Coretta Scott King Award – Author Winners

2026

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2026 award year.

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Winner

Will's Race for Home

Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2025 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze

Barnes, Derrick

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

The Library in the Woods

Ramsey, Calvin Alexander

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2025 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

Split the Sky

Arnold, Marie

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2025 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2025

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2025 award year.

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Winner

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2024 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

Black Girl You Are Atlas

Watson, Renee

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2024 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

Black Star

Alexander, Kwame

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2024 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

One Big Open Sky

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2024 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2024

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2024 award year.

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Winner

Nigeria Jones

Zoboi, Ibi

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2023 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

Big

Harrison, Vashti

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2023 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2023

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2023 award year.

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Winner

Freewater

Luqman-Dawson, Amina

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2022 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

2022

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2022 award year.

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Honor Book

Home Is Not a Country

Elhillo, Safia

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2021 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2021

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2021 award year.

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Winner

Before the Ever After

Woodson, Jacqueline

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

All the Days Past, All the Days to Come

Taylor, Mildred D.

Logan Family Series · Book 9 · General Fiction

Jan-2020 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

King and the Dragonflies

Callender, Kacen

Islands of Blood and Storm Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Feb-2020 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2019

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2019 award year.

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Honor Book

Finding Langston

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

The Finding Langston Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Historical

Aug-2018 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

The Parker Inheritance

Johnson, Varian

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2018 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

The Season of Styx Malone

Magoon, Kekla

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2018 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2018

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2018 award year.

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Winner

Piecing Me Together

Watson, Renee

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2017 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut

Barnes, Derrick

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2017 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

The Hate U Give

Thomas, Angie

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2017 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

Long Way Down

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2017 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2017

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2017 award year.

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Honor Book

As Brave as You

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2016 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

Freedom Over Me

Bryan, Ashley

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2016 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2016

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2016 award year.

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Winner

Gone Crazy in Alabama

Williams-Garcia, Rita

One Crazy Summer Series · Book 3 · General Fiction

Apr-2015 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

All American Boys

Reynolds, Jason; Kiely, Brendan

Standalone · Mystery

Oct-2015 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

The Boy in the Black Suit

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2015 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

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Shabazz, Ilyasah

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2015 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2015

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2015 award year.

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Honor Book

The Crossover

Alexander, Kwame

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2014 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

How It Went Down

Magoon, Kekla

How It Went Down Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Oct-2014 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

2014

Coretta Scott King Award Author results for the 2014 award year.

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Winner

P.S. Be Eleven

Williams-Garcia, Rita

Delphine Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

May-2013 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Winner

P.S. Be Eleven

Williams-Garcia, Rita

One Crazy Summer Series · Book 2 · General Fiction

May-2013 Coretta Scott King Award Author winner

Honor Book

Darius & Twig

Myers, Walter Dean

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2013 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

Honor Book

Words with Wings

Grimes, Nikki

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 Coretta Scott King Award Author honor book

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