Golden Duck Award
The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at either Worldcon or the North American Science Fiction Convention. In 2018 they were replaced by Notable Book Lists of the same names sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association.
The Golden Duck Awards were funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., the sponsor of the U.S. midwest regional science fiction convention DucKon. Winners were selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.
Categories
The categories are:- Picture Book
- Middle Grades
- Young Adult
Golden Duck Award Winners
Picture Book
The picture book award is sometimes given to a book with non-fictional science content with a story "wrapper" as well as traditional Science Fiction themes.- 1992 – Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Claire Ewart
- 1993 – June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
- 1994 – Richie's Rocket by Joan Anderson, photographed by George Ancona
- 1995 – Time Flies by Eric Rohmann
- 1996 – Insects from Outer Space by Vladimir Vagin and Frank Asch
- 1997 – Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon by Timothy Gaffney, illustrated by Barry Root
- 1998 – Floating Home by David Getz, illustrated by Michael Rex
- 1999 – Noah and the Space Ark by Laura Cecil, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
- 2000 – Hush, Little Alien by Daniel Kirk
- 2001 – Rex by Robert Gould and Kathleen Duey, illustrated by Eugene Epstein
- 2002 – Baloney by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
- 2003 – Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones by Curtis Saxton and Richard Chasemore
- 2004 – Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist by David Elliot, illustrated by True Kelley
- 2005 – Science Verse by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
- 2006 – Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O'Malley, illustrated by Patrick O'Brien
- 2007 – Night of the Homework Zombies by Scott Nickel, illustrated by Steve Harpster
- 2008 – Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed
- 2009 – We're Off to Look for Aliens by Colin McNaughton
- 2010 – Swamps of Sleethe by Jack Prelutsky
- 2011 – Oh No! by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat
- 2012 – Earth to Clunk by Pam Smallcomb, illustrated by Joe Berger
- 2013 – Oh No! Not Again!: by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat
- 2014 – Vader's Little Princess by Jeffrey Brown
- 2015 – Max Goes to the Space Station by Jeffrey Bennett, illustrated by Michael Carroll
- 2016 - Interstellar Cinderella, by , illustrated by .
- 2017 - Blip! written and illustrated by
Eleanor Cameron Award
- 1992 – My Teacher Glows in the Dark by Bruce Coville
- 1993 – Weirdos of the Universe Unite! by Pamela Service
- 1994 – Worf's First Adventure by Peter David
- 1995 – Shape Changer by Bill Brittain
- 1996 – Star Hatchling by Margaret Bechard
- 1997 – Kipton and the Tower of Time by Charles L. Fontenay
- 1998 – The Andalite Chronicles by Katherine Applegate
- 1999 – Young Jedi Knights series by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
- 2000 – I Was a Sixth Grade Alien by Bruce Coville
- 2001 – The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy
- 2002 – Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars by Quentin Dodd
- 2003 – Andrew Lost series: Andrew Lost on the Dog; Andrew Lost in the Bathroom; Andrew Lost in the Kitchen by J. C. Greenburg
- 2004 – Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- 2005 – The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
- 2006 –
- 2007 – Apers by Mark Jansen with Barbara Day Zinicola
- 2008 –
- 2009 – Lighter than Air by Henry Melton
- 2010 – Z Rex by Steve Cole
- 2011 – Alien Encounter by Pamela Service and Mike Gorman
- 2012 – Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure #2: Mars! by Hena Kahn and David Borgenicht
- 2013 – Alien on a Rampage from the Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast series by Clete Barrett Smith
- 2014 – Two books from the Galaxy Zack series: Hello, Nebulon! and Journey to Juno by Ray O'Ryan and Colin Jack
- 2015 – Ambassador by William Alexander
- 2016 - Fuzzy Mud, by Louis Sacher
Hal Clement Award
- 1992 – Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes
- 1993 – River Rats by Caroline Stevermer
- 1994 – The Giver by Lois Lowry
- 1995 – The Ear, the Eye and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
- 1996 –
- 1997 – Wildside by Steven Gould
- 1998 – Shade's Children by Garth Nix
- 1999 – Alien Dreams by Larry Segriff
- 2000 – The Game of Worlds by Roger McBride Allen from David Brin's Out of Time series
- 2001 – Jumping Off the Planet by David Gerrold
- 2002 – This Side of Paradise by Steven Layne
- 2003 – Feed by M.T. Anderson
- 2004 – Gunpowder Empire by Harry Turtledove
- 2005 – Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
- 2006 – Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
- 2007 – Rash by Pete Hautman
- 2008 – Sky Horizon by David Brin and illustrated by Scott Hampton
- 2009 –
- 2010 – Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- 2011 – WWW: Watch by Robert J. Sawyer
- 2012 –
- 2013 – Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- 2014 – The Planet Thieves by Dan Krokos
- 2015 – Expiration Day by William Campbell Powell
- 2016 - Armada, by Ernest Cline
Special Award Winner
- 1997 Strong Female Characters – Kipton and the Android by Charles L. Fontenay
- 1999 Australian Contribution to Children's Science Fiction – Garth Nix
- 2000 Promotion of Reading – Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- 2003 Best Science and Technology Education – Tales from the Wonder Zone by Julie E. Czerneda
- 2007 Nonfiction – Write Your Own Science Fiction Story by Tish Farrell
- 2008 Nonfiction – World of Science Fiction – 12 titles by John Hamilton
- 2010 Nonfiction – You Write It: Science Fiction by John Hamilton