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January 21, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Heavy Medal Award Committee Live Zoom Results

January 21, 2022 by Emily Mroczek-Bayci   8 comments

Thank you to all who attended today’s live Zoom session. For those who missed, the recording is already available here. Thanks to the staff of School Library Journal for all their support!

We had strong discussion about our five contenders and I encourage viewers to look back at our in-depth discussion of our top 15 titles.

Now, here are our winners:

Starfish

Heavy Medal Award Committee 2022 Mock Newbery Medalist: Starfish by Lisa Fipps. Honor Book: AMBER AND CLAY by Laura Amy Schlitz

Amber and Clay

Heavy Medal 2022 Mock Zoom Newbery Viewers Poll Medalist: STARFISH by Lisa Fipps Honor Book: AMBER AND CLAY by Laura Amy Schiltz

screenshot of the HMAC committee members during the live Zoom

Yes, the big winners were the same which means people came to similar consensus based on the discussion!For those who want the full top five breakup… on the HMAC Committee side …

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  1. STARFISH
  2. AMBER AND CLAY
  3. JUST LIKE THAT
  4. OPHIE’S GHOST AND WATERCRESS- tie

and on the Viewers Poll side…

  1. STARFISH (42%)
  2. AMBER AND CLAY (20%)
  3. OPHIE’S GHOSTS (17%)
  4. JUST LIKE THAT (10%) and WATERCRESS (10%)
Audience poll results

Thanks to all of the committee members for their hard work and thoughtful discussion and to all the attendees for their insightful comments and participation.

Steven and I are always open to more questions and conversation and you’re welcome to contact us.

Though our Live Zoom is complete, there are still two days to vote in the Readers Poll on the top 15 titles. Steven and I will also post our reactions from Monday’s announcements, which you can watch live here at 8 a.m. CT.

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About Emily Mroczek-Bayci

Emily Mroczek (Bayci) is a freelance children’s librarian in the Chicago suburbs. She served on the 2019 Newbery committee. You can reach her at emilyrmroczek@gmail.com.

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  1. Leonard Kim says

    January 21, 2022 at 7:46 pm

    Just watched the video. Fantastic job everyone!

  2. Meredith says

    January 21, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    Excellent job! I’ve wrestled with my feelings about Starfish ever since I read it, but the book was definitely a favorite. I would not be disappointed at all if it won the Newbery. Good choice on the honors, too. Keep up the excellent work.

  3. Steven Engelfried says

    January 22, 2022 at 11:20 am

    You can check out the results of many other Mock Newbery ballots on the ALSC blog’s 2022 Mock YMA Election Results page It also includes mock election results for other youth awards.
    And if you’ve held a mock election of your own, it’s easy to share your results on the page by filling in this simple form.

    • Leonard Kim says

      January 22, 2022 at 12:52 pm

      Pleased to see RACONTEUR given an Honor by the Colorado Book Evaluation Discussion Group!

      • Katrina says

        January 22, 2022 at 4:40 pm

        Woo-hoo!

  4. Kate Todd says

    January 22, 2022 at 4:29 pm

    I really want to thank the people who volunteered to be on this Mock Newbery committee. They were all so well prepared and had thoughtful comments. Good job.

  5. Katrina says

    January 22, 2022 at 4:39 pm

    Fun to watch the discussion—good job, everyone! (Although it’s too bad we’re not doing multiple rounds of balloting anymore, because I thought that was one of the most interesting parts of the experience—seeing what changes, etc. Although I understand why, because it was also kind of a mess!)

  6. Rox Anne Close says

    January 22, 2022 at 9:27 pm

    Thank you to the Mock Newbery Committee, I enjoyed listening to your thoughtful discussion. Also thanks to Emily and Steven for moderating the discussion and for all all your hard work keeping this blog going.

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