{{short description|Annual literary prize}} The '''Lupine Award''' is a literary prize given annually by the Maine Library Association to a living author or illustrator. The prize can be given to a living illustrator or author who was born in or who resides in Maine for all or part of the year, or has created work with a characterization, plot, or setting that is focused on Maine. The prize has been awarded annually since 1993. Since 2005, separate prizes have been awarded, one to a picture book and the other to a juvenile or young adult book.<ref name="MLA">{{cite web|title=Lupine Award History|url=http://mainelibraries.org/page-1580121|website=Maine Library Association|publisher=Maine Library Association|accessdate=6 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bird">{{cite news|last1=Bird|first1=Elizabeth|title=Top 100 Picture Books #13: Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney|url=http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/15/top-100-picture-books-13-miss-rumphius-by-barbara-cooney/#_|accessdate=6 October 2016|publisher=School Library Journal|date=15 June 2012}}</ref><ref>Book About Monhegan Wins the Lupine Award, Portland Press Herald, 18 Apr 1996.</ref>
Beginning in 1989, the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association has been presenting the award. One winner and one honoree in two categories, picture book and juvenile/young adult, are given the award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maine Library Association - Lupine Award |url=https://www.mainelibraries.org/lupine |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.mainelibraries.org}}</ref>
==Juvenile/Young Adult Winners== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Winner !Honorable Mentions |- |2024 |''A Game of Noctis'' by Deva Fagan |''Continental Drifter'' by Kathy Macleod |- |2023 |''Hoops'' by Matt Tavares |''The Windeby Puzzle'' by Lois Lowry |- |2022 | | |- |2021 |''Down to Earth'' by Betty Culley |''Franklin Endicott and the Third Key'' by Kate DiCamillo |- |2020 |''Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults) The Extraordinary True Story of a Young Somali Immigrant'' by Abdi Nor Iftin |''Echo Mountain'' by Lauren Wolk |- |2019 |''Searching for Lottie'' by Susan Ross |''American Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People who Shaped U.S. History'' by Lisa Trusiani, illustrated by Pau Morgan, Toby Newsome, Cecilia Puglesi |- |2018 |''The Mad Wolf's Daughter'' by Diane Magras |''What the Wind Can Tell You'' by Sarah Marie A. Jette |- |2017 |''Grit'' by Gillian French |''Who Killed Darius Drake?'' by Rodman Philbrick |- |2016 |''Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White'' by Melissa Sweet |''Wrecked'' by Maria Padian |- |2015 |''Paper Things'' by Jennifer Richard Jacobson |''The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pederson and the Churchill Club'' by Phillip Hoose |- |2014 |''Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina'' by Rodman Philbrick |''Half a Chance'' by Cynthia Lord |- |2013 |''Out of Nowhere'' by Maria Padian |''The Water Castle'' by Megan Frazer Blakemore |- |2012 |''The Good Braider'' by Terry Farish |''Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster'' by Mary M. Cerullo and Clyde F. E. Roper |- |2011 |''Small As an Elephant'' by Jennifer Richard Jacobson |''Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness'' by Donn Fendler and Lynn Plourde, illustrator Ben Bishop |- |2010 |''Touch Blue'' by Cynthia Lord |''Henry Aaron's Dream'' written and illustrated by Matt Tavares |- |2009 |''The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg'' by Rodman Philbrick |''Stitches: A Memoir'' written and illustrated by David Small |- |2008 |''Season of Ice'' by Diane Les Becquets |''Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress'' by Maria Padian |- |2007 |Dragon's Egg by Sarah Thomson |Rickshaw Girl by Matali Perkins, Illustrator Jamie Hogan |- |2006 |''Kristin's Wilderness: A Braided Trail'' by Garrett Conover |''Berenice Abbott, Photographer; an Independent Vision'' by George Sullivan |- |2005 |''Stained'' by Jennifer Richard Jacobson |''Stained'' by Jennifer Richard Jacobson |- |2004 |''The Race to Save the Lord God Bird'' by Phillip Hoose |''Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy'' by Gary D. Schmidt |- |2003 |''The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig'' by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Linda S. Wingerter |''A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee'' written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
''Swan Harbor'' written and illustrated by Laura Rankin
''Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England'' by Mary Morton Cowan |- |2002 |''Becoming Joe DiMaggio'' by Maria Testa |''Bloody Jack'' by L. A Meyer
''Just Ducky'' written and illustrated by Kathy Mallat
''The Sea Chest'' by Toni Buzzeo illustrated by Marie Grand Pre |- |2001 |''Following Fake Man'' by Barbara Ware Holmes |''Racing the Past'' by Sis Deans
