Nominating bodies

Nominating bodies can be international, national or regional organisations or institutions, such as research institutes connected to children’s literature and projects to encourage reading, children’s book institutes, author and illustrator organisations, children’s departments and literary centres at national libraries. 

Organisations wishing to become one of our nominating bodies can apply to the award office before December 1, by sending an email along with a brief description to nomination@alma.se.

Albania

• National Association of Writers for Children and Young People

Antigua & Barbuda

• Cultural Development Division

Argentina

• Argentinian Section of IBBY
• Asociación de Ilustradores Argentinos
• Isol / Laureate 2013

Armenia

• Armenian Section of IBBY
• National Library of Armenia

Australia

• Australian Section of IBBY
• Children’s Book Council of Australia
• Illustrators Australia
• Indigenous Literacy Foundation / Laureate 2024
• National Library of Australia IFLA
• Shaun Tan / Laureate 2011
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Australia East
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Australia West
• Sonya Hartnett / Laureate 2008

Austria

• Austrian Section of IBBY
• Büchereiverband Österreichs (BVÖ)

Azerbaijan

• Republic Children’s Library named after Firidun bay Kocharli
• Union of Azerbaijani Writers

Belgium

• Bart Moeyaert / Laureate 2019
• Belgian Section of IBBY (Flemish Branch)
• Belgian Section of IBBY (French Branch)
• Kitty Crowther / Laureate 2010
• Muntpunt Bibliotheek
• Vlaamse Vereniging voor Bibliotheek, Archief & Dokumentatie (VVBAD)

Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg

• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Benelux

Bolivia

• Bolivian Section of IBBY

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Slobomir P University

Brazil

• Brazilian Section of IBBY
• Lygia Bojunga / Laureate 2004

British Virgin Islands

• IRA Tortola / British Virgin Islands Reading Council

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Section of IBBY
• Detski Knigi Foundation

Cameroon

• Cameroon Section of IBBY

Canada

• Bibliothéque et Archives Nationale du Québec
• Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC)
• Canadian Section of IBBY
• Library and Archives Canada (National Library of Canada)
• Toronto Public Library /The Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books

Chile

• Chilean Section of IBBY

China

• Chinese Section of IBBY
• iRead Foundation 

Colombia

• Colombian Association of Children’s and Youth Literature (ACLIJ)
• Colombian Section of IBBY / Fundalectura

Costa Rica

• Costa Rican Section of IBBY

Croatia

• Croatian Library Association (CLA) / Hrvatsko knjiznicarsko drustvo
• Croatian Section of IBBY
• Rijeka City Library

Cuba

• Cuban Section of IBBY

Cyprus

• Cypriot Section of IBBY

Czech Republic

• Czech Section of IBBY

Denmark

• Centre for Children's Literature and Media/Center for Børns Litteratur og Medier, Aarhus University
• Danish Authors' Society / Dansk Forfatterforening
• Danish Authors' Society / Illustratorgruppen
• Danish Section of IBBY

Dominican Republic

• Dominican Republic Section of IBBY

Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Section of IBBY

Egypt

• Egyptian Section of IBBY

Estonia

• Estonian Section of IBBY
• Estonian Writers’ Union / Eesti Kirjanike Liit

Ethiopia

• Ethiopian Section of IBBY  

Faroe Islands

• Rithövundafelag Föroya

Finland

• Finnish Illustration Association / Kuvittajat
• Finnish Institute for Children’s Literature / Lastenkirjainstituutti (LKI)
• Finnish Library Association IFLA / Suomen Kirjastoseura
• Finnish Section of IBBY
• Grafia, Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland
• Society of Swedish Authors in Finland
• Union of Finnish Writers / Suomen Kirjailijaliitto
• Åbo Akademi - Literature

France

• French Librarian Association / Association des Bibliothécaires de France IFLA
• French Section of IBBY
• Jean-Claude Mourlevat / Laureate 2021
• Marion Brunet / Laureate 2025
• Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL)
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, France

