2008
2008 Karlin Grants Awarded
(June 30)
BEA
Discount for SCBWI Members (April 2)
2007 Golden Kite Awards Announced
(March 6)
2007
SCBWI
Member Discount at the 2008 Children's Illustrators Conference
(Dec. 19)
SCBWI 2008 Bologna Conference Registration Online
Now
(Oct. 10)
2007
Sue Alexander Award Announced (Sept. 21)
2007
Work-In-Progress Grant Winners Named (Sept. 17)
Karlin Grants Awarded
(Sept. 10)
Magazine Merit Awards Announced
(April
2)
SCBWI Names 2007 Golden Kite
Book Project Beneficaries (April 2)
2007 Golden
Kite Awards Announced
(March 2)
2007 BOOK EXPO DISCOUNT FOR SCBWI MEMBERS (March 7)
Kimberly Colen Grants Announced (January 4)
2006
Alexander Award Winner Announced
(October 26)
Don Freeman Grants Awarded (September 28)
Barbara Karlin Grants Awarded (July 18)
Martha Weston Grant Awarded (July 18)
Sid Fleischman Award Announced (April
18)
2005
Magazine Merit Awards Announced (April 18)
Awards
Season: Many SCBWI Members Among Those Honored
(April 18)
2005 Golden Kite Awards Announced (April 17)
Kimberly Colen Grant Winners Named
(January 4)
2005
Sue Alexander Award Winner Announced (October 19)
Work-In-Progress
Grant Winners Named (September 20)
Barbara Karlin Grant Winner Announced (August 30)
Don Freeman Illustration Grants Awarded (August
19)
Martha Weston Grant Winner Selected (June 24)
Magazine Merit Awards for 2004 Announced (March 31)
Kimberly
Colen Grant Winners for 2005 Announced (January 13)
2004
Robert's
Snow
for Cancer's Cure (December 1)
Sue
Alexander Award Winner Announced
(September 23)
Important
Legislature: Protect Reader Privacy (September 22)
Work-in-Progress Grants Awarded (September 14)
Donate Books to Florida Schools (August 31)
Don Freeman Illustration Grants Awarded (August 19)
Barbara Karlin Picture Book Writing Grants Awarded
(August 19)
Martha Weston Grant Winner Selected (June 24)
Book Bag Contest Winner: Julie Paschkis (June 8)
Illustrator and Author/Illustrator Conference (April
26)
Children's Literature Network Conference in Minnesota
(April 24)
20th Annual Long Island Children's Literature Conference
(April 17)
SCBWI/BolognaFiere 2004 Day Before Conference
(April 13)
Magazine Merit Awards for 2003 Announced (April 12)
Sid Fleischman Humor Award for 2003 Announced (March
31)
Book Awards: Many SCBWI Members Among Those Honored
(March 23)
Golden Kite Winners for 2003 Announced (March 17)
Kimberly Colen Grant Winners for 2004 Announced (January
16)
2003
Book Donations to Wildfire
Victims (November
14)
Commemorative Gift Honoring SCBWI Achievements (October
24)
Sue Alexander Award Winner Announced (October 24)
Reading Rainbow
Saved! (October 9)
Fifth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers Conference
(October 2)
Interview with Barry Moser (September 24)
7th Annual Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop
(September 22)
First Major Spanish Language Website for Parents(September
16)
2003 Work-In-Progress Grants Winners Announced (September
19)
2003 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-Aid Awarded (August
13)
2003 Barbara Karlin Grant Awarded (August 11)
Reading Rockets Summer Book Club(June 10)
2002 Magazine Merit Award Winners Announced (May 7)
"Oceans Apart - United by Story" Spain Conference
(April 23)
2002 Golden Kite Winners Selected April 7, 2003)
It's Award Season -- Many SCBWI Members Among Honorees
(January 30)
Bologna Children's Book Fair Contest Winners Announced
(January 30)
Kimberly Colen Grant Recipients Named (January 13)
Sue Alexander Award Winner Named (January 7)
Board Approves $10 Yearly Dues Raise(January 1)
2002
Reading Rockets Interview
with Tomie de Paola (September
25)
2002 Work-In-Progress Awards Announced (August 28)
2002 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-Aid Awarded
(August 27)
2002 Barbara Karlin Grant Awarded (August 27)
Naomi Parker of Providence, Rhode Island is this years winner of the $1,500 Barbara Karlin Grant Award for picture book writing. The $500 runner-up grant was awarded to Mary Ross Wisbach of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Additionally, Letters of Commendation have been sent to Pat Zietlow Miller, Sue Fliess, Elizabeth Halsall. Allyson Schrier and Jean Daigneau They were selected from nearly 200 entries. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to the Karlin Coordinator QL Pearce and First Readers Doris Fisher and Francesca Rusackas, both picture book authors, as well as to our judges author Jim Averbeck, illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba and Charlesbridge Senior Editor Emily Mitchell.
We are honored to again offer this award in the name of Barbara Karlin, who believed deeply in the importance of picture book text and was generous in sharing her knowledge with others in the field.
For more information on this and all of
the other SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards
& Grants section of our website.
(June 30, 2008)
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SCBWI
Members Discount for BookExpo America
Once again the SCBWI and BookExpo America are offering a discount for
admittance to BookExpo at the Los Angeles Convention Center from May 29-June
1. This discount does not apply to prior registrations.
SCBWI members may attend for $75 in advance, $105 onsite, and $45 for one day. When registering use the priority code SCBWI to obtain the discount.
BookExpo America: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com/
(April 2, 2008)
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The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the winners and honorees of the 2007 Golden Kite Awards. The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
Golden Kite Award Winners
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Fiction HOME OF THE BRAVE by Katherine Applegate Feiwel and Friends Editor: Liz Szabla |
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Nonfiction |
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Picture
Book Text PIERRE IN LOVE by Sara Pennypacker illustrated by Petra Mathers Orchard Books - Scholastic Editor: Amy Betz |
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Picture
Book Illustration LITTLE NIGHT by Yuyi Morales Roaring Brook Press - Holtzbrinck Editor: Neal Porter Designer: Jennifer Browne |
Golden Kite Honor Recipients
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Fiction EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE by Lauran Tarshis Dial Editor: Nancy Mercado |
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Nonfiction |
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Picture
Book Text |
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Picture
Book Illustration WHO PUT THE B IN BALLYHOO? Illustrated and written by Carlyn Beccia Houghton Editor: Ann Rider |
For more
information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards
& Grants section of our website.
