Begun in 1999, this lifetime achievement award recognizes an outstanding body of work of children’s literature in Maine. The Katahdin Award is designed to honor a living Maine author or illustrator. An author or illustrator is considered a resident if he or she was born in this state or currently resides in Maine for all or part of the year. The award may be given annually, but may not necessarily be given each year.
November 2024: The Lupine and Katahdin Award Committee are an independent group no longer overseen by the MLA Youth Services Section. For award stickers, or for submissions from publishers, authors or illustrators, please contact alhand@librarycamden.org. Follow the Lupine Committee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lupineaward
2024 Lynn Plourde
2023 No awards given
2021 Cynthia Lord
2020 Rodman Philbrick
2019 Kevin Hawkes
2018 Dwight Kuhn
2017 Sharon Creech
2016 Melissa Sweet
2015 Cathryn Falwell
2014 Chris Van Dusen
2013 Anne Sibley O'Brien
2012 Award not presented
2011 Phillip Hoose
2010 Kathryn Lasky
2009 Gail Gibbons
2008 Peter Parnall
2007 Ethel Pochocki
2006 Bruce McMillan
2005 Nancy Garden
2004 Lois Lowry
2003 Cynthia Voight
2002 Ashley Bryan
2001 Dalov Ipcar
2000 Roy Gallant
1999 Robert McCloskey