Upcoming Awards
February 15
Achievement Awards in Writing
Encourages high school sophomores and juniors to write and to publicly recognize the best student writing. The prompt for the 2027 awards cycle is now available!
Promising Young Writers
The goal of this award is to stimulate and recognize the writing talents of eighth-grade students and to emphasize the importance of writing skills among eighth-grade students. The prompt for the 2027 awards cycle is now available!
Ongoing
Children’s Book Awards nominations are accepted each year for the Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction, the Orbis Pictus Award® for nonfiction, and the Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels list. NEW! The deadline for book nominations is September 15.
Awards List
Achievement Awards in Writing (10th and 11th grade)
Affiliate – NCTE Intellectual Freedom (State, Regional, Provincial)
Affiliate Creative Pathways Award
Affiliate Excellence in Integrated Media Award
Affiliate Excellence in Programming Award
Affiliate – NCTE Fund Teachers for the Dream
Affiliate – Student Affiliate Excellence Award
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors
CEL Kent Williamson Exemplary Leader Award
CEL Innovative Leadership Award
CEL Teacher-Leader of Excellence Award
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children)
Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant
David H. Russell Research Award
Donald Graves Writing Award (grades K-6)
Edwin M. Hopkins – English Journal
ELATE Early Career Presenter Scholarship
ELATE Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant
ELATE Graduate Student Research Award
ELATE James Moffett Memorial Fund
Excellence in Poetry for Children (living American poet)
George Orwell Award – Sponsored by the Public Language Award Committee
High School Teacher of Excellence (Affiliate Award)
Language Arts Distinguished Article Award
Linda Rief Voices from the Middle Award
LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award
NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Program
NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award (National)
NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award (Affiliate)
NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities
NCTE LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
NCTE Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Outstanding Educator (elementary)
Paul and Kate Farmer – English Journal
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)
Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program
Richard Ohmann Award – College English
Richard W. Halle Award (outstanding middle level educator)
The Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award (TYCA)