(March 6, 2008)
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SCBWI
Member Discount at the 2008 Children's Illustrators Conference
in New York
SCBWI Members can receive a disount at The Children's
Illustrators Conference hosted by Frieda Gates in conjunction with the
New York Metro Region of the SCBWI. This year's conference will be held
Monday, April 28, 2008 from 1 to 6pm at the Society of Illustrators, 128
East 63rd Street, New York City.
SCBWI members receive a discounted attendance rate. Full details including schedules, pricing and payment information may be found at the SCBWI New York Metro Regional website by following the links below.
Details for Illustrators: http://home.nyc.rr.com/scbwimetrony/illusconf.html
Details for Art Buyers: http://home.nyc.rr.com/scbwimetrony/illusinvite.html
(December 19, 2007)
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SCBWI 2008 Bologna Conference Registration Online Now
October 10, 2007, LOS ANGELES—Registration is now available online for the SCBWI Bologna conference, which coincides with the Bologna Children's Book Fair, Saturday & Sunday, March 29 & 30, 2008.
Also, the deadline for SCBWI members to enter the BOLOGNA CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR ILLUSTRATORS EXHIBITION is November 30, 2007. This selected show is open to unpublished as well as published illustrators. Submit your work and attend the Bologna Children's Book Fair for free.
To register for the SCBWI Bologna Conference, or for details on how to submit your illustrations to the BOLOGNA BOOK FAIR online go to www.scbwi.org/events and click on "SCBWI@Bologna."
(October
10, 2007)
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2007 Sue Alexander Award Announced
September 21, 2007, LOS ANGELES—The 2007 recipient for the Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award is Tracy Holczer for her middle-grade novel, RUNAWAY GRACE. The Alexander Award is presented annually to the most promising manuscript offered for critique at the SCBWI Summer Conference.Tracy will receive an expense-paid trip to New York to pursue publication of her book.
Skillful writing laden with powerful emotion, RUNAWAY GRACE tells the story of fourteen year-old Grace Jessup who, after the drowning death of her mother, is trying to come to terms with living with her grandmother whom she’d never met before, and trying to keep her loyalty to her mother’s way of thinking intact. Though her grandmother tries to help her get through her grief, the little Grace knew or understood about the non-relationship between her mother and her grandmother produced conflicting emotions and impelled Grace to run away – and then to return. It’s a story more of acceptance than of loss and tugs at heartstrings from the very first paragraph.
(September
21, 2007)
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2007 Work-In-Progress Grant Winners Named
September 17, 2007, LOS ANGELES—Nearly 400 entries were received for this year’s Work-in-Progress Grants. Winning grants are for $1,500. Runner-up grants are for $500.
Board Member and author Stephanie Gordon, author Gordon Korman along with Putnam editor Tim Travaglini judged the award for a previously unpublished writer. This year’s winner is Susan Van Hecke of Norfolk, Virginia for her middle grade historical novel The Girl in the Box. Runner-up award went to Dawn Malone of Chenoa, Illinois.
Judges for the General Work-in-Progress grant were Board member Frank Sloan and author Darcy Pattison along with Editor and Board Member Arthur Levine of Arthur Levine Books. They selected Ruta Sepetys of Nashville, Tennessee for her historical novel, Between Shades of Gray. This year’s runner-up grant, funded by Dorothy Francis, goes to Amber Matthews of Carlsbad, California.
The SCBWI/Anna Cross Giblin Nonfiction Research Grant, funded by James Cross Giblin, was awarded this year to Melissa Stewart of Acton, Massachusetts for a book on body science, It’s Spit-Acular! The Secrets of Saliva. Runner-up grant in nonfiction has been presented to Eileen R. Meyer of Clarendon Hills, Illinois. The Runner-up grant for this year was partially funded by a donation from Sandra Steen, Susan Steen and Herma Silverstein in honor of Frank Sloan. This year’s judges were Board member and writer James Cross Giblin, author Mel Boring and Clarion editor Lynne Polvino.
The 2007 SCBWI Contemporary Novel Grant goes to Wendy Wan-Long Shang of Falls Church, Virginia for Lucy Wu: Not What I Expected a middle grade novel revolving around a sixth grade girl and a visiting relative from China. Melissa Sweazy of Memphis, Tennesee is the recipient of the runner-up grant. The Contemporary Novel Grant judges for this year were Board member and author Walter Dean Myers, author Richard W. Jennings along with Simon and Schuster editor David Gale.
The SCBWI also acknowledged the below entrants in the WIP competition with Letters of Merit.
Suzanne Casamento, Los Angeles, CA
Katy S. Duffield, Cabot, AR
Alfonso Madrid, Philadelphia, PA
Amanda Materne, San Carlos,CA
Susan Meyer, Sherborn, MA
Anola Pickett, Kansas City, MO
Ginny Rorby, Fort Bragg, CA
Sherry Shahan, Cayucos, CA
Nancy Ida Sanders, Chino, CA
This year’s recipients plan to use their money for a variety of purposes from continuing their education via classes and workshops, to research travel and child care to free up writing time.
Our congratulations to all the winners and our thanks to the judges, first readers Virginia Frances Schwartz, Vicki Berger Erwin, Jeri Ferris and Nancy Antle, for the assistance of Sue Alexander and especially to Coordinator Sue Burgess for all the work that went into making these grants possible.
Applications for the 2008 grants are available by sending an SASE to the SCBWI office, by checking the grants section on the SCBWI website, or by emailing scbwi@scbwi.org after the first of October. Everyone in the SCBWI, except for past winners is eligible to apply.
(September
17, 2007)
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September 7, 2007, LOS ANGELES—Annette Gulati of West Linn, Oregon is this years winner of the $1,500 Barbara Karlin Grant Award for picture book writing. The $500 runner-up grant was awarded to Pamela Marie Jungerberg of Carmel, California. Additionally, Letters of Commendation have been sent to Azadeh Houshyar, Sue Fliess, Natacha Sanz-Caballero and David Martin. They were selected from over 200 entries. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to the Karlin Coordinator QL Pearce and First Readers Nancy Sanders and Francesca Rusackas, both picture book authors, as well as to our judges author Cynthia Leitch Smith, illustrator Marilyn Scott-Waters and Tricycle Press Editor Abigail Samoun. Grant applications for next year’s competition are available to members on the SCBWI website or by sending an SASE bearing 41cents in postage to the SCBWI office after October 1.
