Golden Duck Awards
Encyclopedia
The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction have been given annually since 1992.
There is also provision for a Special Award if a book is found to be outstanding but doesn't fit any of the standard categories
. Winners are selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.
Categories
The categories are:- Picture Book
- K- 5th Grade Reader
- Middle Grades (the Eleanor CameronEleanor CameronEleanor Frances Butler Cameron was a Canadian children's author. Her first book was The Unheard Music, published in 1950.-Life:...
Award) - Young Adult (the Hal ClementHal ClementHarry Clement Stubbs better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre.-Biography:...
Award)
There is also provision for a Special Award if a book is found to be outstanding but doesn't fit any of the standard categories
Funding
The Golden Duck Awards are funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., a 501(c)3 corporation, which also sponsors the U.S. midwest regional science fiction convention DucKonDucKon
DucKon is an annual science fiction convention held every June in the Chicago area. The name is a shortening of DUpage County KONvention....
. Winners are selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.
Picture Book
- 2004 - Hazel Nutt , Mad Scientist by , David ElliotDavid Elliott (children's author)David Elliott is an author of children's books who lives in Warner, New Hampshire, in the United States. He also works as a professor at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire.- Background :...
illustrated by True Kelley (Holliday House, c2003 ISBN: 0823417115) - 2005 - Science Verse by Jon ScieszkaJon ScieszkaJon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint, Michigan is an American author of children's literature, best known for his collaborations with illustrator Lane Smith. He is also a nationally recognized reading advocate, and in early 2008 was named the National Ambassador for Young People's...
and Lane SmithLane Smith (illustrator)Lane Smith is an American children's book author and illustrator.-Background:Smith was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but moved to Corona, California at a young age...
(Illustrator) (Viking) - 2006 - (tie)
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- Whales on Stilts by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Harcourt, 2005. ISBN: 0152053409)
- The Fran That Time Forgot by Jim BentonJim BentonJim Benton is an American illustrator and writer. Licensed properties he has created include Dear Dumb Diary, Dog of Glee, Franny K...
(Aladdin, ISBN: 0689862989)- 2007 - Night of the Homework Zombies by Scott Nickel, Illustrated by Steve Harpster; (ISBN 9781598890358)
Eleanor Cameron Award
- 2004 - Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster)
- 2005 - Supernaturalist by Eoin ColferEoin ColferEoin Colfer is an Irish author. He is most famous as the author of the Artemis Fowl series, but he has also written other successful books. His novels have been compared to the works of J. K. Rowling...
(Hyperion) - 2006 - Uglies by Scott WesterfeldScott WesterfeldScott Westerfeld is an American author of science fiction. He was born in Texas and now divides his time between Sydney, Australia and New York City, USA.-Books:...
(Simon Pulse, 2005) - 2007 - Apers by Mark JansenMark JansenMark Jansen, , is a heavy metal musician.As guitarist, Jansen founded After Forever with Sander Gommans, and was one of the main songwriters since their debut album Prison of Desire. He left After Forever in 2002, and after his departure the band took a new musical direction...
with Barbara Day Zinicola (Dailey Swan Publishing, 2006; ISBN 9780977367627)
Hal Clement Award
- 1992 - Invitation to the Game by Monica HughesMonica Hughes-External links:***...
- 1993 - River Rats by Caroline StevermerCaroline StevermerCaroline Stevermer is a writer of young adult fantasy novels and shorter works. She is best known for two series of historical fantasy novels.With Patricia C...
- 1994 - The Giver by Lois LowryLois LowryLois Lowry is an American author of children's literature. She began her career as a photographer and a freelance journalist during the early 1970s...
- 1995 - The Ear, the Eye & the Arm by Nancy FarmerNancy Farmer (author)Nancy Farmer is a prominent children's book author from the United States.Farmer was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned her B.A. at Reed College and later studied chemistry and entomology at the University of California, Berkeley...
- 1996 - TIE winners
- Winds of Marsby by H.M. Hoover
- Night Room by E.M. Goldman
- 1997 - Wildside by Steven GouldSteven GouldSteven Charles Gould is an American science fiction author and teacher. He has written eight novels and is best known for his 1992 novel Jumper, which was made into a film and released in 2008. He is married to science fiction writer Laura J...
