The SCBWI is excited to announce the winners of the 2016 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards for our fifteen regional divisions:
Atlantic (Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland)
Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by April Chu – Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine (Creston Books)
Australia/New Zealand
Frané Lessac – A is for Australia (Walker Books Australia) and Peter Carnavas – Blue Whale Blues (New Frontier Publishing/Scholastic Australia)
California/Hawaii
Stacey Lee – Under a Painted Sky (Penguin BFYR)
Canada
Margriet Ruurs – A Brush Full of Colour (Pajama Press)
International Other
Angela Cerrito – The Safest Lie (Holiday House)
Mid-South (Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/
Stephanie Bearce —Top secret Files of History – WWII (Prufrock Press)
Middle East/India/Asia
Melanie Lee, illustrated by David Liew – The Adventures of Squirky the Alien #3: Who is the Red Commander? (MPH Group Publishing)
Midwest (Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/
Pat Zietlow Miller, illustrated by Eliza Wheeler – Wherever You Go (Little, Brown)
New England (Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire/Connecticut/
Lynda Mullaly Hunt – Fish in a Tree (Nancy Paulsen Books)
New York
Kat Yeh – The Truth About Twinkie Pie (Little, Brown)
Southeast (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina/Alabama)
Rob Sanders, illustrated by Brian Won – Outer Space Bedtime Race (Random House)
Southwest (Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado/
Melanie Crowder – Audacity (Philomel Books)
Texas/Oklahoma
Don Tate –Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (Peachtree Publishers)
UK/Ireland
Teri Terry – Mind Games (Orchard Books)
West (Washington/Oregon/Alaska/
Elise Parsley – If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON’T! (Little, Brown)
About the Crystal Kite Awards
The Crystal Kite Awards are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators to recognize great books from the seventy SCBWI regions around the world. Along with the SCBWI Golden Kite Awards, the Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children’s book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers.
About SCBWI
Founded in 1971, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is one of the largest existing writers’ and illustrators’ organizations, with over 22,000 members worldwide. It is the only organization specifically for those working in the fields of children’s literature, magazines, film, television, and multimedia. The organization was founded by Stephen Mooser (President) and Lin Oliver (Executive Director), both of whom are well-published children’s book authors and leaders in the world of children’s literature. For more information about the Crystal Kite Award, please visit www.scbwi.org, and click “Awards & Grants.”