''Turtle Splash'' by Cathryn Falwell
''The Lobster War'' by Ethan Howland |- |2000 |''The Truth about Great White Sharks'' by Mary M. Cerullo, photographer Jeffery L. Rotman |''The Last Book in the Universe'' by Rodman Philbrick |- |1999 |''Seal Island School'' by Susan Bartlett, illustrator Tricia Tusa |''The Hermit Thrush Sings'' by Susan Butler ''Wild Child'' by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by Greg Couch |- |1998 |''Snowflake Bentley'' by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Mary Azarian |''Painters of the Caves'' by Patricia Lauber |- |1997 |''Marven of the Great North Woods'' by Kathryn Lasky, illustrator Kevin Hawkes |''Cocoa Ice'' by Diana Appelbaum, illustrated by Holly Meade |- |1996 |''Grandmother Bryant's Pocket'' by Jacquelie Briggs Martin |No Honorable Mention |- |1995 |''A Year on Monhegan Island'' by Julia Dean |''Night of the Pufflings'' written and photographed by Bruce McMillan ''To Hold this Ground: A Desperate Battle at Gettysburg'' by Susan Provost Beller |- |1994 |''Prize in the Snow'' by Bill Easterling, illustrator Mary Beth Owens |No Honorable Mention |- |1993 |''Wild Fox'' by Cherie Mason, illustrator Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen |No Honorable Mention |- |1992 |''Sing to the Sun'' written and illustrated by Ashley Bryan |No Honorable Mention |- |1991 |Rosebud and Red Flannel by Ethel Pochocki, illustrator Mary Beth Owens |No Honorable Mention |- |1990 |''Hattie and the Wild Waves'' written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney |No Honorable Mention |- |1989 |''Brickyard Summer'' by Paul Janeczko |No Honorable Mention |}
==Picture Book Winners== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Winner !Honorable Mentions |- |2024 |''Kende! Kende! Kende!'' by Kirsten Cappy and Yaya Gentille |''The Tree of Life'' by Elisa Boxer |- |2023 |''The Lobster Lady'' Alexandra S.D. Hinrichs, illustrated by Jamie Hogan |''Oh, Chickadee!'' by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illustrated by Jamie Hogan |- |2022 | | |- |2021 |''The First Blade of Sweetgrass'' Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker |''The Little Library'' by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas |- |2020 |''Magnificent Homespun Brown'' by Samara Cole Doyon, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita |''Chowder Rules! The True Story of an Epic Food Fight'' by Anna Redding Crowley, illustrated by Vita Lane |- |2019 |''Going Down Home with Daddy'' by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter |''Maybe Tomorrow?'' by Charlotte Agell, illustrated by Ana Ramirez González |- |2018 |''We Don't Eat Our Classmates'' by Ryan T. Higgins |''There's a Dinosaur on the 13th Floor'' by Wade Bradford, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes |- |2017 |''Red and Lulu'' by Matt Tavares |''Baabwaa and Wooliam'' by David Elliott, illustrated by Melissa Sweet |- |2016 |''Freedom Over Me'' by Ashley Bryan |''Hotel Bruce'' by Ryan T. Higgins |- |2015 |''Island Birthday'' by Eva Murray, illustrator Jamie Hogan |''Growing Up Pedro'' by Matt Tavares |- |2014 |''The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus'' by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa Sweet |''Jubilee! One Man's Big, Bold and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace'' by Alicia Potter, illustrator Matt Tavares |- |2013 |''The Secret Pool'' by Kimberly Ridley, illustrator Rebekah Raye |''Brave Girl'' by Michelle Markel, illustrator Melissa Sweet |- |2012 |''Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller'' by Doreen Rappaport, illustrator Matt Tavares |''Eggs 1 2 3: Who will the babies be?'' by Janet Halfmann, illustrator Betsy Thompson |- |2011 |''Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade'' written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet |''Sammy in the Sky'' by Barbara Walsh, illustrator Jamie Wyeth |- |2010 |''Many Hands: A Penobscott Indian Story'' by Angeli Perrow, illustrator Heather Austin |''A Balloon for Isabel'' by Deborah Underwood, illustrator Laura Rankin |- |2009 |''The Circus Ship'' written and illustrated by Chris Van Dusen |''The Scallop Christmas'' by Jane Freeberg, illustrator Astrid Sheckels |- |2008 |''A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams'' by Jen Bryant, illustrator Melissa Sweet |''How Mama Brought the Spring'' by Fran Manushkin, illustrator Holly Berry |- |2007 |Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison, Illustrator Kevin Hawkes |Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator, Illustrator Holly Meade |- |2006 |''For You Are a Kenyan Child'' by Kelly Cunnane, illustrator Ana Juan |''Max's Words'' by Kate Banks, illustrator Boris Kulikov |- |2005 |''A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Form'' by Paul Janeczko, illustrator Chris Raschka |''Carmine: A Little More Red'' written and illustrated by Melissa Sweet |}
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Category:American children's literary awards Category:Awards established in 1993