Each year, ALAN makes two awards during the ALAN Breakfast, the ALAN Award and the Hipple Service Award.
Almost from its inception, ALAN has given the ALAN Award to honor those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. The recipient may be a publisher, author, librarian, scholar, editor, or servant to the organization. Each year, an honoree is chosen by the Executive Board and receives the ALAN Award at the annual ALAN breakfast, which is held early morning Saturday during the NCTE Convention. A list of past honorees is listed below.
ALAN AWARD RECIPIENTS
- 2008 Laurie Halse Anderson
- 2007 Teri Lesesne
- 2006 Virginia Monseau & Marc Aronson
- 2005 Jerry Spinelli
- 2004 Jacqueline Woodson
- 2003 Norma Fox Mazer; Harry Mazer (co-winners)
- 2002 Paul Zindel
- 2001 Patty Campbell
- 2000 M.E. Kerr
- 1999 Robert Lipsyte
- 1998 S.E. Hinton
- 1997 Mildred Taylor
- 1996 Bill Morris
- 1995 Robert C. Small, Jr
- 1994 Walter Dean Myers
- 1993 Chris Crutcher
- 1992 Don Gallo
- 1991 Gary Paulsen
- 1990 Richard Peck
- 1989 Cynthia Voigt
- 1988 Ted Hipple
- 1987 Katherine Paterson & Allene Pace Nilsen
- 1986 Madeleine L’Engle
- 1985 Sue Ellen Bridgers
- 1984 Louise Rosenblatt
- 1983 Ken Donelson
- 1982 Robert Cormier
- 1981 Sheila Schwartz
- 1980 Dwight Burton
- 1979 Gerri LaRocque
- 1978 Mary Sucher
- 1977 Marguerite Archer
- 1976 Margaret McElderry & M. Jerry Weiss
- 1975 Margaret Edwards
- 1974 Stephen Judy & G. Robert Carlsen
The Ted Hipple Service Award is given each year to the individual who has contributed to the ALAN organization. It is named in honor of Ted Hipple, the first and long-time ALAN Executive Secretary, who passed away on November 25, 2004. Ted shaped ALAN through decades of unwavering service and support. He was a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee, where he was a former chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Previously, he was a Professor of Education at the University of Florida. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois and was a high school English teacher at Homewood-Flossmoor High School.
His most famous bit of writing is one that is often attributed to others, “A Traditional Grammarian As Poet”:
Haiku, you ku,
he She, or it kus,
we ku You ku, they ku,
Thang ku.
Famous for his flamboyant sweaters, neckties, and suspenders, Ted was a brilliant teacher, scholar, and servant to the profession. His work influenced–and continues to influence–generations of teachers and their students.
HIPPLE AWARD RECIPIENTS
- 2010 Christopher Crowe
- 2009 Wendy Lamb
- 2008 Jean McDermott
- 2007 Patricia Kelly
- 2006 Allene Pace Nilson
- 2005 Bill Subick
- 2004 John Mason
- 2003 M. Jerry Weiss
- 2002 Terry Borzumato
- 2001 Don Gallo
- 2000 Ted Hipple