(September
10, 2007)
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Magazine Merit Awards Announced
April 2, 2007, LOS ANGELES—The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the recipients of its Magazine Merit Plaques and Honor Certificates for, chosen from just over 220 entries.
Each year, SCBWI presents one plaque in each of the four categories of fiction, nonfiction, illustration and poetry to honor members' outstanding original magazine work published during the previous calendar year. The works chosen are those that exhibit excellence in writing and illustration. Each piece is also evaluated on its genuine appeal to the interests and concerns of young people. Honor Certificates in each category are also awarded.
Magazine Merit Award Winners Fiction: ONE THOUSAND
DRAGONS Nonfiction: TREASURES
IN A PINECONE Poetry: SAXOPHONE
SUMMER Illustration: WINTER
CLOTHES |
Magazine Merit Honor Recipients Fiction: THE WEDNESDAY
CLUB Nonfiction: BEN FRANKLIN
FIT FOR LIFE Poetry: HOW MANY MOONS Illustration: MOON
WALK |
Additionally, the SCBWI sent Letters of Merit to runners-up in the following categories:
| Fiction Jacqueline Adams Barbara S. Garriel Sheila Kelly Welch Timothy Tocher Susan Berk Koch Myra Sanderman Christine Henderson. |
Nonfiction Lesley Reed Barbara Kerley Kelly Andrea Vlahakis Kelly Ann Barson Tracey E. Fern Lois Miner Huey Ruth Musgrave |
Poetry April Halprin Wayland Katie Hesterman Elsa Knight Bruno Kathleen Petrella Cynthia Porter |
Illustration
|
The panel of judges for the 2006 calendar year were Vijaya Khisty Bodach, Melanie Hope Greenberg and Natalie M. Rosinsky, led by Magazine Merit Awards Coordinator Dorothy Leon.
The 2007 competition is now underway.
2007 Magazine Merit Awards Submission Guidelines
(April 02, 2007)
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SCBWI Names 2007 Golden Kite Book Project Beneficaries
April 2, 2007, LOS ANGELES—The
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) is pleased
to announce the recipients of its 2007 Golden Kite Book Project.
Each year, the SCBWI receives hundreds of entries for the Golden Kite
Award from dozens of publishers. After the Golden Kite Awards were announced
on March 2, 2007, the SCBWI began taking nominations from its Regional
Advisors across the country for non-profit organizations to which the
collection of books from the 2006 competition could be gifted.
This year the Golden Kite Book Project recognizes the Community Transitional School in Portland, Oregon, North Shore Community Action Programs, Inc. in Essex County, Massachusetts, and Women’s and Children’s Alliance in Boise Idaho. A variety of picture books, middle-aged chapter books, and novels for young adults will be divided equally among these organizations, and shipped from the SCBWI headquarters in Los Angeles.
“Our goal with the Golden Kite Book Project is to help establish libraries for groups that affect real change in the lives of young readers on a daily basis,” said Kim Turrisi, Director of Special Projects for the SCBWI. “It is a great privilege to support the work of these organizations in our own small way.”
(April 2, 2007)
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The Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the winners and honorees of the 2006 Golden Kite Awards. The Golden Kite Award is the only award presented to children’s book authors and artists by their peers.
Golden Kite Award Winners
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Fiction FIREGIRL by Tony Abbott Little, Brown & Company Books for Young Readers Editor: Alvina Ling |
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Nonfiction |
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Picture
Book Text JAZZ by Walter Dean Myers illustrated by Christopher Myers Holiday House Editor: Regina Griffin |
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Picture
Book Illustration NOT AFRAID OF DOGS Illustrated by Larry Day written by Susanna Pitzer Walker & Company Editor: Emily Easton Designer: Nicole Gastonguay |
Golden Kite Honor Recipients
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Fiction WINGS by William Loizeaux Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
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Nonfiction |
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Picture
Book Text |
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Picture
Book Illustration HIPPO! NO, RHINO! Illustrated and written by Jeff Newman Little, Brown & Company Books for Young Readers |
For more
information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards
& Grants section of our website.
(March 2, 2007)
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This year's SCBWI Member Discount code for the 2007 Book Expo in New York, May 31-June 3, can be found in the "Announcements from the Executive Office" portion of the SCBWI Discussion Boards.
The discount
code posted there will allow SCBWI members to access a discounted rate
of $90 for a 3-day pass and $50 for a 1-day pass when registering at the
Book Expo America website.
(March 7, 2007)
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Mary E. Cronin of Harwich, MA, and Sheila Berenson of Overland Park, KS, are the recipients of this year's SCBWI Kimberly Colen Grant.
This grant is funded by the Colen family in honor of Kimberly Colen, who, in addition to being an author and editor, served as longtime coordinator of the New York Conference. Both winners receive a trip to New York for the SCBWI Winter Conference, tuition, and a cash grant.
Mary E. Cronin’s picture book manuscript "Trucks, Boots, and Bells" is a collection of poems about firefighters, their work, and their children. As the daughter of a New York City firefighter, her unique experiences bring authenticity to her wonderful poetry on a subject matter that will capture the imaginations of young readers, and lend itself to lively, colorful illustrations.
When Shelila Berenson’s manuscript for a young adult novel won the first runner-up award last year, she was so inspired and encouraged that she continued to rewrite, refine, and polish her tale. Now titled "Fragile Ice," the story follows two young Jewish boys who are captured under orders from Tsar Nicholas I in 1831 and drafted into the Russian army for 30 years. The impressive developments to this manuscript over the past year made it an excellent choice for the 2007 grant.
For more information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.
(January 4, 2007)
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The 2006 Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award had been given to Carole Estby Dagg of Everett, WA. The Alexander Award is presented annually to the most promising manuscript offered for critique at the SCBWI Annual Summer Conference. Ms. Dagg’s novel, "From Mica Creek to New York City, One Step at a Time," is a historical novel based on a true story about an eight-month walk across the country by a mother and daughter in 1896. Carole will receive an expense-paid trip to New York to pursue publication of her book.
For application rules and procedures, visit the Awards & Grants section of the website.
(October 26, 2006)
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Mikela Prevost of Fullerton, CA, is this year’s $1,500 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-Aid recipient. The runner-up grant of $500 has been awarded to Carolyn Reed Barritt of Ann Arbor, MI.
