 Instituted in 1973, the Golden Kite Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers.Eligible books must be written or illustrated by SCBWI members, and submitted either by publishers or individuals.With the split of the Fiction award into a Middle Grade and a Young Adult award in 2016 and the split of Nonfiction into "for Younger Readers" and "for Older Readers" in 2018, the award currently includes six categories (the other two are Picture Book Text and Picture Book Illustration).