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William C. Morris Award

{{short description|Annual literary award}}

{{Infobox award

| name = William C. Morris Award

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| awarded_for = "a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers"

| presenter = Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association

| country = United States

| year = 2009

| website = {{URL|ala.org/yalsa/morris}}

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The William C. Morris YA Debut Award is an annual award given to a work of young adult literature by a "first-time author writing for teens". It is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). It was named for twentieth-century American publisher William C. Morris (born 1928 or 1929 and raised up in Eagle Pass, Texas, died Sept 28, 2003 in Manhattan), whom YALSA calls an innovator and "an influential innovator in the publishing world and an advocate for marketing books for children and young adults".

The award is funded by the William C. Morris Endowment, established in 2000 and activated in 2003 with a bequest of $400,000 from the Morris estate. Morris gave the money to ALA to fund programs, publications, events, or awards in promotion of children's literature. In addition to being a member of ALA, Morris was the first recipient of its Distinguished Service Award in 1992. The shortlist for the first award was announced on December 8, 2008, and the winner, A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce, was announced on January 26, 2009, at the ALA's midwinter meeting.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ala.org/news/news/pressreleases2009/january2009/ymamorris |title=Elizabeth C. Bunce wins first-ever William C. Morris Award}}

"To be eligible, a title must have been designated by its publisher as being either a young adult book or one published for the age range that YALSA defines as 'young adult', i.e., 12 through 18". About 4000 "YA titles" are published annually and about 10% may be debuts.

Recipients

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|+ Morris Award winners and finalists{{Cite news|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris-award|title=Morris Award|work=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|access-date=2018-02-20|language=en}}

!Year

!Author

!Book

!Citation

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2009

|{{sort|Bunce, Elizabeth C.|Elizabeth C. Bunce}}

|{{sort|Curse Dark as Gold, A|A Curse Dark as Gold}}

|Winner

{{sort|Cashore, Kristin|Kristin Cashore}}

|Graceling

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sort|Lecesne, Celeste|Celeste LecesneNominated as James Lecesne.}}

|Absolute Brightness

{{sortname|Christina |Meldrum}}

|Madapple

{{sortname|Jenny |Valentine}}

|Me, the Missing, and the Dead

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2010

|{{sortname|L. K. |Madigan}}

|Flash Burnout

|Winner

{{sortname|Kami |Garcia}} and Margaret Stohl 

|Beautiful Creatures

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sort|Huntley, Amy |Amy Huntley}}

|{{sort|everafter|The Everafter}}

{{sortname|Nina |LaCour}}

|Hold Still

{{sortname|Malinda |Lo}}

|Ash

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2011

|{{sortname|Blythe |Woolston}}

|{{sort|freak observer, the|The Freak Observer}}

|Winner

{{sortname|Eishes |Chayil}}

|Hush

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Karen |Healey}}

|Guardian of the Dead

{{sortname|Lish |McBride}}

|Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

{{sortname|Barbara |Stuber}}

|Crossing the Tracks

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2012

|{{sortname|John Corey |Whaley}}

|Where Things Come Back

|Winner

{{sortname|Rae |Carson}}

|{{sort|girl of fire and thorns, the|The Girl of Fire and Thorns}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Jenny |Hubbard}}

|Paper Covers Rock

{{sortname|Guadalupe Garcia |McCall}}

|Under the Mesquite

{{sort|Sepetys, Ruta|Ruta Sepetys}}

|Between Shades of Gray

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2013

|{{sortname|Rachel |Hartman}}

|Seraphina

|Winner

{{sortname|S. D. |Crockett}}

|After the Snow

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Laura |Buzo}}

|Love and Other Perishable Items

{{sort|Danforth, Emily M.|Emily M. Danforth}}

|{{sort|miseducation of cameron post, the|The Miseducation of Cameron Post}} 

{{sortname|Hannah |Barnaby}}

|Wonder Show

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2014

|{{sortname|Stephanie |Kuehn}}

|{{sort|charm and strange|Charm & Strange}}

|Winner

{{sortname|Carrie |Mesrobian}}

|{{sort|sex and violence|Sex & Violence}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Evan |Roskos}}

|Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets

{{sortname|Elizabeth |Ross|Elizabeth Ross (author)}}

|Belle Epoque

{{sortname|Cat |Winters}}

|In the Shadow of Blackbirds

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2015

| {{sortname|Isabel |Quintero}}

| Gabi, A Girl in Pieces

| Winner

{{sortname|Jessie Ann |Foley}}

| {{sort|carnival at bray, the|The Carnival at Bray}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|E. K. |Johnston}}

| {{sort|story of owen, the|The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim}}

{{sortname|Len |Vlahos}}

| {{sort|scar boys, the|The Scar Boys}}

{{sortname|Leslye |Walton}}

| {{sort|strange and beautiful sorrows of ava lavender, the|The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender}}

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2016

|{{sort|Albertalli, Becky|Becky Albertalli}}

|Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

| Winner

{{sortname|Leah |Thomas|Leah Thomas (author)}}

|Because You'll Never Meet Me

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Kelly Loy |Gilbert}}

|Conviction

{{sortname|Stephanie |Oakes}}

|{{sort|sacred lies of minnow bly, the|The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly}}

