Phoenix Award

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The Phoenix Award is a literary prize that honors children's books of high quality that did not receive major recognition when they were first published.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's literature award
literary award
administeredBy Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
surface form: Children's Literature Association Board
alsoKnownAs ChLA Phoenix Award
awardDomain literature for young readers
awardedFor children's books of high literary quality
children's books that did not receive major recognition at original publication
awardType retrospective literary award
country United States of America
surface form: United States
eligibility children's book published in English twenty years earlier
field children's literature
firstAwarded 1985
frequency annual
genre children's books
hasCategory Phoenix Chapter Book Award
Phoenix Picture Book Award
hasMottoOrTheme recognition of overlooked children's books
hasSelectionProcess committee review of eligible titles
inception 1985
languageOfEligibleWorks English
majorRecognitionDefinition excludes books that received major children's literature prizes
medium print books
namedAfter phoenix (mythological bird)
notableCharacteristic focuses on previously overlooked quality
honors books long after initial publication
organizer Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
presentedBy Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
surface form: Children's Literature Association
relatedAward Caldecott Medal
Newbery Medal
scope international English-language publications
selectionCriteria book first published twenty years before the award year
book must not have won a major children's literature award at time of original publication
sponsor Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
surface form: Children's Literature Association
subjectArea children's fiction
children's narrative literature
targetAudienceOfWorks children
timeLagBetweenPublicationAndAward 20 years
typicalRecipient author of a children's book

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Alan Garner awardReceived Phoenix Award