Anne Devereaux Jordan Award for Distinguished Service to Children's Literature

About this program

The Children’s Literature Association (ChLA) presents the Anne Devereaux Jordan Award for Distinguished Service to Children’s Literature, recognizing significant career-long contributions through scholarship and/or service to the field. Any current ChLA member may nominate a candidate by submitting a nomination letter to the Jordan Award Committee chair by October 10. Nominations should explain the nominee’s contributions in scholarship, service, or both, with service broadly interpreted across the field of children’s literature.