NCTE LGBTQIA+ Advocacy & Leadership Award supports an LGBTQIA+ community member by recognizing service, scholarship, and advocacy that strengthen the literacy profession and advance LGBTQIA+ people.
The CEL Innovative Leadership Award from NCTE honors mid-career literacy leaders whose innovative efforts have driven systemic change in literacy education.
NCTE Leadership Award for People with Disabilities honors disabled leaders for service, teaching, scholarship, and community work that strengthen literacy communities and advance disabled people.
This award honors early-career scholars for outstanding research that advances English or language arts education through innovative inquiry and scholarly excellence.
The NCTE Early Career Educator Teacher of Color Leadership Award supports early-career literacy educators of color through mentorship, professional development, and collaboration to build careers in the field.