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John Steptoe Award for New Talent
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.
These books affirm new talent and offer visibility to excellence in writing or illustration at the beginning of a career as a
published book creator. The criteria for eligibility will be the same as those for the Coretta Scott King writing and illustration
awards, with the exception that the winner(s)' published works cannot exceed three in number.
For more information see: John Steptoe Award for New Talent
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| Year | Category | Title | Author |
| 2011 | Author Award Winner | Zora and Me | Victoria Bond |
| Illustrator Award Winner | Seeds of Change | Illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler, written by Jen Cullerton Johnson | |
| 2010 | Author Award Winner | The Rock and the River | Kekla Magoon |
| 2009 | Illustrator Award Winner | Bird | illustrated by Shadra Strickland, written by Zetta Elliott |
| 2008 | Author Award Winner | Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It | Sundee T. Frazier |
| 2007 | Author Award Winner | Standing Against the Wind | Traci L. Jones |
| 2006 | Author Award Winner | Jimi & Me | Jaime Adoff |
| 2005 | Author Award Winner | Missy Violet and Me | Barbara Hathaway |
| Illustrator Award Winner | Jazzy Miz Mozetta | illustrated by Frank Morrison, written by Brenda C. Roberts | |
| 2004 | Author Award Winner | The Way a Door Closes | Hope Anita Smith |
| Illustrator Award Winner | My Family Plays Music | illustrated by Elbrite Brown, written by Judy Cox | |
| 2003 | Author Award Winner | Chill Wind | Janet McDonald |
| Illustrator Award Winner | The Moon Ring | Randy DuBurke | |
| 2002 | Illustrator Award Winner | Freedom Summer | illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue; written by Deborah Wiles |
| 2001 | No award presented | ||
| 2000 | No award presented | ||
| 1999 | Author Award Winner | The Skin I'm In | Sharon Flake |
| Illustrator Award Winner | The Piano Man | illustrated by Eric Velasquez; written by Debbie Chocolate | |
| 1998 | No award presented | ||
| 1997 | Author Award Winner | Another Way to Dance | Martha Southgate |
| 1996 | Author Award Winner | No award presented | |
| 1995 | Author Award Winner | Tears of a Tiger | Sharon Draper |