Phoenix Award
The Children's Literature Association, an organization of teachers, scholars, librarians, editors, writers, illustrators, and parents interested in encouraging the serious study of children's literature, created the Phoenix Award as an outgrowth of the Association's Touchstones Committee. The award, given to a book originally published in the English language, is intended to recognize books of high literary merit. The Phoenix Award is named after the fabled bird who rose from its ashes with renewed life and beauty. Phoenix books also rise from the ashes of neglect and obscurity and once again touch the imaginations and enrich the lives of those who read them.
The recipient of the Phoenix Award has been chosen each year since 1985 by an elected committee of ChLA members that considers nominations made by members and others interested in promoting high critical standards in literature for children. Honor books were instituted in 1989 but have not been named every year
The Phoenix Award was designed by Caldecott-winning illustrator Trina Schart Hyman. The magical Phoenix on the award statue was specifically drawn for ChLA. The design was sculpted by Diane Davis, who was trained at the Johnson Atelier and Technical Institute of Sculpture, Princeton. Each brass statue is individually cast and inscribed with the year's winner.
In 2003, the ChLA launched an annual electronic journal, The Phoenix Award Papers. Each issue includes conference papers on the year's Phoenix Award book and Honor book, and the acceptance speech (when available) by the award winner. The Phoenix Papers are available exclusively online through the Phoenix Papers page.
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凤凰奖
凤凰奖由美国的儿童文学协会创设，协会由有志于鼓励儿童文学严肃研究的教师、学者、图书管理员、编辑、作家、插画画家和父母组成，1985年，该协会成立试金石委员会，凤凰奖与其相伴而生。该奖授予20年前出版且当时未获重要奖项的英文原版童书，目的是为认可具有高度文学价值的图书。凤凰奖以传说中的鸟儿命名，取其从灰烬中重生而焕发美丽光彩的寓意。其获奖图书也正如涅槃的凤凰，从默默无闻的角落升腾而出，再次触动人们的想象，丰富读者的生活。
自1985年始，每年均产生一位凤凰奖金奖得主，评选工作由协会成员选举而成的委员会担任，候选作品则由协会成员和对提升儿童文学评价标准感兴趣的其他人士共同提名。1989年设立了银奖，但银奖并不每年产生。
凯迪克金奖得主、插画家翠娜•夏特•海曼（Trina Schart Hyman）设计了凤凰奖奖杯。奖杯雕像上的神奇凤凰是特意为儿童文学协会绘制的。受过约翰逊工作室（Johnson Atelier）和普林斯顿雕刻技术学院（Technical Institute of Sculpture, Princeton）训练的黛安•戴维斯雕刻了奖杯。每一年的黄铜雕像均单独铸造，并刻上获奖者的名字。
2003年始，儿童文学协会发行了电子年刊《凤凰奖论文》，收录有关当年金奖和银奖图书的会议论文，如有获奖感言也一并收入。《凤凰奖论文》由凤凰奖论文页独家刊载。