It is the jury that determines who is entitled to submit nominations. The nominating bodies are assumed to have the broadest and most profound knowledge of authors, illustrators, and activities to promote reading and oral storytelling in their respective countries or regions. The jury and previous laureates also have the right to suggest candidates.
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.
Albanian Section of IBBY
National Association of Writers for Children and Young People
Cultural Development Division
Argentinian Section of IBBY
Asociación de Ilustradores Argentinos
Isol / Laureate 2013
Armenian Section of IBBY
National Library of Armenia
Australian Section of IBBY
Children’s Book Council of Australia
Illustrators Australia
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
Austrian Section of IBBY
Büchereiverband Österreichs (BVÖ)
Republic Children’s Library named after Firidun bay Kocharli
Union of Azerbaijani Writers
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)
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Benelux
Bolivian Section of IBBY
National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slobomir P University
Brazilian Section of IBBY
Lygia Bojunga / Laureate 2004
IRA Tortola / British Virgin Islands Reading Council
Detski Knigi Foundation
Cameroon Section of IBBY
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
Chilean Section of IBBY
Chinese Section of IBBY
iRead Foundation
Colombian Association of Children’s and Youth Literature (ACLIJ)
Colombian Section of IBBY / Fundalectura
Costa Rican Section of IBBY
Croatian Library Association (CLA) / Hrvatsko knjiznicarsko drustvo
Croatian Section of IBBY
Rijeka City Library
Cuban Section of IBBY
Cypriot Section of IBBY
Czech Section of IBBY
Centre for Children's Literature and Media/Center for Børns Litteratur og Medier, Aarhus University
Danish Authors’ Society / Dansk Forfatterforening
Danish Author’s Society / Illustratorgruppen
Danish Section of IBBY
Dominican Republic Section of IBBY
Ecuadorian Section of IBBY
Egyptian Section of IBBY
Estonian Section of IBBY
Estonian Writers’ Union / Eesti Kirjanike Liit
Rithövundafelag Föroya
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
French Librarian Association / Association des Bibliothécaires de France IFLA
French Section of IBBY
Jean-Claude Mourlevat / Laureate 2021
Société des Gens de Lettres (SGDL)
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, France
Writers' House of Georgia
National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
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 Section of IBBY / Ghana Library Board
Greek Section of IBBY
Hellenic Author’s Society
National Society of Greek Authors
Nunatta Atuagaateqarfia / Gronlandske Landsbibliotek
Guatemalan Section of IBBY
Haitian Section of IBBY
Hungarian Section of IBBY
Institute of Hungarian Children’s Literature Ltd
Icelandic Library and Information Science Association IFLA
Icelandic Section of IBBY
Writers’ Union of Iceland / Rithöfundasamband Islands
Indonesian Section of IBBY
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Indonesia
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
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 Association of Illustrators
Associazione Illustratori
Associazione Italiana Biblioteche IFLA
Biblioteca Italiana per Ciechi Regina Margherita IFLA
Italian Section of IBBY
International Institute for Children’s Literature in Osaka
Japan Library Association IFLA
Japanese Section of IBBY
Ryôji Arai / Laureate 2005
Jordanian Section of IBBY
Kenya Literature Bureau
National Book Development Council of Kenya
Baek Heena / Laureate 2020
Children Culture Society
Korean Section of IBBY
Literature Translation Institute of Korea (LTI)
Latvian Section of IBBY
Latvian Writers’ Union
Lebanese Section of IBBY
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Lebanon
Lithuanian Section of IBBY
Lithuanian Writers’ Union / Lietuvos Rasytoju Sajunca
Children's Picture Book Association
Malaysian Section of IBBY
National Library
National Library of Mauritius
Biblioteca Alaíde Foppa
El Ilustradero
Mexican Association of Illustrators (AMDI)
Mexican Section of IBBY
Moldovan Section of IBBY
Central Library of Children
Mongolian Section of IBBY
Central National Library of the Republic of Montenegro
Namibia Children’s Book Forum (NCBF)
Auteursbond
Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds)
Dutch Section of IBBY
Guus Kuijer / Laureate 2012
New Zealand Section of IBBY
Nicaraguan IRA Council
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
Pakistani Section of IBBY
Palestinian section of IBBY
Tamer Institute for Community Education / Laureate 2009
Peruvian Section of IBBY
Philippine Section of IBBY
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Philippines
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
Arte-Via Cooperativa
Directorate General for Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB)
Clubul Ilustratorilor
Belgrade City Library / Biblioteka grada Beograda
Serbian Writers Union / Udruzenje knjizevnika Srbije (UKS)
Zmajeve Decje Igre
Slovak Section of IBBY
Drustvo slovenskih pisateljev / The Slovene Writers’ Association
Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana
Slovenian Section of IBBY
National Library Service
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
Centro de Estudios para la Promoción de la Lectura y Literatura Infantil (CEPLI)
Spanish Section of IBBY (Basque Branch)
Spanish Section of IBBY (Catalan Branch)
Spanish Section of IBBY (Galician Branch)
Spanish Section of IBBY (OEPLI)
Sri Lankan Section of IBBY
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
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
Autillus
Swiss Section of IBBY (French-Swiss Branch)
Swiss Section of IBBY / Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder- und Jugendmedien (SIKJM)
Taiwan Children’s Literature Research Association (TCLRA)
Thai Section of IBBY
College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University
Istanbul International Literature Festival
Turkish Section of IBBY
Ugandan Section of IBBY
Ukrainian Section of IBBY
United Arab Emirates Section of IBBY
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
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
Uruguayan Section of IBBY
Banco del Libro / Laureate 2007
Centre for Childhood Research in Literature, Language and Art, Hanoi National University of Education
LitFest Harare
Zimbabwean Section of IBBY
Executive Committee of IBBY
International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults
PEN International