Georgia

• National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
• Writers' House of Georgia

Germany

• Arbeitsstelle für Leseforschung und Kinder- und Jugendmedien (ALEKI)
• German Section of IBBY
• Illustratoren Organisation
• International Youth Library/ Internationale Jugendbibliothek
• Stiftung Illustration / Museum Burg Wissem

Ghana

• Ghana Section of IBBY / Ghana Library Board

Greece

• Greek Section of IBBY
• Hellenic Author’s Society
• National Society of Greek Authors

Greenland

• Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia / Gronlandske Landsbibliotek

Guatemala

• Guatemalan Section of IBBY

Haiti

• Haitian Section of IBBY

Hungary

• Hungarian Section of IBBY
• Institute of Hungarian Children’s Literature Ltd

Iceland

• Icelandic Library and Information Science Association IFLA
• Icelandic Section of IBBY
• Writers’ Union of Iceland / Rithöfundasamband Islands

India

• Indian Section of IBBY  

Indonesia

• Indonesian Section of IBBY
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Indonesia

Iran

• Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults IFLA
• Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature
• Iranian Association of Writers for Children and Youths
• Iranian Section of IBBY / Children’s Book Council of Iran

Ireland

• Centre for Research in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Dublin City University
• Children’s Books Ireland
• Irish Section of IBBY
• Irish Writer’s Union
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Ireland

Israel

• Israel Association of Illustrators

Italy

• Associazione Illustratori
• Associazione Italiana Biblioteche IFLA
• Biblioteca Italiana per Ciechi Regina Margherita IFLA
• Italian Section of IBBY

Japan

• International Institute for Children’s Literature in Osaka
• Japan Library Association IFLA
• Japanese Section of IBBY
• Ryôji Arai / Laureate 2005

Jordan

• Jordanian Section of IBBY

Kenya

• Kenya Literature Bureau
• National Book Development Council of Kenya

Korea, Republic of

• Baek Heena / Laureate 2020
• Korean Children's Books Association
• Korean Children's Culture Union
• Korean Section of IBBY
• Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI)

Latvia

• Latvian Section of IBBY
• Latvian Writers’ Union

Lebanon

• Lebanese Section of IBBY
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Lebanon

Lithuania

• Lithuanian Section of IBBY
• Lithuanian Writers’ Union / Lietuvos Rasytoju Sajunca

Malaysia

• Children's Picture Book Association
• Malaysian Section of IBBY

Maldives

• National Library

Mauritius

• National Library of Mauritius

Mexico

• Biblioteca Alaíde Foppa
• Mexican Association of Illustrators (AMDI)
• Mexican Section of IBBY

Moldova

• Moldovan Section of IBBY

Mongolia

• Central Library of Children
• Mongolian Section of IBBY

Montenegro

• Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro

Morocco

• Moroccan Section of IBBY

Namibia

• Namibia Children’s Book Forum (NCBF)

Netherlands

• Auteursbond
• Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds)
• Dutch Section of IBBY
• Guus Kuijer / Laureate 2012

New Zealand

• New Zealand Section of IBBY

Nicaragua

• Nicaraguan IRA Council

Nigeria

• Nigerian Section of IBBY  

Norway

• Mun Dajan / Foreninga samiske forfattere
• Norsk litteraturfestival/Pegasus
• Norwegian Library Association IFLA / Norsk Bibliotekforening
• Norwegian Section of IBBY
• Norsk barnebokinstitutt
• Norwegian Writers for Children & Juveniles / Norske Barne og Ungdomsbok Forfattare (NBU)
• Sámi Girječálliid Searvi (SGS) / Sami Writers' Association

Pakistan

• Pakistani Section of IBBY

Palestine

• Palestinian section of IBBY
• Tamer Institute for Community Education / Laureate 2009

Peru

• Peruvian Section of IBBY

Philippines

• Philippine Section of IBBY
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Philippines

