Rules for Nominating a Title

Rules Governing the Nomination of Books for
The Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award (K-4) and
The Georgia Children's Book Award (4-8)

1. Newbery and Caldecott winners are ineligible. Honor books, however, are eligible.


2. Only one title by any author may be included on the Book Award list.


3. An illustrator or author may appear more than once on the Picture Storybook list if teamed with another person.


4. Only titles published within the past five years are eligible.


5. Only fiction will be considered.


6. Titles must be in print.


7. Authors and illustrators with books on preceding lists may be repeated, but not for a book on a preceding list.


8. Winning authors and illustrators will be excluded from the competition the following year.


9. Nominated authors and illustrators must be alive and living in North America (in reasonable proximity so that they might come to the conference to receive the award should they win).


10. Books nominated for the awards should have literary and artistic merit and be free of negative stereotyping.


11. Each list of nominees will include twenty titles.

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