Wrap Up and Awards!! Congrats—whoo!!!!

 

Congrats to all winners!!!

(in no particular order)

BIPOC Scholarship Winners: Jasmin Benward, Jennifer Moudahi, Torian Colon, Anita Debro, SB Doro, Jasmine Fang, Duachaka Her, Ellen Huxtable, Anna Lapera, and Sola Oulwande.

General Conference Scholarship: Marianne Blackstone Tabner, Susan Burdorf, Emily Holewczynski, Jennifer Marion, Sydelle Pearl.

Student Illustrator Winners: Rebecca (Sunnu) Choi, Riley's Desk

A. Orr Fantasy Award: Christina Gessler. The A. Orr Grant is a new award for middle grade fantasy and science fiction authors. Sponsor Michele Orr, through her foundation Voice Garden, has been a member of SCBWI for several years and when her sister Alice Orr Sprague passed last year from a short struggle with cancer, Michele wanted to honor her memory.

Emerging Voices Winners: Paul Ruffins, Jhizet Panosian.

Stephen J. Mooser Member Of The Year: 

Romy Natalia Goldberg: Website ~ Instagram ~ Twitter

Ezra Jack Keats Showcase Prize: 

Nyrryl Yrrah Entia Cadiz: Website ~ Instagram

Portfolio Showcase Award, Unagented Honor: 

Natalia Zalogina: Website ~ Instagram ~ Twitter

Portfolio Showcase Award, Agented Honor (tie) 

 Sally Walker: Website ~ Instagram ~ Twitter

Lisa Fields: Website ~ Instagram ~ Twitter

Portfolio Showcase Award Grand Prize:

Unagented Grand Prize Winner:

Nyrryl Yrrah Entia Cadiz: Website ~ Instagram

Agented Grand Prize Winner:

Rob Sayegh: Website ~ Instagram ~ Twitter

Congrats to all the winners! You can browse the winning portfolios at the SCBWI Portfolio Showcase; winners are now listed at the top of the page.

Portfolio Showcase and Other Awards

Click here to learn more about applying for any of the awards, scholarships, and grants listed below!

Scholarship for Emerging Voices winners announced: 

Spark Award Honor Books:

Spark Award Winner Books:

Narrative Art Award Winner: Leanne Hatch

Student Writer Scholarship Winners

Student Illustrator Scholarship Winners

PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE HONORS

PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE GRAND PRIZE WINNERS: LEANNE HATCH AND XIN LI!

The Emerging Voices Winners!

Congratulations to Collette Childers and Sindhu Vijayasarathy! 

From right to left:
Sindhu,
Collette,
and members of the Schmitt family whose 455 Foundation supports the SCBWI On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award!

The SCBWI Emerging Voices Awards

The Emerging Voices Award was established with funding from Martin and Sue Schmitt of the 455 Foundation to foster the emergence of diverse voices in children’s books.

This year's winners are Heidi Kim and Adria Quinones...

Congratulations!

On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award

The SCBWI established the On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award in 2012 with funding from Martin and Sue Schmitt of the 455 Foundation. The grant was created to foster the emergence of diverse voices in children’s books.

Writers and writer/illustrators from an ethnic and/or cultural background that is traditionally under-represented in children’s literature in America are eligible to enter a complete manuscript.

Two winners receive an all-expense trip to next year's summer conference and an intensive, a manuscript consultation with an industry professional, an additional meeting with an industry professional, as well as a press release.

The winners of the 2014 On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award are Jennifer Baker and Tiemdow Phumiruk.

"We have to change the world, and we have to do it one book at a time," Lin Oliver said. "We are looking forward to seeing your books."

 

Emerging Voices Award

The SCBWI On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award was created in 2012 to foster the emergence of diverse voices in children’s books. It's given to any writer or illustrator from an ethnic and/or cultural background that underrepresented in American literature.

Martin and Sue Schmitt of the 455 Foundation provided the funding for this generous grant. Each winner receives an all-expenses paid trip to the SCBWI Winter Conference in New York to meet with editors and agents, a press release to publishers, a year of free membership to SCBWI, and an SCBWI mentor for a year.

The award this year went to Mary Louise Sanchez, Alex Brown, and Sandra Headen, PhD.
Learn more about their projects on the SCBWI blog.

Sandra Headen

Mary Louise Sanchez

Alex Brown