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Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

The Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book is an award given annually to a book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy.[1] The name of the award was chosen because a lodestar is "a star that guides or leads, especially in navigation, where it is the sole reliable source of light—the star that leads those in uncharted waters to safety."[2] The nomination and selection process is administered by the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) represented by the current Worldcon committee, and the award is presented at the Hugo Award ceremony at the Worldcon, although it is not itself a Hugo Award.

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book
Awarded forThe best book published for young adult readers in the field of science fiction or fantasy appearing for the first time during the previous calendar year.
Presented byWorld Science Fiction Society
First awarded2018
Most recent winnerNnedi Okorafor (Akata Warrior)

Members of the current and previous Worldcon are eligible to nominate new writers for the Lodestar Award under the same procedures as the Hugo Awards. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, at which point a shortlist is made of the six most-nominated writers, with additional nominees possible in the case of ties. Voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held.[3]

Since the creation and naming of the award were done in separate amendments to the WFSF constitution in 2017[4] and 2018[1], the award didn't have a name in its inaugural year and was just referred to as the World Science Fiction Society Award for Best Young Adult Book.[5] The 2018 award was created by Sara Felix, the president of the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.[6]

Winners and nomineesEdit

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a blue background have won the award; those with a white background are the finalists.

  *   Winners

Year Author(s) Novel Publisher Ref.
2018 Nnedi Okorafor* Akata Warrior Viking Press [7]
T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) Summer in Orcus Sofawolf Press [7]
Sarah Rees Brennan In Other Lands Big Mouth House [7]
Frances Hardinge A Skinful of Shadows Macmillan / Harry N. Abrams [7]
Sam J. Miller The Art of Starving HarperTeen [7]
Philip Pullman The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage Alfred A. Knopf [7]
2019 Dhonielle Clayton The Belles Freeform / Gollancz [8]
Tomi Adeyemi Children of Blood and Bone Henry Holt / Macmillan Children’s Books [8]
Holly Black The Cruel Prince Little, Brown / Hot Key Books [8]
Justina Ireland Dread Nation Balzer + Bray [8]
Peadar O’Guilin The Invasion David Fickling Books / Scholastic [8]
Rachel Hartman Tess of the Road Random House / Penguin Teen [8]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ a b "Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society, as of August 21, 2018" (PDF). The World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. ^ "The Complete YA Award Study Committee Report" (PDF). Worldcon 75. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ^ "The Hugo Awards: Introduction". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2010-04-20.
  4. ^ "Constitution of the World Science Fiction Society, as of August 22, 2017" (PDF). The World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 Hugo Winners Announced". Worldcon 76. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ Felix, Sara. "WSFS Young Adult Award". DeviantArt. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "2018 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
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