The Golden Duck Awards for Excellence in Children's Science Fiction were given annually from 1992 to 2017. The awards were presented every year at either Worldcon or the North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC). In 2018 they were replaced by Notable Book Lists of the same names sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA). The Golden Duck Awards were funded by Super-Con-Duck-Tivity, Inc., the sponsor of the U.S. midwest regional science fiction convention DucKon. Winners were selected by a group of teachers, librarians, parents, high tech workers and reviewers. Categories The categories are: Picture Book Middle Grades (the Eleanor Cameron Award) Young Adult (the Hal Clement Award) There was also a provision for a Special Award if a book was found to be outstanding but did not fit any of the standard categories. Golden Duck Award Winners Picture Book The picture book award is sometimes given to a book with non-fictional science content with a story "wrapper" as well as traditional Science Fiction themes. 1992 – Time Train by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Claire Ewart 1993 – June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner 1994 – Richie's Rocket by Joan Anderson, photographed by George Ancona 1995 – Time Flies by Eric Rohmann 1996 – Insects from Outer Space by Vladimir Vagin and Frank Asch 1997 – Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon by Timothy Gaffney, illustrated by Barry Root 1998 – Floating Home by David Getz, illustrated by Michael Rex 1999 – Noah and the Space Ark by Laura Cecil, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark 2000 – Hush, Little Alien by Daniel Kirk 2001 – Rex by Robert Gould and Kathleen Duey, illustrated by Eugene Epstein 2002 – Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith 2003 – Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones by Curtis Saxton and Richard Chasemore 2004 – Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist by David Elliot, illustrated by True Kelley (Holliday House, ) 2005 – Science Verse by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Lane Smith (Viking) 2006 – Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery by Kevin O'Malley, illustrated by Patrick O'Brien 2007 – Night of the Homework Zombies by Scott Nickel, illustrated by Steve Harpster () 2008 – Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed 2009 – We're Off to Look for Aliens by Colin McNaughton 2010 – Swamps of Sleethe by Jack Prelutsky 2011 – Oh No! (Or, How My