Our congratulations to the winners and sincere thanks to judges Ruth Sanderson, Jerry Russell, and Sue Keeter. Special thanks to Grant Coordinator, Bruce Coville. Those who have benefited from his efforts over the years join us in appreciation. Replacing Bruce as next year's Coordinator will be Judith Ross Enderle.
Entries to the Don Freeman competition may be made by any illustrator member of the SCBWI, but the contest is primarily designed to help those just beginning in the field. Applications and procedures for the 2007 competition will be available for download after October 1st in the Awards & Grants section of the website.
(September 28, 2006)
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Leslie Muir of Atlanta, GA, is this year's winner of the $1,500 Barbara Karlin Grant Award for picture book writing. The $500 runner-up grant was awarded to Elaine Marie Alexander of Colchester, CT. They were selected from over 200 entries. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to the Karlin Coordinator Q.L. Pearce and First Readers Stephanie Gordon and Merrily Kutner, both picture book authors, as well as to our judges Simon and Schuster Associate Editor Alexandra Cooper, author Francesca Rusackas, and author/illustrator Gina Capaldi. Grant applications for next year’s competition will be available after October 1st.
For more information on this and other grants, visit the Awards & Grants section of the website.
(July 18, 2006)
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Roberta Collier-Morales of Boulder, CO, is the recipient of the third Martha Weston Grant. She received $1,500 to cover her expenses to attend the SCBWI Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles. Roberta wants to go from illustration to writing and has two projects underway, one about a biracial child who faces challenges of being neither-nor, and the other about a Quaker girl who ends up helping escaping slaves.
Grant Coordinator Elizabeth Partridge noted the committee received a record number of applications, many of which reflected Martha Weston’s lively and generous spirit and none more so than Roberta’s winning entry.
After publishing more than 50 picture books and easy readers as an illustrator and/or author, Martha (Hairston) Weston published her first middle-grade novel shortly before her death. Martha always took time to encourage others, and the Hairston family established the Martha Weston Grant to honor and continue her legacy.
The SCBWI wishes to thank the Hairston family for making the grant possible and to Elizabeth Partridge who again served as the Grant Coordinator.
For more information on this and other grants, visit the Awards & Grants section of the website.
(July 18, 2006)
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David LaRochelle's novel, Absolutely Positively Not (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic), is the recipient of the 2005 Sid Fleischman Humor Award. The award is given annually to an SCBWI author whose work exemplifies excellence in humor writing, so often overlooked in children's literature by award committees. LaRochelle is an author and illustrator of nearly twenty-five books, including The Best Pet of All, illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama, a Children's Book Sense Top Ten selection.
David LaRochelle's first novel is a riotously funny look at the life of a regular boy who's finding out what it takes to be a real man. Sixteen-year-old Steven DeNarski doesn't know if he'll pass his driver's test or if he'll ever understand his parents, but there's one thing he's sure of: he's absolutely, positively NOT gay.
The Sid Fleischman Humor Award will be presented at the Golden Kite luncheon in August at the SCBWI 35th Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles.
(April 18, 2006)
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The SCBWI is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2005 Merit Plaques and Honor Certificates for fiction, non- fiction, illustration, and poetry, chosen from just over 200 entries.
Merit Plaque recipients are Patricia Bridgman of Beverly, MA, for her fiction piece, "Ghoulies and Ghosties," which appeared in Cricket; Harry LeVine of Lexington, KY, for his nonfiction article, "A Special Kind of Genius: Richard P. Feynman," also in Cricket; Susan Meyer of Sherborn, MA, for her poem "Summer is Ending" in Cricket; and Brian Lies of Duxbury, MA, for his cover art of Spider.
Honor Certificates are awarded in fiction to Barbara Carroll Roberts for her story, "Justin's Buddy," in Pockets. In nonfiction, to Ruth Musgrave for "The Great Koala Rescue" in National Geographic Kids. In poetry, to Uma Krishnaswami for "Lifeline" in Cicada. In illustration, to Lori McElrath Eslick for illustration of "Crocus" in Cricket.
Additionally, the SCBWI sent Letters of Merit to the runners-up in each category:
| FICTION
Nancy Flood Ashley M. Nissler Diane L. Burns E. Renee Heiss Madeline Juran Peggy MacEachern Toby Joan Rosenstrauch Tim Myers Peggy Anderson NONFICTION Ellen Braaf Ann Volk Nanette Cooper-McGuiness Sherrill Kushner Gina Hagler Barbara Elizabeth Walsh |
POETRY Laima Howell Jill Esbaum Cynthia Porter Pamela Love Kathleen Petrella Anna Levine, and Timothy Tocher ILLUSTRATION Teri Suzanne Karen Jones Lee Erin Marie Mauterer Jacqueline Adams |
The 2005 panel of judges consisted of Marthe Jocelyn, Barbara Krasna-Khait, and Clare Mishica. Our congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to the judges, as well as to the Magazine Merit Awards Coordinator, Dorothy Leon.
The 2006 competition is underway. Rules and application procedures are posted in the Awards & Grants section of the website or you can send an SASE, bearing 39¢ postage, to the SCBWI Executive Office, 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048.
(April 18, 2006)
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SCBWI members were prominent in awards announced last month by the American Library Association. Congratulations to the winners posted below.
Newbery
Medal
Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins)
Newbery
Honor Books
Whittington by Alan Armstrong, illustrated by S.D. Schindler
(Random House); Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by
Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction); Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury); Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson,
illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
Caldecott Medal
The Hello, Goodbye Window, illustrated by Chris Raschka, written
by Norton Juster (Michael di Capua Books/Hyperion)
Caldecott
Honor Books
Rosa, illustrated by Bryan Collier, written by Nikki Giovanni
(Henry Holt); Zen Shorts, written and illustrated by Jon J. Muth
(Scholastic Press); Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First
Hot-air Balloon Ride, written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman
(Anne Schwartz/Atheneum/Simon & Schuster); Song of the Water Boatman
and Other Pond Poems illustrated by Beckie Prange, written by Joyce
Sidman (Houghton Mifflin)
2007
May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer: Kevin Henkes
Astrid Lindgren Award: Katherine Paterson
Coretta Scott
King Awards
Author Award: Julius Lester for Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
(Jump at the Sun/Hyperion). Honor Awards: Tonya Bolden for Maritcha:
A Nineteenth Century American Girl (Harry N. Abrams); Nikki Grimes
for Dark Sons (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion); Marilyn Nelson for
A Wreath for Emmett Till (Houghton Mifflin), illustrated by Philippe
Lardy.
