Memorial Award (ALMA) Nominee 2019 - Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) Nominee 2018 - Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) Nominee 2017 - Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) Nominee 2016 - The Magic Pearl National Children's Choice Awards 2015 - The Quill Award winner, Children's Book of the Year category 2015 – The annual Hristo G. Danov award nominee, Book of the Year category 2012 – The Child Honorary Diploma for lifetime contribution to the happy childhood of Bulgarian children 2012 - The annual The Golden Apple Award nominee 2011 – The annual Hristo G. Danov award nominee, Book of the Year category 2010 – The annual P.R. Slaveykov - Contribution to the Bulgarian Literature award winner 2010 – The annual Konstantin Konstantinov award winner, Author of the Year category 2010 – The annual Hristo G. Danov award nominee, Book of the Year category 2006 - Children's book manuscript competition, held by the Bulgarian Writers Association for the My Sweet Pathwalker novel 2005 - Europe in Fairytale competition third prize winner 1995 – The annual UNESCO award for The Pacifier short story Charity From 2009 to the present Spiridonova has been the founder and organizer of the weekly "Who Loves Fairytales" initiative at the Children and Youth Department of the Sofia Capital Library. From 2010 to the present she has been the founder and organizer of the "Where Children Live, There Should Be Children's Books" campaign. The campaign aims to set up libraries of newly published books for orphanages. From 2015 to the present she has been the founder and organizer of the "Flying Pig" literary teen club initiative at the Children and Youth Department of the Sofia Capital Library. See also Petko Slaveykov Hristo G. Danov References Further reading reglibsliven.iradeum.com radiosofia.bnr.bg filmschoolfest-munich.de unesco.org biserche.com External links barnesandnoble.com helikon.bg kragozor.com fiut.bg Bulgarian novelists Living people 1972 births Bulgarian women novelists 21st-century Bulgarian novelists 21st-century Bulgarian women writers