The submissions window has officially opened for the seventh annual 28 Days Later campaign, a Black History Month celebration of picture books and middle-grade and young-adult novels written and illustrated by African Americans. (This internationally celebrated month in February is also known as African American History month in the U.S.) The Brown Bookshelf will take... Continue Reading →
Fame for Peg and Patrick
From PW: Peg Kehret (in beige, right behind her name on the sign) rode in style during a parade following the William Allen White Awards ceremony held recently at Emporia State University. The annual awards are given to authors for books that have been selected as favorites by Kansas schoolchildren from a list of 24... Continue Reading →
New SCBWI Spark Award for self-published works by members
Check it out! As SCBWI Executive Director Lin Oliver notes: “It is time that SCBWI recognize that there are new models for publishing. The Spark Award is one way we can reward those authors and illustrators who are pursuing independent and self-publishing in a legitimate and high quality way.” Given the number of Western WA... Continue Reading →
And now, the long list….
What's that? The sound of pages rustling with anticipation? The web-o-sphere is fairly bubbling over this morning with the National Book Foundation's announcement of the first-ever long list for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. Thank goodness, this link leads right to them all, and gives you a chance to browse inside each... Continue Reading →
Karen Robbins wins award
Karen Robbins' book, Shoe Print Art, just took a BIG step in NYC! Shoe Print Art: Step Into Drawing won the Gold Medal Independent Book Publishers Association's Bill Fisher Best First Book Award. The book was written and published by Karen Robbins and illustrated by Sally Marts, both of Seattle. It includes 55 images... Continue Reading →
Suzanne Selfors pens the Best Chapter Book of 2013!
Hot off the presses, here's some exciting news to savor! Suzanne Selfors announced that her new series, The Imaginary Veterinary, Book 1, The Sasquatch Escape, was just named by Amazon.com as the Best Chapter Book of 2013. Read the announcement here. Congratulations, Suzanne!
Jo Gershman’s book wins IBPA award
Congratulations are most definitely in order for Jo Gershman, whose book, Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream, received the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Gold Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association in the Children's Picture Book category on May 29! Since the book was published in 2012, it has scooped up a dozen additional... Continue Reading →
Craig Orback wins 2012 Charlotte Award
This past weekend illustrator Craig Orback attended The New York Street Reading Association's convention in Syracuse, New York. Why, you might ask? He received the 2012 Charlotte Award for The Can Man. It was voted by 12,000 kids across New York State as their favorite book in the Intermediate category. (No hurricane... Continue Reading →
Julie Paschkis wins TWO awards!
Let's start the applause now, for talented illustrator Julie Paschkis, whose book Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People (Holt) won an Orbis Picture Honor Award AND Americas Award. She just received her awards at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC on Friday. Viva Neruda! Posted on October 5, 2012 by Julie Paschkis | 1 Comment ... Continue Reading →
Good News for Judith Ross Enderle
Good News and a big YAHOO for fellow SCBWI WWA member Judith Ross Enderle (who's up in Bellingham) and her California writing partner Stephanie Jacob Gordon. They received the Pewter Plate Award from Highlights High Five Magazine for SURPRISE which was chosen the story of the year. SURPRISE appeared in the July, 2011 issue. Congratulations!!! For more information on... Continue Reading →