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Upcoming Awards

February 15

Achievement Awards in Writing
Encourages high school sophomores and juniors to write and to publicly recognize the best student writing. The prompt for the 2027 awards cycle is now available!

Promising Young Writers
The goal of this award is to stimulate and recognize the writing talents of eighth-grade students and to emphasize the importance of writing skills among eighth-grade students. The prompt for the 2027 awards cycle is now available!

Ongoing

Children’s Book Awards nominations are acceptedÌýeach year for the Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction, the Orbis Pictus Award® for nonfiction, and the Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels list. NEW! The deadline for book nominations is September 15.

Awards List

Edwin M. Hopkins – English Journal

Edwyna Wheadon Scholarship

ELATE Early Career Presenter Scholarship

ELATE Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant

ELATE Graduate Student Research Award

ELATEÌýJames Moffett Memorial Fund

ELATEÌýJames N. Britton Award

ELATEÌýJanet Emig Award

ELATE 51ÁÔÆæ Technology Leadership Award

ELATE Research Initiative

ELATEÌýRichard A. Meade Award

Excellence in Poetry for Children (living American poet)

George Orwell Award – Sponsored by the Public Language Award Committee

High School Teacher of Excellence (Affiliate Award)

James R. Squire Award

Language Arts Distinguished Article Award

Linda Rief Voices from the Middle Award

LLA Lifetime 51ÁÔÆæ Award

LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award

LLA Service Award

51ÁÔÆæ Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award

51ÁÔÆæ Intellectual Freedom Award (51ÁÔÆæ)

51ÁÔÆæ Intellectual Freedom Award (Affiliate)

51ÁÔÆæ Leadership Award for People with Disabilities

51ÁÔÆæ LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award

51ÁÔÆæ Media Literacy Award

51ÁÔÆæ Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)

Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Outstanding Educator (elementary)

Outstanding Educator (middle)

Paul and Kate Farmer – English Journal

Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)

Promising Researcher Award

Promising Young Writers (8th grade)

Research Foundation Grants

Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program

Richard Ohmann Award – College English

Richard W. Halle Award (outstanding middle level educator)

TYCA Diana Hacker Outstanding Programs in English Award

TYCA Nell Ann Pickett Award