Recent NSK Jurors
All NSK Prize Jurors (2003 – present)
The NSK Prize is decided every other year by a jury of 7-9 writers who each nominate an author for the prize. The following is a full list of NSK Prize jurors from 2003 to present day.
| YEAR | JUROR | GENDER | AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Nidhi Chanani | F | |
| 2025 | Susan Fletcher | F | |
| 2025 | Guadalupe García McCall | F | |
| 2025 | Varian Johnson | M | |
| 2025 | Magdalena Mora | N | |
| 2025 | Kate Rafiq | F | |
| 2025 | Danny Ramadan | M | |
| 2025 | Sabaa Tahir | F | |
| 2025 | Lauren Tamaki | M | |
| 2023 | William Alexander | M | |
| 2023 | Veera Hiranandani | F | |
| 2023 | Jessica Kim | F | |
| 2023 | Trung Le Capecchi-Nguyen | M | |
| 2023 | Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich | F | |
| 2023 | Lawrence Schimel | M | |
| 2023 | Brenda Woods | F | |
| 2023 | M. O. Yuksel | F | |
| 2023 | Raúl Colón | M | |
| 2021 | Jonathan Auxier | M | |
| 2021 | Monica Brown | F | |
| 2021 | Tanita S. Davis | F | |
| 2021 | Adib Khorram | M | |
| 2021 | Randy Ribay | M | |
| 2021 | Sonia Patel | F | |
| 2021 | Cynthia Weill | F | |
| 2021 | Tanaya Winder | F | |
| 2021 | Janet Wong | F | |
| 2019 | Socorro Acioli | F | |
| 2019 | Jorge Argueta | M | |
| 2019 | Chris Haughton | M | |
| 2019 | Tiffany Jackson | F | |
| 2019 | Uma Krishnaswami | F | |
| 2019 | Kit Pearson | F | |
| 2019 | Lilliam Rivera | F | |
| 2019 | Duncan Tonatiuh | M | |
| 2019 | Jonah Winter | M | |
| 2017 | Marjorie Agosín | F | |
| 2017 | Hayan Charara | M | |
| 2017 | Margarita Engle | F | |
| 2017 | An Na | F | |
| 2017 | Linda M. Pavonetti | F | |
| 2017 | Ozge Samanci | F | |
| 2017 | Ana María Shua | F | |
| 2017 | Padma Venkatraman | F | |
| 2017 | Eugene Yelchin | M | |
| 2015 | Kathleen T. Horning | F | |
| 2015 | Eric Kimmel | M | |
| 2015 | Elizabeth Laird | F | |
| 2015 | Kathryn Otoshi | F | |
| 2015 | Nii Ayikwei Parkes | M | |
| 2015 | J. L. Powers | F | |
| 2015 | Richard Van Camp | M | |
| 2013 | Ibtisam Barakat | F | |
| 2013 | Lari Don | F | |
| 2013 | Rukhsana Khan | F | |
| 2013 | Maggie Meacham | F | |
| 2013 | Susan Lynn Meyer | F | |
| 2013 | Minfong Ho | F | |
| 2013 | Mitali Perkins | F | |
| 2013 | Naheed Senzai | F | |
| 2013 | Rita Williams‐Garcia | F | |
| 2011 | M. T. (Tobin) Anderson | M | |
| 2011 | Rita Auerbach | F | |
| 2011 | Adèle Geras | F | |
| 2011 | Seth Lerer | M | |
| 2011 | Eva Mitnick | F | |
| 2011 | Jim Murphy | M | |
| 2011 | Masha Rudman | F | |
| 2011 | Suzanne Fisher Staples | F | |
| 2009 | Joni Richards Bodart | F | |
| 2009 | Karleen Bradford | F | |
| 2009 | Beverley Naidoo | F | |
| 2009 | Susan Patron | F | |
| 2009 | Eric Rohmann | M | |
| 2009 | Judith Saltman | F | |
| 2009 | Gary Schmidt | M | |
| 2009 | Isabel Schon | F | |
| 2009 | Virginia Euwer Wolff | F | |
| 2007 | Patty Campbell | F | |
| 2007 | Chris Crowe | M | |
| 2007 | Corinne Demas | F | |
| 2007 | Sarah Ellis | F | |
| 2007 | Ginny Moore Kruse | F | |
| 2007 | Yuyi Morales | F | |
| 2007 | Joyce Carol Thomas | F | |
| 2007 | Virginia Walter | F | |
| 2007 | Nana Wilson-Tagoe | F | |
| 2005 | Michael Cart | M | |
| 2005 | Ernest Emenyonu | M | |
| 2005 | Carol Matas | F | |
| 2005 | Becky McDonald | F | |
| 2005 | Naomi Shihab Nye | F | |
| 2005 | Judy Pedersen | F | |
| 2005 | Judith Viorst | F | |
| 2005 | Tim Wynne-Jones | M | |
| 2005 | Jane Yolen | F | |
| 2003 | Rudolfo Anaya | M | |
| 2003 | Marc Aronson | M | |
| 2003 | Sara Ann Beach | F | |
| 2003 | Steve Geck | M | |
| 2003 | Dianne Johnson | F | |
| 2003 | Katherine Paterson | F | |
| 2003 | Peter Sís | M | |
| 2003 | Maureen White | F |
