It's The 2015 Crystal Kite Award Winners!

The SCBWI is excited to announce the winners of the 2015 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards for our fifteen regional divisions:

Atlantic (Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey/Wash DC/Virginia/West Virginia/Maryland)

Yvonne Ventresca –

Pandemic (Sky Pony Press)

Australia/New Zealand

Karen Blair, written by Raewyn Caisley –

Hello From Nowhere (Penguin Books Australia)

California/Hawaii

Connie Goldsmith –

Bombs Over Bikini: The World’s First Nuclear Disaster (Lerner Publishing Group/Twenty-First Century Books)

Canada

Karen Krossing –

Bog (Fitzhenry & Whiteside)

International Other

Kristy Dempsey, illustrated by Floyd Cooper –

A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream (Philomel Books)

Mid-South (Kansas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Tennessee/Kentucky/Missouri/Mississippi)

Courtney Stevens –

Faking Normal (HarperTeen)

and Laura Roach Dragon –

Hurricane Boy (Pelican Publishing)

Middle East/India/Asia

Arundhati Venkatesh –

Petu Pumpkin: Tooth Troubles (Duckbill Books)

Midwest (Minnesota/Iowa/Nebraska/Wisconsin/Illinois/Michigan/Indiana/Ohio)

Jill Esbaum, illustrated by Gus Gordon –

I am Cow, Hear Me Moo (Dial Books)

New England (Maine/Vermont/New Hampshire/Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island)

Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Sarah Brannen –

Feathers: Not Just for Flying (Charlesbridge)

New York

Nancy Castaldo –

Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (And Their Noses) are Saving The World (HMH)

Southeast (Florida/Georgia/South Carolina/North Carolina/Alabama)

Kerry Cerra, illustrated by Katy Betz –

Just a Drop of Water (Sky Pony Press)

Southwest (Nevada/Arizona/Utah/Colorado/Wyoming/New Mexico)

Tara Dairman –

All Four Stars (Puffin Books)

Texas/Oklahoma

Varsha Bajaj –

Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood (Albert Whitman & Company)

UK/Ireland

Claire Furniss –

The Year of the Rat (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

West (Washington/Oregon/Alaska/Idaho/Montana/North Dakota/South Dakota)

Laurie Ann Thompson –

Be a Change Maker: How to Start Something That Matters (Simon Pulse)

Congratulations to all the winners!

You can find out more about SCBWI's annual Crystal Kite Awards here.

Illustrate and Write On,
Lee