Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award For New Talent
The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, given to a black author and to a black illustrator for an outstanding book, is designed to bring visibility to a writer or artist at the beginning of his/her career as a published book creator. The Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent was presented for the first time in 1995.
The award is established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force.
All items prefixed with an asterisk (*) are held by James G. Gee Library, Texas A&M University--Commerce
2005 Award Winners:
Illustration Winner: Frank Morrison for Jazzy Miz Mozetta written by Brenda C. Roberts (Farrar Straus Giroux) [Juv. R5417JA]
Author Winner: *Barbara Hathaway for Missy Violet and Me (Houghton Mifflin Co.), [Juv. H285MI]
2004 Award Winners:
Illustration Winner: Elbrite Brown for My Family Plays Music written by Judy Cox (Holiday House) [Juv. C8386MY]
Author Winner: *Hope Anita Smith for The Way a Door Closes (Henry Holt), [Juv. 811 SM58W]
2003 Award Winners:
Illustration Winner: Randy DuBurke for The Moon Ring written by Randy DuBurke (Athenium Books for Young Readers) [Juv. D8532MO]
Author Winner: *Janet McDonald for Chill Wind (Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux), [Juv. M1434CH]
2002 Award Winners:
Illustration Winner: Jerome Lagarriguer for Freedom Summer written by Deborah Wiles (Athenium Books for Young Readers) [Juv. W643fr]
Author Winner: No Award Given
2001 Award Winners:
No Award
2000 Award Winners:
No Award
1999 Award Winners:
Illustrator Winner: *Eric Velasquez for The Piano Man, written by Debbie Chocolate (Walker) ), Juv. C451p
Author Winner: *Sharon Flake for The Skin I'm In (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion), [Juv. F599s]
1998 Award Winners:
No Award
1997 Award Winner:
*Another Way to Dance by Martha Southgate (Delacorte), Juv. So88a
1996 Award Winners:
No Award
1995 Award Winner:
*Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper (Simon & Schuster), Yth. D7915t
This page compiled by Marsha Keenan Last update February 2006
