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Sue Alexander Award
Selected from manuscripts submitted for individual critique at the SCBWI Annual Conference in Los Angeles, the Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award is given to the manuscript deemed most promising for publication. Critiquers at the Los Angeles conference determine the finalists. Until her sudden death in July 2008, Ms. Alexander made the final selection. Now, a three-member panel from Sue's writing group of 20 years makes a final selection after the conference.
The winner receives an expense-paid trip to New York to meet with interested editors. Only manuscripts submitted for conference manuscript critiques by full-time conference attendees are eligible; see deadline and submission guidelines in the conference brochure or online, available in mid-May. There is no prior application process for this award.
About Sue Alexander
| Year | SCBWI | Location | Title of Manuscript | | 2008 | Doug Marshall | Fremont, CA | Flung | | 2007 | Tracy Holczer | La Crescenta, CA | Runaway Grace | | 2006 | Carole Estby Dagg | Everett, MA | From Mica Creek to New York City, One Step at a Time | | 2005 | Emily Jiang | Mountain View, CA | Paper Daughter | | 2004 | Melodie Chenevert | Gaithersburg, MD | Lillian Wald: Heroic Nurse of Henry Street | | 2003 | Candace Moonshower | Nashville, TN | The Legend of Zoey | | 2002 | Mary Waldorf | Monterey, CA | Me and My Sister Ed (published as The Goldrush Kid) | | 2001 | Donna Bergman | Seattle, WA | Sassie in the Wind | | 2000 | Jay Asher | San Luis Obispo, CA | The Choco Barn Cow | | 1999 | Maria Fleming | Brookly, NY | Somewhere Sleeping | | 1998 | Lynn Baker | Los Angeles, CA | The Naturals | | 1997 | Patricia Rae Wolff | Glen Ellyn, IL | Joey and the Quest | | 1996 | Cat Bauer | Venice, Italy | Zee |
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