Upcoming Awards
May 15
James R. Squire Award – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 15, 2026
Established in 1967, this award recognizes outstanding service to the stature and development of NCTE and ELA education, as well as the education profession as a whole, in the U.S. and internationally. Awardees are honored by a selection committee of NCTE Past Presidents.
NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 15, 2026
This award recognizes a person with a disability who has made a significant contribution to NCTE and to the development of our professional community. Recipients promote and support the advancement of people with disabilities in our profession through their service, writing, teaching, scholarship, and professional development.
NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 15, 2026
Established in 1997 by NCTE and Support for the Learning and Teaching of English (SLATE)–this award is given to a person, groups, or institutions for advancing the cause of intellectual freedom. A subcommittee of the NCTE Committee Against Censorship selects the recipients.
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MAY 15, 2026
The Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors supports NCTE members in the teaching, learning, and application of literacy learning. It provides research support for NCTE members who propose a research project that studies “the careers of English Majors and/or the role and function of English in career development.”
July 31
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)
This program for middle schools, high schools and universities/colleges recognizes students, teachers, and schools for producing excellent literary magazines.
Ongoing
Children’s Book Awards nominations are accepted each year for the Charlotte Huck Award® for Outstanding Fiction, the Orbis Pictus Award® for nonfiction, and the Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels list. NEW! The deadline for book nominations is September 15.
Awards List
Achievement Awards in Writing (10th and 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
Berry Research Award to Study Careers of English Majors
CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award
CCCC Assistance Fund for Contingent Faculty
CCCC Chairs’ Memorial Scholarship
CCCC Disability in College Composition Travel Awards
CCCC Emergent Researcher Awards
CCCC Gloria Anzaldúa Rhetorician Award
CCCC James Berlin Memorial Outstanding Dissertation
CCCC Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship
CCCC The Luiz Antonio Marcuschi Travel Awards
CCCC Outstanding Dissertation in Technical Communication
CCCC Outstanding Teaching Award
CCCC Professional Equity Project (PEP)
CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Awards
CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence
CEL Kent Williamson Exemplary Leader Award
CEL Innovative Leadership Award
CEL Teacher-Leader of Excellence Award
Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children)
Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Grant
Edwin M. Hopkins – English Journal
ELATE Early Career Presenter Scholarship
ELATE Geneva Smitherman Cultural Diversity Grant
ELATE Graduate Student Research Award
ELATE James Moffett Memorial Fund
ELATE National Technology Leadership Award
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
LLA Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching Award
NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
NCTE Early Career Educator of Color Leadership Program
NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award (National)
NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award (Affiliate)
NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities
NCTE LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award
NCTE Professional Dyads and Culturally Relevant Teaching (PDCRT)
Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Outstanding Educator (elementary)
Paul and Kate Farmer – English Journal
Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM)
Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
Research Foundation Teacher Grant Program
Richard Ohmann Award – College English
Richard W. Halle Award (outstanding middle level educator)
The Mark Reynolds TETYC Best Article Award (TYCA)