Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
Prizes
Web sites that offer information about prizes or awards and their winners are listed. Examples include book awards (e.g., Caldecott and Newbery), the Nobel Peace Prize, Academy Awards, and Pulitzer prizes.
- Academy Awards Database (Nominees & Winners)
wwwdb.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/ - This is the official site provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Academy Awards Oscar Winners
www.filmsite.org/oscars.html - This site provides lists of winners and also analyses of various categories, rankings of certain winners etc.
- Book Awards - BookSpot.com
www.bookspot.com/awards/ - Major literary awards and minor awards, listed by genre. Summary award information and links to official lists.
- Caldecott Award Winners
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm - Established 1938. A medal presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The Library has these Caldecott Award Winners.
- Newbery Award Winners
www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.htm - Established 1922. A medal presented annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published in the United States in the preceding year. The Library has these Newbery Award Winners.
- Nobel Prizes
nobelprize.org/ - Access to information about all the other Nobel Prize yearly winners, including the Nobel Peace prize.
- Pulitzer Prizes
www.pulitzer.org/ - This official site offers information on winners from 1917 to the present. Full texts, photographs and cartoons are available for Journalism winners from 1995-2001 only. There are several ways to search.