Maryana Beletskaya

Entries are now being accepted for the 2002 competition. Books to be considered this year must be written and/or illustrated by an SCBWI member and must be published in 2002. The books cannot be reprints. Four copies of each book to be considered for the Golden Kite Awards must be submitted (eight copies if submitted for both the picture book text and picture illustration awards). Please encourage your publisher to submit your books to this year’s judges (most publishers have received pre-addressed labels). If you will be submitting a book directly, you may submit it to the SCBWI office, Mercedes Coats, Golden Kite Coordinator, at 8271 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048. For more information on the Golden Kite, please visit the Awards section of our website.

The Golden Kite Award, first given in 1973, is theonly major children’s book award presented by one’s peers, and, therefore, is one of the most respected and coveted honors in the field.

Congratulations to our winners, and thanks to Golden Kite Coordinator Mercedes Coats, the judges and to the promotion people at all the publishing houses that helped make the 2001 awards possible.