ALAN’s 2024 winner of the Nilsen-Donalson Award is Julianna L. Kershen for her ALAN Review article “Magic as Emancipatory in the Magical Realism Novels of Jewell Parker Rhodes.”
Established by the ALAN Board in 2011 and funded through the generous donations of Alleen Pace Nilsen and Don Nilsen, the Nilsen-Donelson Award is given to the author(s) of the best article published in The ALAN Review during a particular volume year. It recognizes excellence in scholarship in the field of YA literature, scholarship exemplified by former ALAN leaders, Dr. Alleen Pace Nilsen and Dr. Ken Donelson. Recipients are awarded an honorarium and a one-year extension on membership in ALAN. Award recipients are recognized annually at the ALAN Breakfast during the NCTE Convention.
Learn more about this award at https://alan-ya.org/awards/the-nilsen-donaldson-award/.