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Benjamin Franklin Award Winners

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award winners and nominees by year, category, and historical archive. Explore the latest winners, past nominees, and major award archive award categories.

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Recent Award Winners

Recent Benjamin Franklin Award winning books across major categories.

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2012 Fiction (8-12 Years)

Butterflies in Autumn

Strong, Charles

Winner · Fiction (8-12 Years)

2012 Popular Fiction

A Crooked Number

Jorgenson, Nathan

Winner · Popular Fiction

2012 Historical Fiction

Emeralds Never Fade

Maitland-Lewis, Stephen

Winner · Historical Fiction

2012 Fiction-Teen

The Forgotten Locket

Mangum, Lisa

Winner · Fiction-Teen

2012 Cover Design-Fiction

Palestine

Bloomfield, Jonathan

Winner · Cover Design-Fiction

2012 Mystery/Suspense

Public Anatomy

Pearson, A. Scott

Winner · Mystery/Suspense

Benjamin Franklin Award Winners by Year

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Benjamin Franklin Award Categories

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award categories including Novel, First Novel, Paperback Original, and more.

Mystery & Thriller

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award Mystery & Thriller winners and nominees across the full archive.

38 results across this category

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years) winners and nominees across the full archive.

36 results across this category

Young Readers: Fiction (8-12 Years)

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award Young Readers: Fiction (8-12 Years) winners and nominees across the full archive.

32 results across this category

Fiction

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award Fiction winners and nominees across the full archive.

30 results across this category

Historical Fiction

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award Historical Fiction winners and nominees across the full archive.

29 results across this category

New Voice: Fiction

Browse Benjamin Franklin Award New Voice: Fiction winners and nominees across the full archive.

28 results across this category

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