Poland

• Association of Polish Writers / Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich (SPP)
• Polish Book Institute
• Polish Section of IBBY
• Polish Writers’ Union / Zwiazek Lieteratów Polskich (ZLP)
• Wisława Szymborska Foundation

Portugal

• Arte-Via Cooperativa
• Directorate General for Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB)
• Portuguese Section of IBBY  

Romania

• Clubul Ilustratorilor

Serbia

• Belgrade City Library / Biblioteka grada Beograda
• Institute for Children’s Literature
• Serbian Writers Union / Udruzenje knjizevnika Srbije (UKS)
• Zmajeve Decje Igre

Singapore

• National Library Board  
• Singaporean Section of IBBY

Slovakia

• Association of Illustrators (ASIL)
• Slovak Section of IBBY

Slovenia

• Drustvo slovenskih pisateljev / The Slovene Writers’ Association
• Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana
• Slovenian Section of IBBY

Solomon Islands

• National Library Service

South Africa

• Children’s Literature Research Unit (UNISA)
• Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa (PRAESA) / Laureate 2015
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, South Africa
• South African Section of IBBY

Spain

• Centro de Estudios para la Promoción de la Lectura y Literatura Infantil (CEPLI)
• Peonza Cultural Association  
• Spanish Section of IBBY (Basque Branch)
• Spanish Section of IBBY (Catalan Branch)
• Spanish Section of IBBY (Galician Branch)
• Spanish Section of IBBY (OEPLI)

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lankan Section of IBBY

Sweden

• Afrikultur
• Association of Swedish Illustrators / Föreningen Svenska Tecknare
• Barbro Lindgren / Laureate 2014
• Center for Graphic Literature / Serieteket
• Eva Lindström / Laureate 2022
• International Library, Stockholm City Library
• Litteraturnod Vimmerby  
• Seriefrämjandet
• Stockholm University, Department of Culture and Aesthetics: Literature
• Swedish Academy for Children´s Literature / Svenska barnboksakademin
• Swedish Institute for Children’s books / Svenska barnboksinstitutet
• Swedish Library Association IFLA / Svensk Biblioteksförening
• Swedish Section of IBBY
• Swedish Writers’ Union / BULT, Sveriges Författarförbund
• Tjállegoahte – Författarcentrum Sápmi
• Världsbiblioteket

Switzerland

• Autillus
• Swiss Section of IBBY (French-Swiss Branch)
• Swiss Section of IBBY / Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien (SIKJM)

Taiwan

• Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association (TCLRA)

Thailand

• Thai Section of IBBY

Turkey

• College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University
• Istanbul International Literature Festival
• Turkish Section of IBBY

Uganda

• Ugandan Section of IBBY

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Section of IBBY

United Arab Emirates

• United Arab Emirates Section of IBBY

United Kingdom

• Cambridge/Homerton Research and Teaching Centre for Children’s Literature
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
• George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling / Canolfan Adrodd Storïau George Ewart Evans
• International Forum for Research in Children’s Literature (IFRCL), University of Worchester
• Meg Rosoff / Laureate 2016
• National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature (NCRCL)
• Philip Pullman / Laureate 2005
• School Library Association IFLA
• Seven Stories, National Centre for Children’s Books
• Society of Authors
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, British Isles
• UK Section of IBBY

United States

• Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
• Children’s Literature Association (ChLA)
• Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University
• International Literacy Association
• Jacqueline Woodson / Laureate 2018
• Katherine Paterson / Laureate 2006
• Laurie Halse Anderson / Laureate 2023
• National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature (NCCIL)
• United States Section of IBBY

Uruguay

• Uruguayan Section of IBBY

Venezuela

• Banco del Libro / Laureate 2007

Vietnam

• Vietnamese Section of IBBY  

Zambia

• Zambian Women Writers’ Association (ZAWWA)

Zimbabwe

• LitFest Harare
• Zimbabwean Section of IBBY

International organisations

• Executive Committee of IBBY
• International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
• IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults
• PEN International