Illustrator Award: Bryan Collier for Rosa (Henry Holt), written
by Nikki Giovanni. Honor Award: R. Gregory Christie for Brothers in
Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Lee and Low Books), written
by Mary Williams.
New Author Award: Jaime Adoff for Jimi and Me (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion).
Sibert Medal
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L.
Hunley, written by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda/Lerner Publishing
Group)
Sibert
Honor Book
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow by Susan Campbell
Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction)
Theodor
Seuss Geisel Medal
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas, written by Cynthia Rylant
and illustrated by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Schuster)
Theodor
Seuss Geisel
Honor Books
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books/Scholastic); A
Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mills Press); Cowgirl
Kate and Cocoa, written by Erica Silverman and illustrated by Betsy
Lewin (Harcourt); Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day, written
by Jean Van Leeuwen and illustrated by Ann Schweninger (Dial Books/Penguin
Group)
Batchelder
Award
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., for An Innocent
Soldier, written by Josef Holub, translated from German by Michael
Hofmann
Batchelder
Honor Books
Phaidon Press Limited for Nicholas, written by René Goscinny,
illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé, translated from the French by
Anthea Bell; Bloomsbury Children's Books for When I Was a Soldier,
written by Valérie Zenatti and translated from the French by Adriana
Hunter
Belpré
Author Medal
The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (Wendy Lamb/Random House)
Belpré
Illustrator Medal
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big
Heart, illustrated by Raul Colón and written by Pat Mora (Alfred
A. Knopf/Random House)
Belpré
Author Honor Books
César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen
T. Bernier-Grand, illustrated by David Diaz (Marshall Cavendish); Doña
Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart, written
by Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colón (Alfred A. Knopf/Random
House); Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic
Press)
Belpré
Illustrator Honor Books
Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games,
selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre (Lee & Low); César:
¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! illustrated by David Diaz,
written by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand (Marshall Cavendish); My Name is
Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/La Vida de Celia Cruz,
illustrated by Rafael López, written by Monica Brown (Luna Rising/Rising
Moon)
Sydney
Taylor Book Award
Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer by Erica
Silverman, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein (Farrar Straus & Giroux);
Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman (Dutton)
Sydney
Taylor Honor Books
For Older Readers: Memories of Survival by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
(Hyperion); The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli (Wendy
Lamb Books/Random House); The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela by
Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Prince William, Maximilian
Minsky and Me by Holly-Jane Rahlens (Candlewick).
For Younger Readers: The Journey That Saved Curious George by
Louise Borden (Houghton Mifflin); Ruth and Naomi by Jean Marzollo
(Little, Brown); Shlemiel Crooks by Anna Olswanger (Junebug Books);
and Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me by Simms Taback
(Viking).
Carnegie
Medal
Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation, Inc., and Paul Gagne and Melissa
Reilly, Weston Woods Studio, producers of the video "The Man Who
Walked Between the Towers," based on the book written by Mordicai Gerstein
Schneider Family Book Awards
Young Children: Myron Uhlberg for Dad, Jackie and Me (Peachtree
Press), illustrated by Colin Bootman. Middle School: Kimberly Newton Fusco
for Tending to Grace (Alfred A. Knopf/Random House). Teens: Adam
Rapp for Under the Wolf, Under the Dog (Candlewick)
Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science
Books
April Pulley Sayre for Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story
of Dust (HarperCollins), illustrated by Ann Jonas; Sneed B. Collard
III for The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands
(Houghton Mifflin)
Green Earth Book Awards
Near One Cattail: Turtles, Logs and Leaping Frogs (Dawn Publications)
by Anthony D. Fredericks, illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio; Flush
(Knopf) by Carl Hiaasen
(April
18, 2006)
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The SCBWI is honored to announce the winners of the 2005 Golden Kite Awards. The four winning books and four honor books were selected from a field of over 1,000 submissions. The Golden Kite is the only award in children's books to be judged by a jury comprised entirely of writers and illustrators, thus, the winning selections have been singled out for excellence by a jury of peers and colleagues.
The judges for the 2005 competition, representing many different specialties in the children's book field, included: Jane Buchanan, Cara Haycak, and Uma Krishnaswami in Fiction; Elizabeth Raum, Gwenyth Swain, and Don Lessem in Nonfiction; Grace Lin, Margie Palatini, and Lesléa Newman in Picture Book Text; and Joy Allen, Melanie Hope Greenberg, and Wong Herbert Yee in Picture Book Illustration.
| GOLDEN KITE WINNERS | ||
| Fiction |
A
Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson (Henry Holt) |
|
Nonfiction |
Children
of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin) |
|
Picture
Book Text |
Doña Flor | |
| by
Pat Mora illustrated by Raul Colón (Alfred A. Knopf) |
||
Picture
Book Illustration |
Baby
Bear's Chairs by Melissa Sweet |
|
| written by Jane Yolen (Harcourt) |
The winners will be brought to Los Angeles to accept their Golden Kites at the 35th Annual Summer Conference.
| GOLDEN KITE HONOR BOOKS | ||
Fiction |
Each
Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles (Harcourt) |
|
| Nonfiction |
The
Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall
and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain (Houghton Mifflin) |
|
Picture
Book Text |
Grandmama's Pride | |
| by
Becky Birtha illustrated by Colin Bootman (Albert Whitman & Co.) |
||
Picture
Book Illustration |
Cinderella by Barbara McClintock (Scholastic Press) |
The Golden Kite Award, first given in 1973, is the only major children's book award presented by one's peers, and, therefore, is one of the most respected and coveted honors in the field. "We were thrilled to receive so many high quality submissions in every category," commented Jamie Weiss, Golden Kite Award Administrator for the SCBWI. "Judging by the enthusiasm exhibited by editors, art directors, and publicity departments in children's publishing, it's clear that the Golden Kite Award is coming of age."
"We are making some radical changes in the Golden Kite Awards," announced Lin Oliver, Executive Director of the SCBWI. "These changes are just being approved by our Board of Advisors, and we are planning to announce them on March 15th. Without revealing too much, I think it's safe to say that the new Golden Kites will rock the publishing community and dramatically increase the visibility of the awards."
The Golden Kite changes will appear in the May-June issue of the Bulletin, and posted in May in the Awards & Grants section of the website. At that time submissions for the 2006 competition will begin. Books to be considered must be written and/or illustrated by an SCBWI member and must be published in 2006. For full submission rules and procedures, please check the Awards & Grants section after May 1st.
