2011 Amazon.com Work-In-Progress Grant Winners Named -
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
The SCBWI is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Work-In-Progress Awards, underwritten by a generous grant from Amazon.com:
Contemporary
Winner: The Secret Keepers by Corrie Wachob
Runner Up: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Letter of merit: Lie to Me by Ara Jane Burkland
Letter of merit: In the Murky Waters by Kathryn L. Gaglione
Letter of merit:Touched by Lisa Marnell
Non-Fiction
Winner: Laurie Thompson Lawlor for The Call of the Far North.
Runner Up: Barb Rosenstock for When Philip Met Freedom
Letter of Merit: Sarah Albee for Bugged
Letter of Merit: Jude Mandell for Bully Wars
Anna Cross Giblin Award: Rebecca E. Hirsch for Blight
General
Winner: Caminar by Skila King Brown
Runner up: Daughter of the Dead by Shannon Morgan
Letter of Merit: The Morning Come by Maria D. Laso Elders
Letter of Merit: Children of Peace by Erin BowLetter of Merit: Winter Shaker by Anita Sanchez
Multicultural
Winner: Gold Mountain Sojourn by Betty Yee
Runner up: Dulce's Quest for the Crown by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Letter of Merit: Necklace of Tears by Amitha S. J. Knight
Letter of Merit: Leaving Grand Central by Jennifer Jue-Steuck
Letter of Merit: Dark Enough to See the Stars by Patti J. Kurtz
Unpublished Author Award
Winner: The Morning Come by Maria D. Laso Elders
Barbara Karlin Award
Winner: Monstrella by Rebecca Colby
Runner-up: Norman and Rose by Betsy Devany
Letter of merit: Midnight Rooster by Annie Silvestro
Letter of merit: Moon Cake by Hannah Holt
Letter of merit: Fabien the Circus Flyer by Jessica Maree Dudik
Letter of merit: Give the Drummer Some by Blanche Shashona Baxter
Letter of merit: What’s Your Name Again by Lois Keller
Letter of merit: I’m a Monster Too! By Romelle B Guittap
Letter of merit: The Story of Carpathia’s Rescue by Debra Cote
Letter of merit: Pumpkin vs, Skelly by Maria Johnson
Letter of merit: Bucketful of Tears by Franziska Green
Letter of merit: Black Bear and the Full Moon by Mona Pease
Letter of merit: Count On Lemonade by Sherri Jones Rivers
Letter of merit: Clio Auditions by Helen Chayefsky
Don Freeman
Winner: Cassandre Maxwell
Runner up: Bethanie Murguia