Haskins | Johanna Hurwitz William Joyce |
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| 1995 | Albert Marrin | Steven Kellogg Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng |
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| 1996 | James Cross Giblin | Helen Griffith Ted Lewin |
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| 1997 | Rhoda Blumberg | Richard Peck David Wiesner |
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| 1998 | Jean Craighead George | Avi Ed Emberley |
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| 1999 | Laurence Pringle | Jerry Pinkney Julius Lester |
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| 2000 | Diane Stanley | Katherine Paterson David Wisniewski |
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| 2001 | Jim Murphy | M.E.Kerr Emily Arnold McCully |
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| 2002 | George Ancona | Sharon Creech E.B.Lewis |
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| 2003 | Steve Jenkins | Andrew Clements James Ransome |
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| 2004 | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent | Jerry and Eileen Spinelli Mark Teague |
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| 2005 | Caroline Arnold | Donna Jo Napoli Brian Selznick |
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| 2006 | Sneed B. Collard III | Chris Raschka Norton Juster |
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| 2007 | Doreen Rappaport | ||
| 2008 | No award (change from Fall to Spring Award Celebration) |
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| 2009 | Susan Campbell Bartoletti | ||
| 2010 | Sy Montgomery | ||
| 2011 | Kathleen Krull | ||
| 2012 | Peter Sís | ||
| 2013 | Janet Greenberg and Sandra Jordan | ||
| 2014 | Candace Fleming | ||
| 2015 | Steve Sheinkin | ||
| 2016 | Tonya Bolden |
