Golden Duck Award

The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at either Worldcon or the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In 2018 they were replaced by Notable Book Lists of the same names sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA).

The Golden Duck Awards were funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., the sponsor of the U.S. midwest regional science fiction convention DucKon. Winners were selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers.

Categories

The categories are:
* Picture Book
* Middle Grades (the Eleanor Cameron Award)
* Young Adult (the Hal Clement Award)

There was also a provision for a Special Award if a book was found to be outstanding but did not fit any of the standard categories.

Golden Duck Award Winners

Picture Book

The picture book award is sometimes given to a book with non-fictional science content with a story "wrapper" as well as traditional Science Fiction themes.
* 1992 – ''Time Train'' by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Claire Ewart
* 1993 – ''June 29, 1999'' by David Wiesner
* 1994 – ''Richie's Rocket'' by Joan Anderson, photographed by George Ancona
* 1995 – ''Time Flies'' by Eric Rohmann
* 1996 – ''Insects from Outer Space'' by Vladimir Vagin and Frank Asch
* 1997 – ''Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon'' by Timothy Gaffney, illustrated by Barry Root
* 1998 – ''Floating Home'' by David Getz, illustrated by Michael Rex
* 1999 – ''Noah and the Space Ark'' by Laura Cecil, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark
* 2000 – ''Hush, Little Alien'' by Daniel Kirk
* 2001 – ''Rex'' by Robert Gould and Kathleen Duey, illustrated by Eugene Epstein
* 2002 – '' Baloney (Henry P.)'' by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith
* 2003 – ''Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' by Curtis Saxton and Richard Chasemore
* 2004 – ''Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist'' by David Elliot, illustrated by True Kelley (Holliday House, )
* 2005 – ''Science Verse'' by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking)
* 2006 – ''Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery'' by Kevin O'Malley, illustrated by Patrick O'Brien
* 2007 – ''Night of the Homework Zombies'' by Scott Nickel, illustrated by Steve Harpster ()
* 2008 – ''Mars Needs Moms'' by Berkeley Breathed
* 2009 – ''We're Off to Look for Aliens'' by Colin McNaughton
* 2010 – ''Swamps of Sleethe'' by Jack Prelutsky
* 2011 – ''Oh No! (Or, How My Science Project Destroyed the World)'' by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat
* 2012 – ''Earth to Clunk'' by Pam Smallcomb, illustrated by Joe Berger
* 2013 – ''Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a Time Machine to Save History) (Or At Least My History Grade)'' by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Dan Santat
* 2014 – ''Vader's Little Princess'' by Jeffrey Brown
* 2015 – ''Max Goes to the Space Station'' by Jeffrey Bennett, illustrated by Michael Carroll
* 2016 - ''Interstellar Cinderella'', b
Deborah Underwood
illustrated b
Meg Hunt

* 2017 - ''Blip!'' written and illustrated b
Barnaby Richards

Eleanor Cameron Award

This award is given to chapter books and middle grade novels. The protagonists are science users and problem solvers. Occasionally books with fantasy elements but a science fiction theme have won.
* 1992 – '' My Teacher Glows in the Dark'' by Bruce Coville
* 1993 – ''Weirdos of the Universe Unite!'' by Pamela Service
* 1994 – ''Worf's First Adventure'' by Peter David
* 1995 – ''Shape Changer'' by Bill Brittain
* 1996 – ''Star Hatchling'' by Margaret Bechard
* 1997 – ''Kipton and the Tower of Time'' by Charles L. Fontenay
* 1998 – ''The Andalite Chronicles'' by Katherine Applegate
* 1999 – '' Young Jedi Knights'' series by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta
* 2000 – ''I Was a Sixth Grade Alien'' by Bruce Coville
* 2001 – ''The Power of Un'' by Nancy Etchemendy
* 2002 – ''Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars'' by Quentin Dodd
* 2003 – '' Andrew Lost'' series: ''Andrew Lost on the Dog''; ''Andrew Lost in the Bathroom''; ''Andrew Lost in the Kitchen'' by J. C. Greenburg
* 2004 – '' Escape from Memory'' by Margaret Peterson Haddix
* 2005 – ''The Supernaturalist'' by Eoin Colfer (Hyperion)
* 2006 – (tie)
::'' Whales on Stilts'' by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus (Harcourt, 2005. )
::'' The Fran That Time Forgot'' by Jim Benton (Aladdin, )
* 2007 – ''Apers'' by Mark Jansen with Barbara Day Zinicola (Dailey Swan Publishing, 2006; )
* 2008 – (tie)
::''Shanghaied to the Moon'' by Michael J. Daley
::''Gravity Buster: Journal #2 of a Cardboard Genius'' by Frank Asch
* 2009 – ''Lighter than Air'' by Henry Melton
* 2010 – ''Z Rex'' by Steve Cole
* 2011 – ''Alien Encounter'' by Pamela Service and Mike Gorman
* 2012 – ''Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure #2: Mars!'' by Hena Kahn and David Borgenicht
* 2013 – ''Alien on a Rampage'' from the Intergalactic Bed and Breakfast series by Clete Barrett Smith
* 2014 – Two books from the Galaxy Zack series: ''Hello, Nebulon!'' and ''Journey to Juno'' by Ray O'Ryan and Colin Jack
* 2015 – ''Ambassador'' by William Alexander
* 2016 - ''Fuzzy Mud'', by Louis Sacher

Hal Clement Award

Hal Clement's own writings weren't YA, but his high school science teaching career strongly connects him to the YA age group. The primary story elements are correct science with science fictional extrapolations and characters who solve problems on their own.
* 1992 – '' Invitation to the Game'' by Monica Hughes
* 1993 – ''River Rats'' by Caroline Stevermer
* 1994 – ''The Giver'' by Lois Lowry
* 1995 – '' The Ear, the Eye and the Arm'' by Nancy Farmer
* 1996 – (tie)
::''The Winds of Mars'' by H. M. Hoover
::''The Night Room'' by E. M. Goldman
* 1997 – ''Wildside'' by Steven Gould
* 1998 – '' Shade's Children'' by Garth Nix
* 1999 – ''Alien Dreams'' by Larry Segriff
* 2000 – ''The Game of Worlds'' by Roger McBride Allen from David Brin