- 1998 - Skade's Children by Garth NixGarth NixGarth Nix is an Australian author of young adult fantasy novels, most notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the...
- 1999 - Alien Dreams by Larry Segriff
- 2000 - The Game of World's: Out of Time by Roger McBride Allen, edited by David BrinDavid BrinGlen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:...
- 2001 - Jumping Off the Planet by David GerroldDavid GerroldJerrold David Friedman , better known by his pen name David Gerrold, is an American science fiction author who started his career in 1966 while a college student by submitting an unsolicited story outline for the television series Star Trek. He was invited to submit several premises, and the one...
- 2002 - This Side of Paradise by Steven Lane
- 2003 - Feed by M.T. Anderson
- 2004 - Gunpowder Empire by Harry TurtledoveHarry TurtledoveHarry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.- Life :...
(Tor Books) - 2005 - Balance of Trade by Sharon LeeSharon Lee (writer)Sharon Lee is an American writer. She is the co-author of the Liaden universe novels and stories, as well as other works, and individually the author of two mystery novels....
and Steve MillerSteve Miller (writer)Steve Miller is the grandson of poet and WBAL radio personality Dorothea Neale. He graduated from Reisterstown, Maryland's Franklin Senior High School in 1968 after learning how to make chapbooks as editor of the school’s literary magazine, Junto.- Biography :Steve attended University of Maryland,...
(Meisha Merlin, 2004) - 2006 - UgliesUgliesUglies is a 2005 science fiction novel by Scott Westerfeld. It is set in a future post-scarcity dystopian world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16. It tells the story of teenager Tally Youngblood who rebels against society's enforced conformity,...
by Simon Pulse - 2007 - RashRashA rash is a change of the skin which affects its color, appearance or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin. Rashes may cause the skin to change color, itch, become warm, bumpy, chapped, dry, cracked or blistered, swell and may be painful. The causes, and...
by Pete HautmanPete HautmanPete Hautman is the author of many well received young adult novels, one of which, Godless, won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Hautman moved to St. Louis Park, Minnesota at the age of five. He later graduated from St...
(Simon & Schuster, 2006; ISBN 9780689868016) - 2008 - Sky Horizon by David BrinDavid BrinGlen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:...
and illustrated by Scott HamptonScott HamptonScott Hampton is an American comic book artist well known for his painted artwork. He is the brother of fellow-comics-creator Bo Hampton.-Biography:Scott Hampton was born in 1959 in High Point, North Carolina....
(Subterranean Press, 2007, ISBN 9781596061095) - 2009 - TIE winners
- 1997 - Wildside by Steven Gould
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSuzanne CollinsSuzanne Collins is an American television writer and novelist.-Early life:Suzanne Collins is the daughter of an Air Force officer. She graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts and earned her M.F.A. from New York University in Dramatic Writing....
(Scholastic Press, 2008, ISBN 9780439023481) - Little Brother by Cory DoctorowCory DoctorowCory Efram Doctorow is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books...
(Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC, 2008, ISBN 9780765319852)
Special Award Winner
- 1997 Strong Female Characters - Kipton and the Tower of Time by Charles L. FontenayCharles L. FontenayCharles Louis Fontenay was an American journalist and science fiction writer.He wrote science fiction novels and short stories. His non-fiction includes the biography of prominent New Deal era politician Estes Kefauver.Mr...
(Royal Fireworks Press, 1996) - 1999 Australian Contribution to Children's Science Fiction - to Garth NixGarth NixGarth Nix is an Australian author of young adult fantasy novels, most notably the Old Kingdom series, The Seventh Tower series, and The Keys to the Kingdom series. He has frequently been asked if his name is a pseudonym, to which he has responded, "I guess people ask me because it sounds like the...
- 2000 Promotion of Reading - Harry Potter seriesHarry PotterHarry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
by J. K. RowlingJ. K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE , better known as J. K. Rowling, is the British author of the Harry Potter fantasy series... - 2003 Best Science and Technology Education - Tales of the Wonderzone (Entire Series) by Julie E. CzernedaJulie E. CzernedaJulie E. Czerneda is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written at least 9 SF novels, including the Prix Aurora winner In the Company of Others, a number of short stories; and has edited several anthologies....
(Trifolium Books) - 2007 - Nonfiction - Write Your Own Science Fiction Story by Tish Farrell (Compass Point Books, 2006; ISBN 9780756516437)