Guest blogger Danielle Jones reflects on how YALSA membership enriched her life and career.
https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/09/reflections-on-yalsa/
https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/09/reflections-on-yalsa/
Reflections on YALSA
The ALSC Vice-President/President Elect reflects on their YALSA membership and its impact on their career as it reunites with ALSC and moves forward.
www.alsc.ala.org
September 25, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Guest blogger Danielle Jones reflects on how YALSA membership enriched her life and career.
https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/09/reflections-on-yalsa/
https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2026/09/reflections-on-yalsa/
ALA is shutting down YALSA and "reunifying" it with ALSC.
Big fucking news.
www.ala.org/alsc/aboutal...
Big fucking news.
www.ala.org/alsc/aboutal...
ALSC/YALSA Reunification FAQs
What is happening with ALSC? After many years of effort by ALA and members of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), YALSA remains financially unsustainable, with 8 of the last 10 years...
www.ala.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ALA is shutting down YALSA and "reunifying" it with ALSC.
Big fucking news.
www.ala.org/alsc/aboutal...
Big fucking news.
www.ala.org/alsc/aboutal...
Mage and the Endless Unknown made it on the 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list! ✌️
www.ala.org/yalsa/2024-g...
www.ala.org/yalsa/2024-g...
February 6, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Mage and the Endless Unknown made it on the 2024 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list! ✌️
www.ala.org/yalsa/2024-g...
www.ala.org/yalsa/2024-g...
YALSA Announces 2025 William C. Morris finalists
YALSA Announces 2025 William C. Morris finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2025 William C. Morris Award.
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December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
YALSA Announces 2025 William C. Morris finalists
The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
December 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced!
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn
Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX
YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.
Congrats on Indiginerds making YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list! @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
www.ala.org/yalsa/great-...
www.ala.org/yalsa/great-...
Great Graphic Novels
YALSA's Great Graphic Novels of Teens book list
www.ala.org
February 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Congrats on Indiginerds making YALSA's Great Graphic Novels list! @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
www.ala.org/yalsa/great-...
www.ala.org/yalsa/great-...
Wow! No Rules Tonight has been named one of the 10 best graphic novels of the year by YALSA (the teen books branch of the American Library Association)
Check out all these awesome books at your local library!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Check out all these awesome books at your local library!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
February 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wow! No Rules Tonight has been named one of the 10 best graphic novels of the year by YALSA (the teen books branch of the American Library Association)
Check out all these awesome books at your local library!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Check out all these awesome books at your local library!
@penguinteen.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
Join us for a lively conversation featuring the finalists of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award!
@yalsa.bsky.social
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
@yalsa.bsky.social
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
YALSA Nonfiction Award Finalists in Conversation with SLJ
Join us for a lively conversation featuring the finalists of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award! Moderated by Albany High School Librarian Alicia Abdul, the authors will sh...
www.slj.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Join us for a lively conversation featuring the finalists of the 2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award!
@yalsa.bsky.social
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
@yalsa.bsky.social
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT
My favorite award show of the year! Who will the ALSC & YALSA presidents be wearing? #kidlit #alsc #yalsa #ALA
📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards!
📅 Mon., Jan. 27
🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...
📅 Mon., Jan. 27
🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...
January 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Congratulations to Dashka Slater! ACCOUNTABLE is the winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Huzzah!
January 27, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Congratulations to Dashka Slater! ACCOUNTABLE is the winner of the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults. Huzzah!
*burst through the drywall* YOU AND ME ON REPEAT IS A FINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD 😱😱😱😱 www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
YALSA announces 2026 William C. Morris finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2026 William C. Morris Award.
www.ala.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
*burst through the drywall* YOU AND ME ON REPEAT IS A FINALIST FOR THE WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD 😱😱😱😱 www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
I'm heading to St. Louis for the YALSA! Looking forward to speaking to librarians about my book "Hungry Ghost!"
November 9, 2023 at 11:15 PM
I'm heading to St. Louis for the YALSA! Looking forward to speaking to librarians about my book "Hungry Ghost!"
