Lupine Award

The Lupine Award is a literary prize given annually by the Maine Library Association to a living author or illustrator. The prize can be given to a living illustrator or author who was born in or who resides in Maine for all or part of the year, or has created work with a characterization, plot, or setting that is focused on Maine. The prize has been awarded annually since 1993. Since 2005, separate prizes have been awarded, one to a picture book and the other to a juvenile or young adult book.

Beginning in 1989, the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association has been presenting the award. One winner and one honoree in two categories, picture book and juvenile/young adult, are given the award.