Congratulations to our winners, and special thanks to Jamie Weiss, the judges, and to the publicity departments at all the publishing houses who helped make the 2005 awards possible.
(updated April 17, 2006)
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Kathryn Dennis of Seattle, WA, and Deborah Bryson of Pearland, TX, are the recipients of this year's SCBWI Kimberly Colen Grant. Additionally, Sheila K. Berenson of Overland Park, KS, will receive a special certificate as a runner-up finalist.
This year more than 400 SCBWI members applied for the grant, which is funded by the Colen family in honor of Kimberly Colen, who, in addition to being an author and editor, served as longtime coordinator of the New York Conference. This year grants -- which consists of a trip to New York for the SCBWI Winter Conference, tuition, and a cash grant -- were given in two categories, Picture Book, won by Ms. Dennis for her book manuscript "What Do Hippos Really Do All Day?"; and a second for Older Readers won by Ms. Bryson for a middle grade novel manuscript, "Wenonah's House." Applications will again be accepted next Fall.
For more information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.
(January 4, 2006)
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The winner of the 2005 Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award is Emily Jiang of Mountain View, CA. The Sue Alexander Award is presented annually to the most promising manuscript submitted for critique at the SCBWI Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles, CA. Ms. Jiang’s manuscript, "Paper Daughter," is a compelling historical novel about a sixteen year old orphan who enters the United States in 1940 when the immigration of Chinese was highly restricted, showing how she learns to navigate and assimilate her new culture. Emily will receive an expense paid trip to New York to pursue publication of her book.
Submission information for the 2006 Award will be available in mid-May in the SCBWI Annual Summer Conerence brochure and online in the Events section.
(October 19, 2005)
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Nearly 400 entries were received for this year’s Work-In-Progress Grants. Winning grants are for $1,500. Runner-up grants are for $500.
Authors Esther Hershenhorn and Kay Kudlinski along with Darby Creek editor Tanya Dean judged the Grant for a Work Whose Author Has Never Had a Book Published, funded entirely by the SCBWI. This year’s winner is Linda Urban of Montpelier, VT, for her historical fiction novel, "Finding Her Voice." The runner-up award went to Kathy Nuzum of Longmont, CO.
Judges for the General Work-In-Progress Grant, funded by the SCBWI, were authors Frank Sloan and Patricia Reilly Giff along with Dial Books editor, Rebecca Waugh. They selected Tracy Barrett of Nashville, TN, for her historical novel "Vikings." This year’s runner-up grant, funded by Dorothy Francis, goes to Leda Schubert of Plainfield, VT.
The Nonfiction Research Grant, funded by the SCBWI and James Cross Giblin, in memory of his mother, Anna Cross Giblin, was awarded this year to Loree Griffin Burns of West Boylston, MA, for her proposed book, "Wee Beasties," an introduction to yeasts, worms, and flies. The runner-up grant has been presented to Jeff Crosby of New York, NY. This year’s judges were writers James Cross Giblin and Susan Goldman Rubin along with Franklin Watts editor Dina Rubin.
The Grant for a Contemporary Novel for Young People, funded by the SCBWI and Judy Blume, this year goes to Sarah Rakes Esslinger of Clarkesville, GA, for her middle grade novel "The Fifty-year Flood." Kathleen Ahrens of Taipei, Taiwan, is the recipient of the runner-up grant. The Contemporary Novel Grant judges for this year were authors Cheryl Zach and Todd Strasser along with Front Street Books editor Joy Neaves.
The SCBWI also acknowledged sixteen entrants in the Work-In-Progress competition with Letters of Merit. Letter of Merit honorees are:
Sarah Aronson, Hanover, NH
Sheila Berenson, Overland Park, KS
Cindy D. Crain-Lee, Athens, GA
Marni Crowell, Fort Collins, CO
Tracy Holczer, La Crescenta, CA
Gloria Matthews Kilpatrick, Syracuse, NY
Carol A. Losi, Bellevue, WA
Rhoda Weber Mack, Monroe, NY
Jessica C. Newhall, Bellevue, WA
Jiaan Powers, Dallas, TX
Howard Shirley, Franklin, TN
Fran Cannon Slayton, Charlottesville, VA
Jennifer Smith-Morris, Southaven, MS
Melissa Stewart, Acton, MA
Nancy Sweetland, Green Bay, WI
Jessica Ziegler, New York, NY
This year’s recipients plan to use their money for a variety of purposes including continuing education, research travel, and child care to free up writing time.
Our congratulations to all the winners and our thanks to the judges, first readers Susan Patron, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Karen Winnick, and Nancy Antle, and especially to Coordinator Sue Burgess for all the work that went into making these grants possible.
Applications for the 2006 grants will be available after October 1st in the Awards & Grants section of the website. All SCBWI members, except for past winners, are eligible to apply.
(September 20, 2005)
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The 2005 Barbara Karlin Grant for Picture Book Text has been awarded to Jerry Miller for his moving manuscript "A Storm to Remember." Susan Anger was selected as the Runner-Up this year was for her delightful manuscript "Jeremy P’s Treasure Garden." This year there were 173 manuscripts considered for the Barbara Karlin Grant. A big SCBWI thank you goes to our judges -- editor Larry Rosler at Boyds Mills Press, author Alexis O’Neill, and illustrator Priscilla Burris -- for their time and expertise. Special thanks, once again, to the Grant Coordinator, Stephanie Jacob Gordon.
For more information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.
(August 30, 2005)
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Maria van Lieshout of Portland, OR, is this year’s $1,500 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-Aid recipient. The runner-up grant of $500 has been awarded to Karen Jones Lee of Cary, NC. Our congratulations to the winners and special thanks to Coordinator Bruce Coville and to judges Gretchen Hirsch, editor at Harcourt Children’s Books, illustrator Katherine Coville, and illustrator Yvonne Buchanan. Entries to the Don Freeman competition may be made by any illustrator member of the SCBWI, but the contest is primarily designed to help those just beginning in the field.
For more information on all SCBWI awards and grants, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.
(October 19, 2005)
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Lupe Ruiz-Flores is the recipient of the second Martha Weston Grant. She will receive $1,500 to defer her expenses to attend the Annual Summer Conference in Los Angeles. Lupe intends to make a shift from poetry to young adult novels.
Grant coordinator, Elizabeth Partridge noted that the committee received over sixty applications. "We were touched by how thought-provoking, tender, funny, earnest, and wonderful all of the applications were," she said.
