Golden Duck Awards 2010

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Golden Duck Awards 2010

This year’s Golden Duck Awards have been announced. Designed to encourage science fiction literature for children, The Golden Duck Awards are presented every year at Worldcon.

Picture Book Award (Joint to Author and Illustrator) Winner:

Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat. Hyperion.

Runners Up

Missle Mouse by Jake Parker. Graphix.
The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future by Dav Pilkey. Blue Sky Press.
Binkey to the Rescue by Ashley Spires. Kids Can Press.
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework by Nadja Spiegelman. Toon Books.

Middle Grades (Eleanor Cameron Award) Winner:

Alien Encounter by Pamela Service and Mike Gorman. Lerner.

Runners Up

Ivy and Bean What’s The Big Idea by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall. Chronicle Books.
The Samantha Granger Experiment: FUSED by Kari Townsend. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
Stuck on Earth by David Klass. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR).
Kid vs. Squid by Greg van Eekhout. Bloomsbury USA Childrens.

Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) Winner:

WWW.Watch by Robert J. Sawyer. Ace Books.

Runners Up

Cassini Code by Dom Tesla. Tor Teen.
Crashed by Robin Wasserman. Simon Pulse
Virals by Kathy Reichs. Razorbill.
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. Simon Pulse.
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Vulture’s Wake by Kirsty Murray. Holiday House.

Tags: Golden Duck Awards, Paolo Bacigalupi, Picture Book, Robert J. Sawyer, Young Adult

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7 Responses to “Golden Duck Awards 2010”

Greg van Eekhout Says:
May 20th, 2011 at 4:33 pm

Hey, it was lovely to cruise by here and see my name in the runner-ups. Just a small correction: My last name is missing the van in van Eekhout.
ToddVandemark Says:
May 20th, 2011 at 4:50 pm

Fixed. Apologies. -Ed.
Kari Lee Townsend Says:
May 21st, 2011 at 5:28 am

How exciting. Very cool guys. Thanks
amr Says:
May 22nd, 2011 at 5:08 am

How exciting. Very cool guys. Thanks
Science Fiction Awards Watch » Blog Archive » Golden Duck Awards Says:
May 22nd, 2011 at 5:37 am

[...] Further details, including the runners up in each category, are available at the SFWA website. [...]
Nebula and Golden Duck Awards | On a Pale Star Says:
May 23rd, 2011 at 11:53 pm

[...] Young Adult (Hal Clement Award): http://WWW.Watch by Robert J. Sawyer (Ace Books) For more information on this year’s winners and the runners-up, check out the SFWA Golden Duck page. [...]
Quick Updates for 2011-06-10 Says:
June 14th, 2011 at 12:58 pm

[...] to SFWA member Robert J. Sawyer whose novel WWW: WATCH won the Hal Clement Award for Best YA SF [...]

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