Q.: Each GSA category has10 titles but sometimes only 9 titles are eligible. What does this mean?
A: A category will always have 10 nominated titles. However depending on the outcome of the previous year's voting, a title may become ineligible. Our criteria states, "The winning Golden Sower Award author and/or illustrator of any one year will be excluded from competition the following year." In addition, "Newbery or Caldecott Award winners are not eligible for nomination; however, Honor Books may be nominated." An ineligible title only means that no votes can be cast for the title. The title is still HONORED as a Golden Sower Award Nominee and DOES COUNT as one of the four titles readers can select in order to be eligible to vote in a category, but the title is not included in the voting process because it is not eligible to win.
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