Date: July 17, 2012
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: awards, historical fiction, middle grade, pickett, poetry, townley
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: awards, historical fiction, middle grade, pickett, poetry, townley
Heartlanders nominated for 2012 Thorpe Menn Award
Congratulations to Anola Pickett and Wyatt Townley! These Heartlanders are finalists for the Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence, sponsored by the Kansas City Branch of the American Association of University Women. The award recognizes excellence in writing by local authors.
Pickett’s middle grade historical fiction Wasatch Summer was published by by Bonneville Books, April 2011. Townley’s The Afterlives of Trees is a collection of poems published by Woodley Press in 2011.
Date: March 15, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: A Curse Dark As Gold, Arthur A. Levine Books, awards, Elizabeth C. Bunce, honors, young adult
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook
Tags: A Curse Dark As Gold, Arthur A. Levine Books, awards, Elizabeth C. Bunce, honors, young adult
Celebrate Elizabeth C. Bunce’s ALA debut author award
The Johnson County Library will host a reception for Elizabeth C. Bunce on Sunday, March 22 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Lackman Neighborhood Library. She’ll be honored for receiving the first ever American Library Association’s William C. Morris Award for her debut young adult novel, Curse Dark as Gold (Arthur A. Levine Books, March 208). Come listen to Elizabeth talk about Curse, enjoy refreshments and buy a copy of her amazing book. (Read more…)
Date: January 26, 2009
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: A Curse Dark As Gold, American Library Association, awards, Bunce, honors, young adult
Author: Laura Manivong
Tags: A Curse Dark As Gold, American Library Association, awards, Bunce, honors, young adult
Bunce Wins ALA’s YA Debut Award!
Elizabeth C. Bunce’s A CURSE DARK AS GOLD wins the American Library Association’s William C. Morris YA Debut Award. 2009 is the first year for this award, which honors a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens and celebrating impressive new voices in young adult literature. The work cited will illuminate the teen experience and enrich the lives of its readers through its excellence, demonstrated by: compelling, high quality writing and/or illustration; the integrity of the work as a whole; and its proven or potential appeal to a wide range of teen readers.
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Pistorius Wins Langston Hughes Writing Contest
Nancy Pistorius earned accolades in the 2009 Langston Hughes Creative Writing Contest. Nancy submitted the first pages of her novel, PEKING DUCK, in the fiction category and will be honored at the awards ceremony in the Lawrence Arts Center auditorium on February 1, 2009 at 2 PM. Congratulations, Nancy!
