Young Writers for Young Readers

What are young people thinking about during the pandemic, when nothing is like normal? With a new writing award, Unga skriver för unga, Tensta konsthall and the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award hope to inspire children to spend more time writing and putting their emotions into words.

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The laureates

The prize is awarded to authors, illustrators and narrators, but also to people or organisations that work to promote reading.

Juryns ordförande Boel Westin i Astrid Lindgrens hem

Announcement 2021

After months—sometimes years—of painstaking deliberation and preparations, in the spring one or more laureates are named. The jury will announce the new laureate(s) on March 30, 2021.

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Everything great that ever happened in this world happened first in somebody’s imagination. Children create miracles when they read.

- From Astrid Lindgren's speech at the reception of the H C Andersen Award in April 1958

See you in 2021!

What a year it’s been. The last digital jury meeting of the year was marked by hope and cheerful discussions about the many fantastic but very different artists and organisations on the list for the 2021 award. Now more than ever, children and young people need access to literature that puts the world in perspective.

Ett rum med olika kreativa saker utspridda. På väggen står det Histroieberättarna

ALMA collaborates with Historieberättarna

The film and storytelling project Jag har tips på en bok (“I know a great book”) will engage young readers in interpreting books by ALMA laureates such as Jacqueline Woodson, Shaun Tan, Isol and Lygia Bojunga.

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A family tale with social passion

A popular conversation that rounded off the Göteborg Book Fair on Sep 27 was with the 2018 ALMA laureate Jacqueline Woodson. From her home in Brooklyn she talked about the Black Lives Matter movement and her latest book, Red at the Bone.