— Não deixe de conferir e transmitir o MV na plataforma: youtu.be/mHNCM-YALSA 😉
September 20, 2024 at 12:09 PM
— Não deixe de conferir e transmitir o MV na plataforma: youtu.be/mHNCM-YALSA 😉
January 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
We have two big announcements here at YALSA today! First, our 2025 Excellence in Nonfiction Award finalists!
YALSA will name the winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025!
Learn about the finalists here: www.ala.org/news/2024/12...
#yalit
YALSA will name the winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025!
Learn about the finalists here: www.ala.org/news/2024/12...
#yalit
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
We have two big announcements here at YALSA today! First, our 2025 Excellence in Nonfiction Award finalists!
YALSA will name the winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025!
Learn about the finalists here: www.ala.org/news/2024/12...
#yalit
YALSA will name the winner at the Youth Media Awards on January 27, 2025!
Learn about the finalists here: www.ala.org/news/2024/12...
#yalit
Nonfiction friends, the YALSA Excellence in NF finalists have been announced: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
YALSA announces 2026 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2026 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Awar...
www.ala.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nonfiction friends, the YALSA Excellence in NF finalists have been announced: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
I'd say two decades ago, honestly. A decade ago this conversation about YALSA viability was happening.
I also wholeheartedly agree that teen services has contracted. So, too, did the financial ability for library folks to be in ALA, let alone also YALSA, etc etc.
I also wholeheartedly agree that teen services has contracted. So, too, did the financial ability for library folks to be in ALA, let alone also YALSA, etc etc.
June 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I'd say two decades ago, honestly. A decade ago this conversation about YALSA viability was happening.
I also wholeheartedly agree that teen services has contracted. So, too, did the financial ability for library folks to be in ALA, let alone also YALSA, etc etc.
I also wholeheartedly agree that teen services has contracted. So, too, did the financial ability for library folks to be in ALA, let alone also YALSA, etc etc.
Awesome news! Cry Out Loud was named a YALSA quick pick for reluctant readers! So honored to be supported by librarians all over! @yalsa.bsky.social 💖
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Awesome news! Cry Out Loud was named a YALSA quick pick for reluctant readers! So honored to be supported by librarians all over! @yalsa.bsky.social 💖
It's weird this happens at the same time as consolidation of YALSA back into ALSC.
July 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It's weird this happens at the same time as consolidation of YALSA back into ALSC.
Beloved YA author Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award, speaks to SLJ about the award, her expansive work, and how real life influences her stories.
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
June 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Beloved YA author Tiffany D. Jackson, winner of this year’s Margaret A. Edwards Award, speaks to SLJ about the award, her expansive work, and how real life influences her stories.
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
Today on the blog-- ALL the library worker book awards:
Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: RUSA Books and Media Awards and Bonus, YALSA Alex Awards.
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/01/usin...
Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: RUSA Books and Media Awards and Bonus, YALSA Alex Awards.
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/01/usin...
Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: RUSA Books and Media Awards and Bonus, YALSA Alex Awards
This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological or...
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January 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today on the blog-- ALL the library worker book awards:
Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: RUSA Books and Media Awards and Bonus, YALSA Alex Awards.
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/01/usin...
Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: RUSA Books and Media Awards and Bonus, YALSA Alex Awards.
raforall.blogspot.com/2025/01/usin...
YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults shortlist is here. It's great! Some REALLY good books here.
It's also very white (& I think that's partly because of how few YA nonfiction works by authors of color came out this year).
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
It's also very white (& I think that's partly because of how few YA nonfiction works by authors of color came out this year).
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
YALSA announces 2026 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults finalists
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), selected five books as finalists for the 2026 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Awar...
www.ala.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
YALSA's Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults shortlist is here. It's great! Some REALLY good books here.
It's also very white (& I think that's partly because of how few YA nonfiction works by authors of color came out this year).
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
It's also very white (& I think that's partly because of how few YA nonfiction works by authors of color came out this year).
www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
Tiffany D. Jackson Empowers Teens Through Gripping Page-Turners
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/tiffan...
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/tiffan...
June 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tiffany D. Jackson Empowers Teens Through Gripping Page-Turners
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/tiffan...
#alaac25 #YALSA #YA
www.slj.com/story/tiffan...