by SCBWI Western Washington
Here's our plan for Saturday. It's all free, and it's all amazing! 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m: KISS (Keep It Simple, Silly) Art Show 10:00 a.m.-noon: Savvy and smart Holt editor Tiffany Liao's talk on Mirrors, Windows & Doors: Writing & Thinking Cross-Culturally Noon-7 p.m.: Lunch, a little writing, some sketching, Saturday errands, and then back to the Seattle... Continue Reading →
For a lot of parents, teachers, and and anyone else that devotes a lot of time to kids, this week is for catching up on what might have slipped past us as we soaked up the last hazy days of summer vacation. Here are a few bits and bobs for what's been happening and what's... Continue Reading →
Curtis Manley's JUST RIGHT: SEARCHING FOR THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET, an exploration of the search for an Earth-like planet, with illustrations by Jessica Lanan, again to Emily Feinberg at Roaring Brook Press, by Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency for the author and Edward Maxwell of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates (World). Publication Winter 2019 *** Submit your books to the Washington State Book Awards! Did... Continue Reading →
2016 WASHINGTON STATE BOOK AWARDS This Saturday, October 8, 2016, 7 – 9pm! Seattle Central Library The Washington State Book Awards recognize outstanding poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and children's and teen literature published in 2015 and penned by a Washington writer. The four adult literature categories are: poetry, fiction, biography/memoir, and history/general nonfiction for adults. The... Continue Reading →
GREAT NEWS! Jennifer K. Mann is this year's winner of the Scandiuzzi Children's Book Awards in the Picture Book category at the Washington State Book Awards! Can we get a WOO-HOO? Jenn reads from her award-winner! (Goodreads) Jennifer's debut picture book, TWO SPECKLED EGGS, won the award at Saturday night's event at the Seattle Public... Continue Reading →
This SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, finalists for the Washington State Books Award will read from their nominated works at University Book Store in the University District at 3PM. Those reading are: Mary Cronk Farrell, Maureen McQuerry, Jennifer K. Mann, and Jennifer Longo. Come support our local talent and celebrate their books! See you there!
...there are more than a few names we recognize in their respective categories of the Scandiuzzi Children’s Book Award Finalists: Picture Book “Little Green Peas: A Big Book of Color” (Beach Lane Books) written and illustrated by Keith Baker of Seattle “Two Speckled Eggs” (Candlewick Press) written and illustrated by Bainbridge Island resident Jennifer K.... Continue Reading →
Kudos to SCBWI Western Washington authors and illustrators honored at last week’s Washington State Book Awards! The winner of the Scandiuzzi Book Award for Books for Middle Readers (ages 9-12) was member Suzanne Selfor's The Sasquatch Escape! And the Scandiuzzi Book Award finalists included, for picture books, members Nina Laden, writer, for Once Upon a... Continue Reading →
The list came out last week, but I wanted to raise a mighty "Huzzah!" to the finalists of the 2014 Washington State Book Award, as nominated by the Washington Center for the Book. In the category of Books for Early Readers, Middle Readers, and Young Adults, the list reads like a Who's Who of our... Continue Reading →
Looks like some serious congratulations are in order! Jillian Coats, who writes as J. Anderson Coats, was just awarded one of two 2013 Scanduzzi Children's Book Awards for her young adult novel, The Wicked and the Just. Check out the article featuring all the winners of this year's Washington State Book Awards. The exciting announcement... Continue Reading →
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