How's THIS for your quintessential fall reading list? The latest nominations for the Best Fiction for Young Adults from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is out! Some fabulous books are on this roster, and big congratulations to our local lass, Martha Brockenbrough, author of the nominated THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH! For... Continue Reading →
Where the wild books are
Attention, YA writers, bloggers, and teen-reading enthusiasts! The 6th annual Operation Teen Book Drop/Rock the Drop celebration in honor of YALSA's (Young Adult Library Services Association) Support Teen Lit Day is coming up on April 17. Here's the deal: Writers, librarians, educators, readers, and other bookish people are encouraged to "drop" a YA novel somewhere... Continue Reading →
Local YALSA honorees
Time for some better-than-great news! Several of our very own fellow SCBWI-WWA writers have been included in the 2013 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults, as selected by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). And the honorees are: Janet Lee Carey, Dragonswood Marissa Meyer, Cinder Suzanne Selfors, The Sweetest Spell Congratulations... Continue Reading →
Operation Teen Book Drop
Each year Operation Teen Book Drop--an annual event started by our own readergirlz--delivers about 10,000 new books to teens in need. In 2008 and 2009, rgz, YALSA and GuysLitWire worked with publishers to deliver 20,000 books to teens in hospitals.This year, another 10,000 books will go to teens on Native American Reservations and tribal lands,... Continue Reading →
YA authors: get listed on YALSA page
Here's another quick marketing opportunity for PALs who write YA.If you are a YA author, you can add your name and website info to this YALSA page.
YALSA’s YA Lit Symposium
YALSA's next Young Adult Literature Symposium will take place Nov. 5-7, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. There is an opportunity for authors to speak.The 2010 symposium theme is Beyond Good Intentions: Diversity, Literature, and Teens. Today's generation of teens is the most diverse ever. Does today's young adult literature reflect the many different faces, beliefs... Continue Reading →