derek barnes yes. and derek barnes, who won in 2018 and again in 2020, said, i'll always be indebted to kirkus for shining a light on a once struggled in career. it gave me new. the kirkus prize has played vital role in boosting emerging and established literary careers. because almost ten years ago, when we defined those top three priorities and we said let's big we also said let's go first. one of the trademark characteristics, kirkus reviews, is that ours is the first review published of a book, and the outcome of that a particularly pure assessment of the work. one that is untainted by the opinions of others. this has been a core editorial standard of kirkus reviews for almost a century, since the very beginning. and we knew the kirkus prize to meet the same standard. as a result, this prize has become one of the most influential of a book's potential make a lasting impact on america's literary legacy. new kid by jeffrey craft became the first graphic novel to ever win the newbery medal, but it won