What do you have to do to get the Newbery Award?

What do you have to do to get the Newbery Award?
You have to write a book, published in America and submit it to the Newbery committee in the year it was published. Then the committee will evaluate it with the other 400 or so books submitted and select the best one. They may also designate up to 5 other books as Newbery Honor Books.