Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize

Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize
Mark Levengood with 2013 winners Seita Vuorela and Jani Ikonen and 2014 winners Øyvind Torseter and Håkon Øvreås
Awarded for	"a work of fiction for children and young people written in one of the Nordic languages by a living writer"
Country	Nordic countries
Presented by	Nordic Council
Reward(s)	DKK 350,000
First awarded	2013
Official website	http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-boerne-og-ungdomslitteraturpris

The Nordic Council Children and Young People's Literature Prize is awarded for a work of children's or young adult literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries. It was established by the Nordic Council in 2012 after an initiative by ministers of culture in the Nordic countries. The prize was first awarded on 30 October 2013.

Two works are nominated each year from each of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Finland nominates one work in Finnish and one in Swedish. The Sami, Greenlandic, Faroese, and Ålandic writers' associations may also submit one nomination per year.