The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents
ALAN, The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents is a teachers organization in the United States, an independent assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Founded in November 1973, ALAN is made up of teachers, authors, librarians, publishers, teacher-educators and their students, and others who are particularly interested in the area of young adult literature. ALAN, which is self-governing, holds its annual meetings during the NCTE annual convention in November and also publishes The ALAN Review.
Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. The recipient may be a publisher, author, librarian, scholar, editor, or servant to the organization. Each year, an honoree is chosen by the Executive Board and receives the ALAN Award at the annual ALAN breakfast, which is held early morning Saturday during the NCTE Convention. In addition, in 2000 ALAN created the Hipple Award in honor of longtime Executive Secretary Ted Hipple, whose service led to the creation of the award for dedicated service to the organization.
The ALAN Award[]
Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN Award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. The recipient may be a publisher, author, librarian, scholar, editor, or servant to the organization. Each year, an honoree is chosen by the Executive Board and receives the ALAN Award at the annual ALAN breakfast, which is held early morning Saturday during the NCTE Convention. A list of past honorees is listed below.
- ALAN Award recipients[1]
- 2015 Lois Lowry, author
- 2014 David Levithan, author
- 2013 Judy Blume, author
- 2012 , publisher/agent
- 2011 Sharon Draper, author
- 2010 Jack Gantos, author
- 2009 Naomi Shihab Nye, author
- 2008 Laurie Halse Anderson, author
- 2007 , professor
- 2006 , professor, and Marc Aronson, author/editor
- 2005 Jerry Spinelli, author
- 2004 Jacqueline Woodson, author
- 2003 Norma Fox Mazer, author and Harry Mazer, author (co-winners)
- 2002 Paul Zindel, author
- 2001 , author/critic
- 2000 M. E. Kerr, author
- 1999 Robert Lipsyte, author
- 1998 S. E. Hinton, author
- 1997 Mildred Taylor, author
- 1996 Bill Morris, publisher
- 1995 , professor
- 1994 Walter Dean Myers, author
- 1993 Chris Crutcher, author
- 1992 Don Gallo, professor
- 1991 Gary Paulsen, author
- 1990 Richard Peck, author
- 1989 Cynthia Voigt, author
- 1988 , professor
- 1987 Katherine Paterson, author, and Alleen Pace Nilsen
- 1986 Madeleine L'Engle, author
- 1985 , author
- 1984 Louise Rosenblatt, critic
- 1983 , professor
- 1982 Robert Cormier, author
- 1981 Sheila Schwartz
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976 Margaret K. McElderry, publisher, and , professor
- 1975 Margaret Edwards, librarian
- 1974 and
The Ted Hipple Service Award[]
The Ted Hipple Service Award is given each year to the individual who has contributed to the ALAN organization. It is named in honor of Ted Hipple, the first and long-time ALAN Executive Secretary, who died on November 25, 2004. Ted shaped ALAN through decades of unwavering service and support. He was a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee, where he was a chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Previously, he was a Professor of Education at the University of Florida. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois and was a high school English teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.
- Hipple Award recipients[2]
- 2014 Connie Zitlow
- 2013 Rick Williams
- 2012 , University of South Florida, ALAN Past President and Membership Secretary
- 2011 , Youngstown State University, ALAN Past President and Executive Secretary
- 2010 Christopher E. Crowe, Brigham Young University, ALAN Past President
- 2009 , Wendy Lamb Books, Random House
- 2008 , Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- 2007 Patricia Kelly, ALAN Past President
- 2006 Alleen Pace Nilsen, ALAN Past President
- 2005 , National Council of Teachers of English
- 2004 , Scholastic, Inc.
- 2003 , ALAN Past President
- 2002 , Random House Children's Books
- 2001 Don Gallo, ALAN Past President
- 2000 , ALAN Executive Secretary and Past President
The Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award[]
Beginning 2009 the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award annually recognizes "a book that exemplifies literary excellence, widespread appeal, and a positive approach to life in young adult literature". The winner and honor books must be fiction published in the United States during one year prior to the call for nominations (perhaps previously published elsewhere).[3]
ALAN Presidents[]
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011 C. J. Bott
- 2010 Wendy Glenn
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007 David Macinnis Gill
- 2006 Kathryn Kelly
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003 Michael Cart
- 2002
- 2001 Christopher E. Crowe
- 2000
- 1999
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995 Charlie Reed
- 1994 Diana Mitchell
- 1993
- 1992 Betty Carter
- 1991
- 1990
- 1989 Patricia Kelly
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984 Richard Abrahamson
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980
- 1979
- 1978 Alleen Pace Nilsen
- 1977 Sheila Schwartz
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
References[]
- ^ "ALAN Award". ALAN (alan-ya.org). Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Ted Hipple Service Award". ALAN (alan-yabeta.org). Retrieved 2015-04-12.
- ^ "Walden Award". ALAN (alan-yabeta.org). Retrieved 2015-04-12.
External links[]
- Official website
- The ALAN Review at Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Tech
- Teacher associations based in the United States
- American children's literary awards
- Organizations established in 1973