Are there any awards for children's science fiction literature?

Question

I know there are many awards for science fiction works in general, such as the Hugo and Nebula. Are there any awards specifically for children's science fiction literature?

Answer 1

The Golden Duck awards "are designed to encourage science fiction literature for children" and have been presented yearly at Worldcon since 1992.

The categories include

Picture Book: Given for books written for very young children.

Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades: Given for books written for grades 2 to 6.

Hal Clement Award for Young Adult: Given for books written for grades 6 to 12.

Special Awards: Given to acknowledge a book, author, illustrator or publisher not fitting in one of the other catagories. This award is created on an as-needed basis.

More recently, the Monica Hughes Award has been honoring Sci-Fi books for adolescents, but only Canadian authors are eligible.

Answer 2

There are quite a few children's SF awards. Most awards for kids' SF are either one in a system of awards or categories within larger awards. The Golden Duck awards are the only ones I can think of specializing in kids' SF, without being part of something bigger.

General awards

• SFWA presents the Andre Norton Award for best young adult book at the Nebula award ceremony.

• Locus Magazine presents a Locus Award for best YA book.

• Golden Duck Awards are given for YA, middle grades, and picture book.

Genre awards

• The Horror Writers' Association gives a Bram Stoker Award for superior achievement in work for younger readers.

• The Mythopoeic Society presents the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature.

Regional awards

• Australia's Aurealis Awards have four kids' categories: YA novel, YA short story, children's long fiction/novel, and children's short fiction.

• Canada's Sunburst Award gives a YA award.

• The Canadian Children’s Book Centre gives several awards for children's lit, including the Monica Hughes Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy.

• The Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy gave a Geffen Award for best YA or children's book, once.

• New Zealand's Sir Julius Vogel Awards include one for best YA novel.

And I'm sure there are some I missed, especially for other languages.