Publishers of picture books released in 2025 are invited to submit their works for consideration for the 2026 Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature. 提交截止日期为2026年1月30日。

玛格丽特·怀斯·布朗奖每年颁发一次，表彰前一年出版的最佳图画书的作者。 The award is a tribute to one of Hollins University’s best-known alumnae (class of 1932) and one of America’s most beloved children’s authors. Winners receive a $1,000 cash prize, which comes from an endowed fund created by James “Pebbles” Rockefeller Jr., Brown’s fiancé at the time of her death. 每位获奖者还会收到一个雕刻的奖项，并邀请他们接受这一荣誉，并在霍林斯大学儿童文学研究生课程的夏季会议期间在校园内朗读。

2025年奖项的评委是：

• Ashley  Belote她是《女巫与袋熊》、《我的树》等作品的作者兼插画家，也是SCBWI卡罗来纳州分会的插画协调员。
• Deborah Hopkinson获奖的80多本童书作者； 获嘉士伯wi金风筝奖、简·亚当斯童书奖及绿色地球环保奖； 和2025年MWB奖得主。
• Eugene Yelchin，美国国家图书奖入围者，纽伯瑞奖得主和schbwi金风筝奖得主。

出版商应提交他们希望提名为玛格丽特·怀斯·布朗奖的每本书的四本：霍林斯大学一本，三位评委各一本。 图书必须在2025年首次出版； 转载和翻译不符合条件。 获胜者将于2026年5月公布。

Please contact Dr. Elizabeth “e” Dulemba, director of Hollins’ graduate programs in children’s literature and illustration, at [email protected] for the judges’ addresses and further submission instructions.

The study of children’s literature as a scholarly discipline began at Hollins in 1973, and the graduate program in children’s literature was founded in 1992. Today, Hollins offers M.A. and M.F.A. programs exclusively in the study and writing of children’s literature, an M.F.A. in children’s book writing and illustrating and a graduate-level certificate in children’s book illustration. In spring 2026 该计划将过渡到全年低住院模式.