>Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award
The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award Committee is pleased to announce J. K. Rowling as the 2008 winner of The Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award for her book Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic. <more>

>Writing Our Hope: The Poetry Contest
Writing Our Hope, an e-zine of creative nonfiction writings by high school students, has released its first issue on December 10, 2007. Any high school (9–12) student in North America may submit one poem that does not exceed fifty lines and adheres to the themes of hope, tolerance, and equality. All entries to the poetry contest must be accompanied by a creative nonfiction to the zine. Please click here for more details.

>Secondary Section High School Teacher of Excellence Award
The Secondary Section of NCTE wishes to recognize and celebrate high school classroom teachers. For more information, please visit the NCTE Web site at http://www.ncte.org/second/awards/110170.htm.

>NCTE Promising Researcher Award Competition
For procedures and deadlines, visit the NCTE Web site at http://www.ncte.org/about/awards/council/research/124585.htm

>2008 David H. Russell Award Call for Nominations
The National Council of Teachers of English is now accepting nominations for the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English.  Nominations of publications to be considered should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2008. This award recognizes published research in language, literature, rhetoric, teaching procedures, or cognitive processes that may sharpen the teaching or the content of English at any level. For more information, please visit the NCTE Web site at http://www.ncte.org/about/awards/council/ec/111941.htm

>The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Their leadership and courage make them true heroes-and inspirations to us all. To see a list of the 2007 winners, please click here.

>National Vocabulary Championship
GSN's National Vocabulary Championship (NVC) is a nationwide academic competition that offers high school students the opportunity to win college tuition through local and national events. Created with educational partner The Princeton Review, the NVC is open to eligible high school students in the fifty states and the District of Columbia. The NVC is the main component of GSN's Win With Words initiative that is dedicated to improving language arts skills in high schools by engaging students in wordplay and promoting an enhanced vocabulary. For more information click here.

>Apex Award
English Journal receives an Apex national award for editorial quality. For more information click here.

>Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Awards
The Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Awards are given to authors of the best articles published in English Journal during the previous volume year. Eligible entrants must be high school teachers and may include those on leave or not currently teaching.

View the Farmer Award winners for 2006.
View past recipients of the Farmer Award: 2005, 2004, 2003.
For more Farmer Award winners, please visit http://www.ncte.org/second/awards/120253.htm.

>Hopkins Awards
The Edwin M. Hopkins Award, which recognizes authors not eligible for the Paul and Kate Farmer Awards, is awarded biennially for the best article published in English Journal during the two previous volume years.

View the Hopkins Award winners for 2006.
For past recipients of the Hopkins Award, please visit http://www.ncte.org/second/awards/123545.htm.