Upcoming Awards
May 20: Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant
$500 awards for first-time NCTE convention presenters who are members of groups historically underrepresented in NCTE and CEE
June 1: CCCC Technical
Open to works published in calendar years 2016 and 2017 by members of CCCC and/or NCTE
June 1: NCTE Distinguished Service Award
Recognizes a person or persons who have exhibited valuable professional service to the profession, scholarly or academic distinction, distinctive use of the language, and excellence in teaching
June 15: Donald H. Graves Writing Award
Recognizes teachers in grades K-6 who, through the teaching of writing, demonstrate an understanding of student improvement in writing
June 30: NCTE Media Literacy Award
Showcases NCTE members who have developed innovative approaches for integrating media analysis and composition into their instruction
Award Categories
Awards List
Achievement Awards in Writing (11th grade)
Affiliate – NCTE Intellectual Freedom (State, Regional, Provincial)
Affiliate Multicultural Program
Affiliate – NCTE Fund Teachers for the Dream
Affiliate – NCTE Leadership Development
Affiliate – Student Affiliate Excellence Award
CCCC Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship
CCCC Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication
CCCC Professional Equity Project (PEP)
CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence
CEE James Moffett Memorial Fund
CEL Exemplary Leadership Award
Charlotte Huck Award (fiction for children)
Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant
Doublespeak Award – Sponsored by the Public Language Award Committee
Edwin M. Hopkins – English Journal
Edwyna Wheadon Postgraduate Scholarship
Excellence in Poetry for Children (living American poet)
George Orwell Award – Sponsored by the Public Language Award Committee
High School Teacher of Excellence (Affiliate Award)
Language Arts Distinguished Article Award
Linda Rief Voices from the Middle Award
NCTE Early Career Educator Teacher of Color Leadership Award
NCTE LeaderShift Award Advancement of People of Color
NCTE Intellectual Freedom (National)
Norman Mailer Student and Teacher Writing Awards
Orbis Pictus Award (nonfiction for children)
Outstanding Educator (elementary)
Paul and Kate Farmer – English Journal
Program to Recognize in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM)
Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program
Richard Ohmann Award – College English
Richard W. Halle Award (outstanding middle level educator)
Technical and Scientific Communication
The Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award (TYCA)