The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2014 Merit Plaques and Honor Certificates for fiction, nonfiction, illustration and poetry which appeared in magazines during 2013.
First Place Plaque Recipients:
FICTION: Laura Williams McCaffrey for her piece, "Into the Vast”, which appeared in the March Yarn magazine
ILLUSTRATION: Julia Kelly for her illustration of David Sklar’s poem in the May/June issue of Lady Bug
NONFICTION: Barbara Walsh, for “The Poppy Lady” in the November issue of Highlights
POETRY: Diana Murray for “Ocean Beach”, in the August Highlights.
Honor Certificates:
FICTION: Emma Adelaida Otheguy for “Fairies in Town” in the July Highlights
ILLUSTRATION: Lori McElrath-Eslick for “Gulls at Sunset” by William Beyer in the September Cricket
NONFICTION: Joseph Taylor for “Emerging Butterflies: The Story of Maria Sibylla Merian” in the April Cricket
POETRY: Heidi Bee Roemer for “Applesauce” in the September Highlights
Letters of Merit:
FICTION: to Nancy Cote and Sara Matson
ILLUSTRATION: Susan Dahlman
POETRY: Dale Cross Purvis.
NONFICTION: Alexandra Loewen and Patricia A. Miller.
Our congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to the Awards Coordinator, Stephanie Gordon.
The 2015 competition (for articles published in 2014) is now underway.
For rules visit: MAGAZINE MERIT AWARDS