Morris Award Nominations Open: Please Read!

Every year, YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) gives an award to the best YA debut novel. Called, The William C. Morris YA Debut Award, it “honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature.”

Now, I’m not going to tell you who to nominate. Anyone can nominate a title. They estimate there’s around 300 debut titles published each year that could qualify for the award. (Probably more, these days) This is a case where it definitely would help a book to receive multiple nominations, particularly from teens and librarians.

So . . . if you happen to know of a book that was written by a debut YA novelist–a book you found fits the award criteria, then by all means, nominate, nominate, nominate.

To help you with the nomination process, allow me to show you how such a nomination form might look.

Email address: [INSERT YOUR EMAIL HERE]
Your Name: [INSERT YOUR NAME HERE]
Author Last Name: Moore
Author First Name: Bryce
Book Title: Vodnik
Publisher: Tu Books
Publication Date: March 15, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781600608520
Genre: Fiction
Has this author published a book before? No
Annotation: [INSERT DESCRIPTION OF BOOK HERE. I can’t write the whole thing for you, people.]
Please explain why you thing this title is a candidate: [INSERT ALL THE REASONS WHY YOU LIKED THE BOOK HERE]
Affiliation: [CHECK OFF THE CATEGORY THAT FITS WHO YOU ARE]

Then hit SUBMIT, and you’re good to go.

Might I suggest sharing this nomination process with other people? 🙂

Thanks, folks. You’re the best!