SCBWI Announces Work-in-Progress Awards
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Work-in-Progress Grants and Don Freeman Illustration Grants! Both awards are part of SCBWI's program to assist children's book writers and illustrators who are in the process of completing a specific project currently not under contract. The recipients will have their work posted on a special site which will be made available to a hand-selected list of agents and editors.
Work-in-Progress Grants
Young Adult Fiction:
Nadia's War
by Teddi Ahrens
Nonfiction:
Multicultural Fiction/Nonfiction:
Picture Book Text:
Taking Up Space: Yoga Shape Poems
by Joanne Durham
Middle Grade Fiction:
Master Mo: The Book of Joy
by Angie Chan
Chapter Books/Early Fiction:
Don Freeman Illustration Grants
Published Award:
Sandra Salsbury
See Sandra's illustrations
HERE
Pre-published Award:
Cristina Lalli
See Cristina's illustrations
HERE
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Congratulations Book Launch Award Winners
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The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is pleased to announce that
Francie Latour
and
Traci Sorell
are the winners of the 2018 SCBWI Book Launch Award. The annual award, established by the SCBWI in 2012, provides authors or illustrators with $2,000 in funds to supplement the promotion and marketing of newly published works for children.
Francie Latour is launching her picture book
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
(Groundwood Books), illustrated by Ken Daley, which follows young Ti Chou as she explores the sights and sounds of her family’s ancestral home in Haiti, and connects with her aunt, a working artist. Traci Sorell is the author of
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
(Charlesbridge). With illustrations by Frane Lessac, Sorell’s picture book explores contemporary Cherokee culture, and the spirit of gratitude the community experiences during each of the four seasons.
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Books for Readers Donation Celebration
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We’re on the road this month for donation celebrations in honor of this year’s recipients of the
SCBWI Books For Readers
program, the Indian Education Program in Fargo, ND, and the Literary Alliance in Oviedo, FL.
SCBWI is heading to Fargo, ND to participate in the city’s third Annual Indigenous People’s Day celebration on October 8. The Indian Education Program in the Fargo public school system will receive a donation of about 900 books to Native American students. We will also have a bookplate making activity for the kids to make the book they receive even more special. The IEP distributes books to students through cultural and family events held throughout the year. SCBWI Dakotas member Tory Christie nominated the IEP.
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Where:
The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City
When:
February 8-10, 2019
Winter is approaching! And that means the SCBWI winter conference will soon be here. This year’s event kicks off on the evening of
Friday, February 8
with the Golden Kite Awards Gala and Gold Carpet which will be live-streamed around the globe. Over the course of the weekend, there will be panel discussions from industry professionals and keynote addresses from Newbery Medal winner
Christopher Paul Curtis
(
Bud, Not Buddy
), Globe-Horn Book Award winner
Elizabeth Acevedo
(
The Poet X
), and National Book Award Longlist author/illustrator
Jarrett Krosoczka
(
Hey, Kiddo
).
Conference registration opens on the SCBWI website on
October 23 at 10am PDT
. Register early as the New York winter conference sells out quickly!
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Celebrate October Happy Book Birthdays
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October brings a bounty of new releases as 115 SCBWI authors and illustrators celebrate their Happy Book Birthdays.
The winners of this month's special drawing are
Mike Allegra
with the picture book
Everybody's Favorite Book
and
Tara Gilboy
with the middle grade novel
Unwritten
. Both winners were interviewed about their upcoming books and had the opportunity to create short videos, which will be shared on SCBWI’s social media. Click to read Mike Allegra's
interview here
and
Tara
Gilboy's
interview here
.
Click
HERE
for instructions on how to submit for Happy Book Birthday.
Please note that the deadline to submit this month is
October
20
, no exceptions. Only books released in
November 2018
will be accepted during this submission period, but Happy Book Birthday runs every month. If you have an upcoming book, submit your information by the
20th
of the
month before your book’s release date
in order to be entered into the monthly drawing. We look forward to celebrating with you!
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SCBWI BookStop Launches October 23
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On
October 23
, the SCBWI website will light up with a catalogue of all the books our members have published this year, where thousands of potential readers can come to browse and buy. Members who have published a BookStop page for $25 can personalize one of our seven pre-designed templates with their book's information including a cover image, synopsis, video, social media links, and more.
Last year nearly 800 members purchased a page and reached over 47,000 total visitors.
The pages will go live to the public on Tuesday,
October 23
, but it isn't too late to join the program. Templates will be available from now through the end of the promotion on Friday,
December 7
.
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Three Cheers for Corinna Luyken!
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Did you know that
Corinna Luyken
, whose debut picture book
The Book of Mistakes
came out to much acclaim in 2017, was a Don Freeman Grant recipient in 2015? The dummy she submitted for the Don Freeman pre-published category, “My Heart,” was contracted by Dial Books at Penguin Young Readers Group and will be published on January 8, 2019. Luyken also illustrated the picture book
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
, written by Marcy Campbell, which came out in August 2018.
Three Cheers is a new
Insight
feature in which we select one SCBWI member a month who has a phenomenal success story to share. If you have realized a dream through your involvement with SCBWI, please send your story to
threecheers@scbwi.org
.
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SCBWI Exclusive with...
Kate Egan
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Kate Egan
, editorial director of KCP Loft, has edited children’s and YA books for more than twenty years. Authors she’s worked with include Cynthia Lord, Tamora Pierce, and Suzanne Collins. Kate has also written many books for children, including a picture book,
Kate and Nate Are Running Late
(illustrated by Dan Yaccarino) and a middle grade series called The Magic Shop (with magician Mike Lane).
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Draw This! is our monthly prompt word for illustrators.
Congratulations to the September winners! The September prompt word was
"I'm Scared!"
Click
HERE
to view the September Gallery
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October's prompt word is:
"Girl Power"
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Want to see your face in
Insight
? Send your photos to
faces@scbwi.org
or post on twitter using the tag
#facesofscbwi
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Gaye Turner Sanders, Gwendolyn Hooks, and Emma D. Dryden at SCBWI Oklahoma
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Traci Sorell and Frane Lessac celebrate launch of
We Are Grateful
(Charlesbridge 2018)
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SCBWI Westchester Illustrators Gallery Reception
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2018 Crystal Kite winner Lawrence Schimel
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Alice Feagan, Karen Windness, and Stan Yan attend SCBWI Rocky Mountain Fall Conference
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SCBWI Midsouth 2018 Fall Conference
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