William C. Morris YA Debut Award - Young Adult Literature

Awards List

2022

Firekeeper's Daughter
(Winner)
Angeline Boulley

What Beauty There Is
(Finalist)
Cory Anderson

Ace of Spades
(Finalist)
Faridah Abike-Iyimide

Me (Moth)
(Finalist)
Amber McBride

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things
(Finalist)
Margie Fuston

2021

If These Wings Could Fly
(Winner)
Kyrie McCauley

Black Girl Unlimited
(Finalist)
Echo Brown

Woven in Moonlight
(Finalist)
Isabel Ibanez

It Sounded Better in My Head
(Finalist)
Nina Kenwood

The Black Kids
(Finalist)
Christina Hammonds Reed

2019

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager
(Finalist)
Ben Philippe

Genesis Begins Again
(Finalist)
Alicia D. Williams

The Candle and the Flame
(Finalist)
Nafiza Azad

Frankly in Love
(Finalist)
David Yoon

There Will Come a Darkness
(Finalist)
Katy Rose Pool

2018

The Hate U Give
(Winner)
Angie Thomas

Saints and Misfits
(Finalist)
S.K. Ali

Dear Martin
(Finalist)
Nic Stone

Starfish
(Finalist)
Akemi Dawn Bowman

Devils Within
(Finalist)
S.F. Henson

2017

The Serpent King
(Winner)
Jeff Zentner

The Smell of Other People's Houses
(Finalist)
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Girl Mans Up
(Finalist)
M-E Girard

Rani Patel in Full Effect
(Finalist)
Sonia Patel

Tell Me Something Real
(Finalist)
Calla Devlin

2016

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
(Winner)
Becky Albertalli

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
(Finalist)
Becky Albertalli

Conviction
(Finalist)
Kelly Loy Gilbert

Because You'll Never Meet Me
(Finalist)
Leah Thomas

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly
(Finalist)
Stephanie Oakes

The Weight of Feathers
(Finalist)
Anna-Marie McLemore

2015

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
(Winner)
Isabel Quintero

The Scar Boys
(Finalist)
Len Vlahos

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
(Finalist)
E.K. Johnston

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
(Finalist)
Leslye Walton

The Carnival at Bray
(Finalist)
Jessie Ann Foley

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
(Finalist)
Isabel Quintero

2014

Charm & Strange
(Winner)
Stephanie Kuehn

Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
(Finalist)
Evan Roskos

In the Shadow of Blackbirds
(Finalist)
Cat Winters

Belle Epoque
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Ross

Sex & Violence
(Finalist)
Carrie Mesrobian

2013

Seraphina
(Winner)
Rachel Hartman

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
(Finalist)
Emily M. Danforth

Wonder Show
(Finalist)
Hannah Barnaby

After the Snow
(Finalist)
S.D. Crockett

Love and Other Perishable Items
(Finalist)
Laura Buzo

2012

Where Things Come Back
(Winner)
John Corey Whaley

Between Shades of Gray // Ashes in the Snow
(Finalist)
Ruta Sepetys

Paper Covers Rock
(Finalist)
Jenny Hubbard

The Girl of Fire and Thorns
(Finalist)
Rae Carson

Under the Mesquite
(Finalist)
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

2011

The Freak Observer
(Winner)
Blythe Woolston

Crossing the Tracks
(Finalist)
Barbara Stuber

Hush
(Finalist)
Eishes Chayil

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
(Finalist)
Lish McBride

2010

Flash Burnout
(Winner)
L.K. Madigan

The Everafter
(Finalist)
Amy Huntley

Beautiful Creatures
(Finalist)
Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl

2009

A Curse Dark as Gold
(Winner)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

Madapple
(Finalist)
Christina Meldrum

Graceling
(Finalist)
Kristin Cashore

Award Categories

Young Adult Literature

Award Years

2022

2021

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009