Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
What is the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature?
The goal of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature is to honor and recognize individual work about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit.
Winners are announced each January.
APALA Winners by Year
A History of Burning by Adult Fiction winner
Ruby Lost and Found by Children's Literature winner
The Truth about Dragons by Picture Book winner
I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Youth/Young Adult Literature winner
Tastes Like War : a memoir by Adult Non-fiction winner
Watercress by Picture Book winner
America for Americans : a history of xenophobia in the United States by Adult Non-Fiction winner
Paper Son: the Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Picture Book winner
APALA Winners by Year
Ghosts of Gold Mountain : the epic story of the Chinese who built the transcontinental railroad by Call Number: HD8039.R3152 C524 2019Adult Non-Fiction winner
Queen of Physics : How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Picture Book winner
The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, a Haven by Call Number: PS3613.Y5 E53 2018Adult Fiction winner
Not quite not white : losing and finding race in America by Call Number: ebookAdult Non-Fiction winner
Asianfail : narratives of disenchantment and the model minority by Call Number: ebookAdult Nonfiction winner
Step up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Children's winner
It's Not Like It's a Secret by Youth winner
Deceit and Other Possibilities by Adult Fiction winner
Picture Bride Stories by Adult Non-Fiction winner
The Land of Forgotten Girls by Children's winner
Puddle by Picture Book winner
Outrun the Moon by Youth winner
The Sympathizer by Adult Fiction winner
Full Cicada Moon by Children's winner
Juna's Jar by Picture Book winner
P. S. I Still Love You by Youth winner
Dubious Gastronomy by Adult Non-Fiction winner
Gaijin: American Prisoner of War by Children's winner
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Picture Book winner
Tiger Girl by Youth winner
A Tale for the Time Being by Adult Fiction winner
Citizens of Asian America : Democracy and Race during the Cold War by Call Number: ebookAdult Non-Fiction winner
Red Kite, Blue Kite by Picture Book winner
Jet Black and the Ninja Wind by Youth Literature winner
The Collective by Adult Fiction winner
The Third Asiatic Invasion : empire and migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 by Adult Non-Fiction winner
Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Children's Literature winner
Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth by Picture Book winner
Tina's Mouth by Youth Literature winner
The Submission by Adult Fiction winner
The Woman Who Could Not Forget : Iris Chang Before and Beyond The Rape of Nanking by Adult Non-Fiction winner
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Children's Literature winner
The House Baba Built : An Artist’s Childhood in China by Picture Book winner
Orchards by Youth Literature winner
I Hotel by Adult Fiction winner
Heart of a Samurai by Children's Literature winner
Yasmin's Hammer by Picture Book winner
Shooting Kabul by Youth Literature winner
APALA Winners by Year
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Adult Fiction winner
American Chinatown : a people's history of five neighborhoods by Call Number: E184.C5 T834 2009Adult Non-Fiction winner
Cora Cooks Pancit by Picture Book winner
Everything Asian by Youth Literature winner
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles : adventures in the world of Chinese food by Adult Non-Fiction winner
Wabi Sabi by Picture Book winner
Roots and Wings by Youth Literature winner
Driven Out : the forgotten war against Chinese Americans by Call Number: ebook and F870.C5 P48 2007Adult Literature
Surfer of the Century : The Life of Duke Kahanamoku by Picture Book winner- Hiroshima Dreams byYouth Literature winner
Brothers by Adult Literature winner
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong : The Robin Hood of Korea by Picture Book winner
Nothing but the Truth by Youth Literature winner
Aloft by Adult Literature winner
The Firekeeper's Son by Picture Book winner
