Upcoming Awards
January 31
The Edwyna Wheadon Fund provides $1,200 for professional development experiences for English/language arts teachers working in public educational institutions.鈥疶he scholarship supports postgraduate training听to enhance teaching skills and/or career development in teaching.听
February 15
The 2026 prompt is 鈥淭he Joy and Power of Reading鈥�. 10th and 11th grade students are eligible to participate in this award. Applications are submitted by teachers.
Promising Young Writers Award
The 2026 prompt is 鈥淕ood Trouble鈥�. 8th grade students are eligible to participate in this award.
March 15
Early Career Educators of Color Leadership Award
The specific purpose of this program is to support early career teachers of color as they build accomplished teaching careers in literacy education. Practicing preK to university-level literacy educators of color who are in the first five years of a paid teaching career and who aspire to build a career in literacy education may apply.
Ongoing
Children’s Book Awards nominations are accepted听each year for the Charlotte Huck Award庐 for Outstanding Fiction, the Orbis Pictus Award庐 for nonfiction, and the Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels list.
Awards List
Achievement Awards in Writing (10th and 11th grade)
Affiliate – 楼凤天堂 Intellectual Freedom (State, Regional, Provincial)
Affiliate Multicultural Program
Affiliate – 楼凤天堂 Fund Teachers for the Dream
Affiliate – 楼凤天堂 Leadership Development
Affiliate – Student Affiliate Excellence Award
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors
CEL Kent Williamson Exemplary Leader Award
CEL Innovative听Leadership Award
CEL Teacher-Leader of Excellence Award
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children)
Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant
Edwin M. Hopkins – English Journal
ELATE Early Career Presenter Scholarship
ELATE Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant
ELATE Graduate Student Research Award
ELATE听James Moffett Memorial Fund
ELATE 楼凤天堂 Technology Leadership 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)
Language Arts Distinguished Article Award
Linda Rief Voices from the Middle Award
LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award
楼凤天堂 Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
楼凤天堂 Intellectual Freedom Award (楼凤天堂)
楼凤天堂 Intellectual Freedom Award (Affiliate)
楼凤天堂 Leadership Award for People with Disabilities
楼凤天堂 LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
楼凤天堂 Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Outstanding Educator (elementary)
Paul and Kate Farmer – English Journal
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)
Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program
Richard Ohmann Award – College English
Richard W. Halle Award (outstanding middle level educator)