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The Magnolia Book Awards The Magnolia Awards are the Children's choice awards for the state of Mississippi--the kids pick the books that they love!

Librarians, are you coming to LAMP next week? We will be at all three locations and hope to see you at our session where...
21/09/2026

Librarians, are you coming to LAMP next week? We will be at all three locations and hope to see you at our session where you can learn all about what's new with the Magnolia Book Awards and how to get involved!

17/04/2026

To wrap up the 2026 Magnolia Book Awards announcements, here is a very special message from AJ Smith, illustrator of this year's Grades PreK-2 winner, Greetings, Floof!

All the announcement videos and acceptance speeches from this year and previous years are available on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/. Thank you to all who voted!

17/04/2026

CJ Hong accepts the Magnolia Book Award in the PreK-2 Category for Greetings, Floof! Please check back later today to hear from illustrator AJ Smith. Congratulations!

17/04/2026

We'll give you a hint: The 2026 Magnolia Book Award winner in the Grades PreK-2 category is out of this world!

16/04/2026

Please enjoy this message from Minda Dentler, winner of the 2026 Magnolia Book Award in the Grades 3-5 category for her picture book autobiography, The Girl Who Figured it Out, illustrated by Stephanie Dehinnen. Congratulations, Minda and Stephanie!

15/04/2026

The winner of the 2026 Magnolia Book Award in the Grades 3-5 category is...

14/04/2026

Jeff Strand, author of It Watches in the Dark, has a special message for the young readers of Mississippi!

14/04/2026

Drumroll, please! The winner of the 2026 Magnolia Book Awards in the grades 6-8 category is...

13/04/2026

The winners of the 2026 Magnolia Book Awards were officially announced April 8 at the Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival. We will be sharing the announcement videos here in the coming days, as well as special messages from the authors and illustrators. Check back here or view them all now on our YouTube channel.

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2026 Magnolia Book Awards in the grades 9-12 category! Katherine Speller was not able to video her acceptance speech, but she did share these words for the teens of Mississippi:

"The greatest honor of my life as a journalist (and now author) has been being able to speak to and tell stories for and about young people. To know that the readers I thought of each day, as I wrote each page and crafted each funky playlist, spent time with the book and found it helpful, entertaining or even worth spending their time on makes me feel so deeply grateful. To the young people of Mississippi who connected with the work and Harshad's incredible art, I am so thankful. To every kid who has had to square up with these beasts (and the many complicated ways this world makes it tough to care for your mental health), it’s my hope you take those last words to heart: They may feel big, but they are not bigger than you."

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