{{sortname|Anna-Marie |McLemore}}

|{{sort|weight of feathers, the|The Weight of Feathers}}

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2017

|{{sortname|Jeff |Zentner}}

|{{sort|serpent King|The Serpent King}}

| Winner

{{sort|Girard, M E|M-E Girard}}

|Girl Mans Up

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Sonia |Patel}}

|Rani Patel in Full Effect

{{sortname|Bonnie-Sue |Hitchcock}}

|{{sort|smell of other people's houses, the|The Smell of Other People’s Houses}}

{{sortname|Calla |Devlin}}

|Tell Me Something Real

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2018

|{{sort|Thomas, Angie|Angie Thomas}}

|{{sort|hate u give, the|The Hate U Give}}

| Winner

{{sortname|Nic |Stone}}

|Dear Martin

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|S.F. |Henson}}

|Devils Within

{{sort|Ali, S K|S.K. Ali}}

|Saints and Misfits

{{sort|Bowman, Akemi Dawn|Akemi Dawn Bowman}}

|Starfish

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! rowspan="5" scope="row"!|2019

|{{sortname|Adib |Khorram}}

|Darius the Great is Not Okay

| Winner

{{sortname|Joy |McCullough}}

|Blood Water Paint

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Ngozi |Ukazu}}

|Check, Please!: #Hockey

{{sortname|Tomi |Adeyemi}}

|Children of Blood and Bone

{{sortname|Vesper |Stamper}}

|What the Night Sings

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2020

|{{sortname|Ben |Philippe}}

|{{sort|field guide to the north american teenager|The Field Guide to the North American Teenager}}

|Winner

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|{{sortname|Nafiza |Azad}}

|{{sort|candle and the flame|The Candle and the Flame}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|David |Yoon}}

|Frankly in Love

{{sortname|Alicia D. |Williams}}

|Genesis Begins Again

{{sortname|Katy Rose |Pool}}

|There Will Come a Darkness

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2021

|{{sortname|Kyrie |McCauley}}

|If These Wings Could Fly

|Winner

{{sortname|Echo |Brown}}

|Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Christina Hammonds |Reed}}

|{{sort|black kids|The Black Kids}}

{{sortname|Nina |Kenwood}}

|It Sounded Better in My Head

{{sort|ibanez, izabel|Isabel Ibañez}}

|Woven in Moonlight

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! rowspan="5" |2022{{Cite web|last=Morales|first=Macey|date=2022-01-24|title=American Library Association announces 2022 Youth Media Award winners|url=https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/01/american-library-association-announces-2022-youth-media-award-winners|access-date=2022-02-09|website=American Library Association|language=en}}

|{{Sortname|Angeline|Boulley}}

|Firekeeper's Daughter

|Winner

{{Sort|abike-iyimide, Faridah|Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé}}

|Ace of Spades

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{Sortname|Margie|Fuston}}

|Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things

{{Sortname|Amber|McBride}}

|Me (Moth)

{{Sortname|Cory|Anderson}}

|What Beauty There Is

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2023{{Cite web |last=SKUENN |date=2012-02-27 |title=Morris Award |url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris-award |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) |language=en}}

|{{sortname|Isaac |Blum}}

|{{sort|Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen|The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen}}

|Winner

{{sortname|Jen |Ferguson}}

|{{sort|Summer of Bitter and Sweet|The Summer of Bitter and Sweet}}

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Elizabeth |Kilcoyne}}

|Wake the Bones

{{sortname|Sonora |Reyes}}

|{{sort|lesbiana's guide to catholic school|The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School}}

{{sortname|Andrew Joseph |White}}

|Hell Followed with Us

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! rowspan="5" scope="row" ! |2024{{cite web |title=American Library Association announces 2024 Youth Media Award winners |url=https://www.ala.unikron.com/_files/ugd/48581a_bfae9b1a05ff4fe59f6fe7976304e537.pdf |website=American Library Association |access-date=22 January 2024}}

|{{sortname|Byron |Graves}}

|Rez Ball

|Winner

{{sortname|Hannah V. |Sawyerr}}

|All the Fighting Parts

| rowspan="4" |Finalist

{{sortname|Kiyash |Monsef}}

|Once There Was

{{sortname|Ari |Tison}}

|Saints of the Household

{{sortname|Trang Thanh |Tran}}

|She Is a Haunting

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

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{{cite web | url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris | title=The William C. Morris YA Debut Award | publisher=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). American Library Association (ALA). | access-date = 2013-05-04}}

[http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/morris/previous "Previous Morris Winners"]. YALSA. ALA. Retrieved 2013-05-05. With annual links to information about the winner and finalists.

[http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/morris/morrispolicy "William C. Morris YA Debut Award Policies and Procedures"]. YALSA. ALA. Revised March 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-04.

{{cite news |last= Maughan |first= Shannon |title= New ALA Award Honors Bill Morris |work= Publishers Weekly |publisher= Reed Business Information |date= June 29, 2007 |url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6456711.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090528200946/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6456711.html |archive-date= 2009-05-28 |access-date = 2013-05-04}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2015-morris-award|title=2015 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org|publisher=American Library Association |access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris-award|title=2016 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2014-morris-award|title=2014 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2013-morris-award-0|title=2013 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2012-morris-award|title=2012 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris/2011|title=2011 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/morris/2010/finalists|title=2010 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/bookawards/morris/2009/finalists|title=2009 Morris Award|website=www.ala.org |publisher=American Library Association|access-date=January 19, 2016}}

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