After publishing more than 50 picture books and easy readers as an illustrator
and/or author, Martha (Hairston) Weston published her first middle grade novel shortly before her death. Martha always took time to encourage others, and the Hairston family established the Martha Weston Grant to honor and to continue her generous spirit.
The SCBWI wishes to thank the Hairston family for making the award possible and Elizabeth Partridge who again served as the Grant adminstrator.
For more information, please visit the Awards & Grants section of our website.
(June 21, 2005)
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The SCBWI is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2004 Magazine Merit Award Plaques and Honor Certificates for fiction, nonfiction, illustration, and poetry, chosen from nearly 200 entries.
The Award Plaque recipients are Lisa Keele of Cairo, Egypt, for her fiction piece, "The Metro," in the January issue of Read Magazine; Jacqueline Adams of Edinburg, PA, for her nonfiction article, "Tomorrow's Weather," in the April issue of Science World; April Halprin Wayland of Manhattan Beach, CA for her poem, "Planet Elizabeth," in the September issue of Cricket; and Karen Jones Lee of Cary, NC, for her illustrations of "The Rooster and the Fox" in the August issue of Highlights.
Honor Certificates will be given in fiction to Madelyn R. Rosenberg for her story, "Charlie and the Jazz Man," in the September Ladybug. In nonfiction to Edie Stoltz Zolkower for "Cleanup Birds" in the August issue of Nature Friend. In poetry to Stephanie Hemphill for "October" in the October issue of Cricket. In illustration to Yoshiko Z. Jaeggi for illustration of "Almond Snow" in the February issue of Spider.
Additionally, the SCBWI sent Letters of Merit to sixteen runners-up. In fiction, the Letters of Merit went to Timothy Tocher, Deepa Agarwal, Laura Resau, Tina Tocco, and J. Louis Messina. In nonfiction to Ramona DeFelice Long, Natalie M. Rosinsky, and Shannon Teper. In poetry to Laima Howell, Jeff Mondak, John J. Bonk, and Marguerite Chase McCue. And in illustration to Cristina Kessler, C. Aaron Kreader, Jean Gralley, and Chuck Galey.
The panel of judges consisted of Joan Harlow, Kathryn Lay, and Aline Newman. Our congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to the judges, as well as to the Awards Coordinator, Dorothy Leon.
See the Awards & Grants section of the website for more information.
(March 31, 2005)
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Kimberly
Colen Grants Awarded
The SCBWI is pleased to announce that Emily M. Jiang
of Palo Alto, CA, and Angela Cerrito of Fruili, Italy,
are the recipients of this year's Kimberly Colen Memorial Grants. Ms.
Jiang is writing a YA novel about an Asian-American family and their experiences
in California during World War II. She plans to use the cash grant for
research and to further her education. Ms. Cerrito is working on a picture/story
book about Irene Sendler who rescued more than 2,500 children from the
Warsaw Ghetto in the 1940s. Mrs. Sendler is still alive and Angela will
use the money to travel to Poland to interview her. The generous grant
from the Colen family also includes travel and tuition to the SCBWI Annual
Winter Conference in New York.
The SCBWI thanks the Colen family along with the grant committee: Marvin
Terban, Caron Cohen, and Karen Terban. Information on applying for the
next year’s grant is available in our Awards
and Grants section.
(January 13, 2005)
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When author/illustrator Grace Lin married her husband Robert, she never imagined what was in store for them. A few months after their wedding, Robert was diagnosed with cancer. During his treatment, Robert was forbidden to go outdoors in the winter weather. To ease his confinement and boredom, Grace created stories to amuse him. One of those stories was Robert's Snow, about a mouse that, like Robert, was not allowed out in the snow.
After Robert's treatment ended, the future brightened. Robert was declared cancer-free and Robert's Snow was accepted for publication.
However, as Grace finished all of the artwork, the unimaginable happened. Robert's cancer returned. Using the news as a catalyst, Grace rallied her colleagues to create "Robert's Snow for Cancer's Cure," a fundraiser on behalf of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Over 100 children's book illustrators made original works of art—on wooden snowflakes templates—that were auctioned online from October 31st to December 12th.
"Robert's Snow for Cancer's Cure" is not only making a difference in the lives of those dealing with cancer, but is bringing our community of authors and illustrators closer together. For more information on the auction and results, please visit: www.robertssnow.com.
(updated February 28, 2005)
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The winner of the 2004 Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award is Melodie Chenevert of Gaithersburg, MD. The award is presented annually to the most promising manuscript offered for critique at the SCBWI summer conference. Ms. Chenevert's manuscript, "Lillian Wald: Heroic Nurse of Henry Street," is a fascinating biography of the woman responsible for the concept and acceptance of Visiting Nurses and School Nurses. Melodie will receive an expense paid trip to New York to pursue publication of the manuscript.
Please visit the Awards & Grants section of the website for more information on SCBWI Awards, including the Sue Alexander Award.
(September 23, 2004)
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On September 29, 2004, American booksellers, librarians, writers, and publishers will present members of Congress with petitions signed by readers across the United States that call for the restoration of library and bookstore privacy protections stripped by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT ACT. Author Salman Rushdie (President of PEN American Center), former U.S. Congresswoman Patricia Schroeder (President of the Association of American Publishers), Mitchell Kaplan (President of the American Booksellers Association), and Carla Hayden (past President of the American Library Association) will deliver the petitions to Representative Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and a bipartisan group of Representatives and Senators who have been leading the effort to amend Section 215 to protect reader privacy.
If you have not already signed on the Reader Privacy campaign petition, please visit www.readerprivacy.com to add your name to the list of names that we will be presenting to Congress on September 29!
More than 170,000 readers have already signed the reader privacy petition, and their support has already made a difference: On July 8, 210 members of the House of Representatives voted for the Freedom to Read Amendment, a bill that would have banned the Justice Department from using the secret warrants available under section 215 to search bookstore and library records. The Amendment would have passed if House leaders had not held the vote open until they could persuade a handful of members to switch their votes. Although we lost the battle, the vote clearly showed that support for amending section 215 is growing.
Please take the time to add your name to the Reader Privacy petition today, and urge everyone you know who cares about the freedom to visit www.readerprivacy.com to sign on, too. This is the chance to make your voices heard!
With many thanks for your support,
The Campaign for Reader Privacy (a joint initiative of the American Booksellers Association, the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, and PEN)
(September 22, 2004)
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Work-In-Progress
Grants Awarded
Nearly four hundred entries were received for this year’s Work-In-Progress
Grants. Winning grants are for $1,500, runner-up grants for $500.
