Committee Charge
To solicit nominations, review and vote for an award each for Adult Fiction, Adult Non-fiction, Illustration in Children’s Literature, and Youth Literature. Please visit the Literature Awards page for more information.
Chairs: litawards@apalaweb.org
2025-2027
Candice Wing-yee MackJaena Rae CabreraJamie KurumajiZoë McLaughlin
EB Liaison: Jaena Rae Cabrera
2023-2025
Sandy Wee
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack
2022-2024
Helen Look
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack
2021-2023
Helen Look
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack
2020-2022
Dora Ho
Ven Basco
Helen Look
EB Liaisons: Jaena Cabrera, Alanna Aiko Moore
Adult Literature (Fiction)
2025-2027
Chair: Erika Fitzpatrick
Members:
Ji Baek
Deborah Khuanghlawn
2023-2025
Chair: Elizabeth Joseph
Members:
Matthew Galloway
Monica Shin
Karen Fernandez
Tiffany Mallery
Michelle Young
2022-2024
Chairs: Sofia Leung
Members:
Tom Poehnelt
Jenny Yap
Coleen Umali
2021-2023
Chair: Jonathan Khan
Members:
Erika Fitzpatrick
Helen Lee
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Rose L. Chou
2020-2022
Chair: Sandy Wee
Members:
Anjali Goyal
Michelle Lee
Elaine Tai
Jerry Dear
Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)
2025-2027
Chair: Lalitha Nataraj
Members:
Rick Bonus
Gerardo “Gary” Colmenar
Mimosa Shah
2023-2025
Chair: Annie Pho
Members:
Ray Pun
Tarida Anantachai
2022-2024
Chair: Richard Cho
Members:
Alan Cho
Simon Lee
2021-2023
Chair: Jen Woo
Members:
Young-Joo Lee
2020-2022
Chair: Ann Crewdson
Members:
Paul Drake
Children’s Literature
2025-2027
Chair: Jenny Yap
Members:
Alexandra Quintero Deleon
Keiko Satomi
Celina Tirona
2023-2025
Chair: Jane Khaytin
Members:
Miyo Sandlin
Sine Hwang Jensen
Isariya Locke
Neha Thakkar
2022-2024
Chair: Florence Tang
Members:
Jen Woo
Danny Le
Andrew Chae
2021-2023
Chair: Jamie Kurumaji
Members:
Lamonica Sanford
Neha Thakkar
Hanna Lee
Danilo M. Baylen
2020-2022
Co-Chairs: Florence Tang, Jamie Kurumaji
Members:
Arya Hackney
Katie Hom
Angie So
YA Literature
2025-2027
Chair: Jade Alburo
Members:
Cecelia Fiering
Connie Lin
Angie Miraflor
Jade Noelani Yonehiro
2023-2025
Chair: Ariana Hussein
Members:
Connie Lin
Jade Alburo
Stephanie Mahar
Crystal Chen
2022-2024
Chair: Helen Lee
Members:
Tiffani Lewis-Lockhart
Jovy O’Grady
Erika Fitzpatrick
Perlita Payne
2021-2023
Chair: Sandy Wee
Members:
Jade Alburo
Nicole Shibata
Helen Li
Xuemin Zhong
2020-2022
Chair: Crystal Chen
Members:
Danilo M Baylen
Anna Coats
Jen Woo
Tamiko Welch
Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)
2025-2027
Chair: Jenay Dougherty
Members:
Caroline Chow
Bea Jaleco
Isariya Locke
Eori Tokunaga
2023-2025
Chair: Charlene Hsu Gross
Members:
Danica Ronquillo
Becky Leathersich
Yun Ji (Angie) So
Christine Chai
Xuemin Zhong
2022-2024
Co-Chairs: Cynthia Mari Orozco, Hannah Park
Members:
Jerry Dear
Joy Shioshita
Charlene Hsu Gross
2021-2023
Chair: Karen Nguyen
Members:
Janet Mumford
January Sanalak
Quinn Tomlinson
2020-2022
Chair: Dora Ho
Members:
Kristen Kwisnek
Becky Leathersich
Poetry
2025-2027
Chair: Danilo Baylen
Members:
Neil Aitken
Neil Kepoʻo Ordinario
Melody Steiner
Last updated on 09/17/25