University of Oklahoma Book Award Increased to $50,000NORMAN, OK / ACCESS Newswire / September 25, 2026 / At the University of Oklahoma, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature is going from $35,000 to $50,000. The NSK Neustadt Prize, awarded every other year to a living writer or author-illustrator with significant achievement in children's or young-adult literature, has been given since 2003.
Gene Luen Yang Named Winner of 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureNORMAN, Okla., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Gene Luen Yang as the winner of the 2023 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature. He is the first graphic novelist to win the prestigious prize.