Authors Jane Yolen and Emily Moore along with Scholastic editor Lauren
Thompson judged the Grant for a Work Whose Author Has Never Had a Book
Published, funded entirely by the SCBWI. This year's winner is Cynthia
Lord of Brunswick, ME, for her middle grade novel "Halfway
Between Hope and Hurricane." The runner-up grant went to Betsy
Wernert of Findlay, OH.
Judges for the General
Work-In-Progress Grant,
funded by the SCBWI, were authors Frank Sloan and Vicki Erwin, along with
HarperCollins editor Rachel Orr. They selected Robert Weibezahl
of Westlake Village, CA, for his novel "Giving Up the Ghost."
The runner-up grant, funded by Dorothy Francis, was given to Sarah
Aronson of Hanover, NH.
The Grant
for a Contemporary Novel for Young People, funded by the SCBWI and Judy
Blume, has been
awarded to Desiree Michael Guzman of Aurora, IL, for
her book "Death Houses." Runner-up recipient this year is Mark
Peter Hughes of Wayland, MA. The judges for this year were authors
Linda Oatman High and Ellen Howard, along with Dutton editor Julie Strauss-Gabel.
The Nonfiction
Research Grant, funded by the SCBWI and James Cross
Giblin, in memory of his mother, Anna Cross Giblin, goes
to Karen Romano Young of Bethel, CT, for her proposed
book "The Rainbow Timeline: The Gay Rights Movement in America."
The runner-up grant has been presented to Barbara Kerley Kelly
from McKinleyville, CA. This year's judges were authors James Cross Giblin
and Susan Campbell Bartoletti, along with Abrams editor Susan van Metre.
The SCBWI also acknowledged twenty-two entrants in the WIP competition
with Letters of Merit. Letter of Merit Honorees are:
Cheryl Bowlan, Lafayette, CA
Jill Corcoran, Rolling Hills Estate, CA
Alessia Cowee, Chico, CA
Kathryn Drew, Pelaluma, CA
Brenda A. Ferber, Deerfield, IL
Dinah Ann Gravel, New York, NY
Melinda Howard, New York, NY
Megan Howard, Maplewood, NJ
Gloria Matthews Kilpatrick, Syracuse, NY
Robin Merrow MacCready, South Bristol, ME
Patricia Murray, New Sharon, ME
Greg Neri, Tampa, FL
Lenae Nofziger, Kirkland, WA
Rosanne D. Parry, Portland, OR
Carol Parenzan Smalley, Saint Johnsville, NY
Susanna Reich and Gary Golio, Ossining, NY
Mary Beth Reynolds, Rutherford, NJ
Nicole Schreiber, Thousand Oaks, CA
Elizabeth Swanstrom, Port Hueneme, CA
Laurie Thurston, Rochester, NY
Jean Ann Williams, Santa Maria, CA
This year's recipients plan to use their money for a variety of purposes
from continuing their education via classes and workshops, to research
travel and child care to free up writing time.
Our congratulations to all the winners and our thanks to the judges, first
readers Karen Winnick, Susan Goldman Rubin, Caroline Arnold, Nancy Antle,
Peg Davol, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, and Vicki Erwin, and especially to Coordinator
Sue Burgess for all the work that went into making these grants possible.
Applications for the 2005 grants will be available in the Awards
& Grants section of the website after October 1st.
Dona Vaughn One Time Work-In-Progress Grant
Texas YA author Dona Vaughn, who died of cancer in 2002, is the namesake
of a one time $1,000 grant, funded in her memory by members of her YAWRITER
online list. The grant, which was for an unpublished writer who had authored
a promising YA manuscript, has been awarded to Russell Alan Nelson
of Madison, AL, for his manuscript entitled "Teenage Girl's
X-Ray Vision Baffles Scientists."
Sue Corbett, who served as spokesperson for YAWRITER members, said that
"though most of us knew Dona only electronically and that it might
be tough for many people to leave a lasting impression on others that
way, it wasn't for Dona. She gave bigheartedly of her vast store of knowledge
about writing, turning strangers into confidantes. But her generosity
and her wisdom were Texas-sized."
Congratulations to Russell for winning the grant, and thanks to YAWRITERS
for honoring their friend in this way.
(September 14, 2004)
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The
SCBWI is coordinating with the Charlotte County Library System to distribute
books to schools crippled by multiple hurricanes:Please send BOOK donations to:
Janet Williams
Special Projects Center
1150 Education Avenue
Punta Gorda, FL 33950
If you'd rather send non-book goods (blankets, clothing, diapers, etc.) to help those still in relief centers or those recovering from the hurricane, you can send them to: Hayes Automotive Service Center, 2805 U.S. 27 North, Sebring, FL 33872.
Monetary donations can be sent to: Volunteer Florida Foundation, Hurricane Charley Relief Effort, 401 S. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Or you can donate online at www.hurricanecharleyfund.com.
Thank you all for your help and generosity!
(August 31, 2004)
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Matt Phelan of Philadelphia, PA, is this year’s $1500 Don Freeman Memorial Grant-in-Aid recipient. The runner-up grant of $500 has been awarded to Jaime Zollars of Pasadena, CA. Honorable Mentions this year went to Jeff Weigel and J.A. Coleman Polhemus.
Our congratulations to the winners and special thanks to Coordinator Bruce Coville and to judges Cecilia Yung, Art Director at G.P. Putnam’s Sons and Philomel, illustrator Katherine Coville, and the illustrator/author team of Mary Jane and Herm Auch.
The Don Freeman Memorial Grant-In-Aid has been established by the SCBWI to enable picture-book artists to further their understanding, training, and creative work in the picture-book genre. Entries may be made by any illustrator member of the SCBWI, but the contest is primarily designed to help those just beginning in the field.
(August 19, 2004)
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Deborah Diesen of Grand Ledge, MI, is this years winner of the $1,500 Barbara Karlin Grant Award for picture book writing. The $500 runner-up grant was awarded to Mina Javaherbin of San Clemente, CA. Our congratulations to the winners and our thanks to the Barbara Karlin Coordinator Stephanie Jacob Gordon and First Reader Judy Enderle, as well as to our judges Denys Cazet, Nancy Mercado, and Larry Dane Brimner.
The Barbara Karlin Grant has been established to recognize and encourage the