Golden Kite Award winner Jesssixa!

In a simple marvelous piece of news this past week, our very own Jessixa Bagley won a coveted Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text for her devastatingly beautiful debut, BOATS FOR PAPA.
For more details and a list of all the winners, click HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS, JESSIXA!! HIGH FIVES AND
HOOTS AND HOLLERS ALL AROUND!

2015 Golden Kite Award Winners

For everyone who wasn't aware of the winning titles for this year's SCBWI Golden Kite Award Winners, here you go. Peruse the list and read all about them here. It's quite an array, and now I have too many books on my list. (SCBWI-member problems. Sheesh.)

You're welcome!

Golden Kite Award deadline reminder

Don't let the tryptophan stop you!

The 2014 Golden Kite Award submissions are due
NO LATER THAN THIS COMING Monday, December 1.

Since 1973, The Golden Kite Awards are the only literary awards judged by a jury of your peers. Over 1,000 submissions are expected in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration.

For detailed information, please click here.

Golden Kite Award winners

In case anyone missed it, the Golden Kite Awards were given this week! Without further ado, here are the fabulous and fortunate folks. Click here for a list and information on all of the winners.




Congratulations to all!

Golden Kite Awards announced

GOLDEN KITE AWARDS 

AND 

SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD WINNERS 

     

Here are the winners and honor recipients of the 2013 Golden Kite Awards, honor books, and Sid Fleischman recipient. Congratulations to the winners!

 
WINNERS

FICTION
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin (Amulet Books/Abrams), edited by Maggie Lehrman 

NONFICTION
Noah Webster & His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris (HM for Children), edited by Kate O'Sullivan

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION  

Lester's Dreadful Sweaters by K. G. Campbell (Kids Can Press), edited by Tara Walker and Yvette Ghione 

PICTURE BOOK TEXT 

Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rockliff (Candlewick), edited by  Karen Lotz

SID FLEISCHMAN HUMOR AWARD
Mo Willems for his smart, and very funny, picture book Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (HarperCollins), edited by Alessandra Balzer

   

HONOR RECIPIENTS

FICTION
Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein (Hyperion)   

NONFICTION
Electric Ben by Robert Byrd (Dial)

PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION
We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson (Peachtree)

PICTURE BOOK TEXT
A Leaf Can Be by Laura Purdie Salas (Millbrook)

P.S. CRYSTAL KITE AWARDS   

Over 1,200 books were entered, and the first round of voting ended February 28.
The second round begins March 4–––DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

Good News Abounds!!!

Happy Friday All!! We're busting with Good News today!!!

First up The Golden Kites have been announced and it's Good News and Happy times for our Region!!!

Golden Kites Winners:

* The 2012 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration goes to "BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY" by Melissa Sweet (Houghton Mifflin)- Melissa will be a keynote speaker at our annual conference in April!

* There are also four 2012 Golden Kite Honor Recipients: For Non-Fiction, "MYSTERIOUS BONES: THE STORY OF KENNEWICK MAN" by Katherine Kirkpatrick, Illustrated by Emma Stevenson (Holiday House)- Congratulations Katherine!!

And from today's deals@publishersmarketplace.com:

SMELLS LIKE DOG author Suzanne Selfors's THE IMAGINARY VETERINARY, a chapter book series in which a string of unusual events -- from finding a lost dragon hatchling to tracking an escaped sasquatch -- leads ten-year-olds to become apprentices to a veterinarian for imaginary creatures, to Julie Scheina at Little, Brown Children's, in a three-book deal, for publication starting in Spring 2013, by Michael Bourret at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World). Woohoo for Suzanne!!

Congratulations to our fellow SCBWI WWA members!! Thanks to Laurie for being the Good News messenger!!

Golden Kite Award Deadline & Instructions

If you were published in 2010, SCBWI wants to make sure that your book is included for consideration in the 2011 Golden Kite Awards! The deadline for receiving your book from your publisher is Friday, December 17, 2010.

How do I make sure my book is a contender for the 2011 Golden Kite Awards?

1. Click here to familiarize yourself with the guidelines for the Golden Kite Awards.

2. Make sure that your SCBWI membership is current!

Only current members of SCBWI are elligible for the Golden Kite Awards. Not sure when your membership expires? Log in at SCBWI.org and click on "Membership Renewal." Your member expiration date will be shown at the top of that page.

2. Log in at scbwi.org and update your publication information!

Click on "Manage Profile" and be sure to enter the name and publication date of your most recent book. Then, choose your publisher from one of the drop-down menus. If you have any trouble updating your profile, feel free to call our offices at 323-782-1010 during business hours (9 AM - 5:30 p.m., Pacific, Monday - Friday) and someone will be happy to assist you.

3. Check with your publisher to see if they've sent us your book.

Most publishers have their publicity departments handle awards submissions, but a quick email to your editor to make sure that someone is submitting your book for the Golden Kite Award is a good idea.

4. If you're an individual submitting your own book, be sure to follow the guidelines for individual submissions carefully.