Recent NSK Prize Finalists
All NSK Prize Finalists
Finalists for the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature are nominated by a jury member. The following is full list of finalists for the prize from 2003 to present day.
| YEAR | AUTHOR NAME | GENDER | AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Gary Soto | M | Author |
| 2003 | Paul Fleischman | M | Author |
| 2003 | Patricia Polacco | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2003 | Susan Cooper | F | Author |
| 2003 | Mildred D. Taylor | F | Author |
| 2003 | Margaret Mahy | F | Author |
| 2003 | Tomi Ungerer | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2003 | Lois Lowry | F | Author |
| 2005 | Nancy Garden | F | Author |
| 2005 | Ifeoma Okoye | F | Author |
| 2005 | Perry Nodelman | M | Author |
| 2005 | Kevin Henkes | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2005 | Ashley Bryan | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2005 | Kate DiCamillo | F | Author |
| 2005 | E. L. Konigsburg | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2005 | Brian Doyle | M | Author |
| 2005 | Diana Wynne Jones | F | Author |
| 2007 | Walter Dean Myers | M | Author |
| 2007 | Katherine Paterson | F | Author |
| 2007 | Jane Yolen | F | Author |
| 2007 | Margaret Mahy | F | Author |
| 2007 | Peter Sís | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2007 | Peter Sís | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2007 | Jean C. George | F | Author |
| 2007 | Chris Rashchka | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2007 | Nyambura Mpesha | F | Author |
| 2009 | Walter Dean Myers | M | Author |
| 2009 | Martha Brooks | F | Author |
| 2009 | Jamila Gavin | F | Author |
| 2009 | Peter Sís | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2009 | Philip Pullman | M | Author |
| 2009 | Aidan Chambers | M | Author |
| 2009 | Russell Freedman | M | Author |
| 2009 | Pam Muñoz Ryan | F | Author |
| 2009 | Vera B. Williams | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2011 | Mordicai Gerstein | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2011 | Jacqueline Woodson | F | Author |
| 2011 | Anne Fine | F | Author |
| 2011 | Brian Selznick | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2011 | Christopher Paul Curtis | M | Author |
| 2011 | David Macaulay | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2011 | Jacqueline Woodson | F | Author |
| 2011 | Virginia Euwer Wolff | F | Author |
| 2013 | Naomi Shihab Nye | F | Author |
| 2013 | Joan Lingard | F | Author |
| 2013 | Demi | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2013 | Lois Lowry | F | Author |
| 2013 | Zilpha Keatley Snyder | F | Author |
| 2013 | Laurence Yep | M | Author |
| 2013 | Lois Lowry | F | Author |
| 2013 | Tamora Pierce | F | Author |
| 2013 | Walter Dean Myers | M | Author |
| 2015 | Benjamin Alire Sáenz | M | Author |
| 2015 | David Small | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2015 | Jamila Gavin | F | Author |
| 2015 | Julie Flett | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2015 | Leodnard Everett Fisher | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2015 | Meshack Asare | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2015 | Peter Sís | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2017 | Alma Flor Ada | F | Author |
| 2017 | Lynda Barry | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2017 | Lori Marie Carlson | F | Author |
| 2017 | Candace Fleming | F | Author |
| 2017 | Marilyn Nelson | F | Author |
| 2017 | Ema Wolf | F | Author |
| 2017 | Jacqueline Woodson | F | Author |
| 2019 | Margarita Engle | F | Author |
| 2019 | René Colato Laínez | F | Author |
| 2019 | Ana Maria Machado | F | Author |
| 2019 | Isabel Minhós Martins | F | Author |
| 2019 | Hilary McKay | F | Author |
| 2019 | Yuyi Morales | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2019 | Beverley Naidoo | F | Author |
| 2019 | Renée Watson | F | Author |
| 2019 | Jeanette Winter | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2021 | Laurie Halse Anderson | F | Author |
| 2021 | Eric Gansworth | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2021 | Meg Medina | F | Author |
| 2021 | Linda Sue Park | F | Author |
| 2021 | Mitali Perkins | F | Author |
| 2021 | Jason Reynolds | M | Author |
| 2021 | Cynthia Leitich Smith | F | Author |
| 2021 | Laurel Snyder | F | Author |
| 2021 | Alex Wheatle | M | Author |
| 2023 | Gene Luen Yang | M | Author, Illustrator |
| 2023 | Barbara McClintock | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2023 | Molly Knox Ostertag | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2023 | LeUyen Pham | F | Author, Illustrator |
| 2023 | Richard Van Camp | M | Author |
| 2023 | Renée Watson | F | Author |
| 2023 | Carole Boston Weatherford | F | Author |
| 2023 | Rita Williams-Garcia | F | Author |
| 2025 | Hena Khan | F | Author |
| 2025 | Martine Leavitt | F | Author |
| 2025 | Lulu Delacre | F | Author |
| 2025 | Malinda Lo | F | Author |
| 2025 | Aida Salazar | F | Author |
| 2025 | Hatem Aly | M | Illustrator |
| 2025 | Cherie Dimaline | F | Author |
| 2025 | Samira Ahmed | F | Author |
| 2025 | Kyo Maclear | F | Illustrator |
