Presented annually, the SCBWI Crystal Kite is a peer-given award which recognizes great books from 15 SCBWI regional divisions around the world. We would like to congratulate our wonderful 2021 winners for books published in 2020, listed here by division.
Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Wash DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
EVELYN DEL RAY IS MOVING AWAY
Meg Medina (Sonia Sánchez, illustrator)
Australia, New Zealand
HOW TO MAKE A BIRD
Meg McKinlay (Matt Ottley, author)
California, Hawaii
EFRÉN DIVIDED
Ernesto Cisneros
Canada
NIGHT WALK
Ellie Arscott (Sara O’Leary, author)
Europe, Latin America, Africa
THE HUNGRY GHOST
Helle Norup
Mid South Division (Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana)
THE OLDEST STUDENT: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
Rita Hubbard (Oge Mora, illustrator)
Middle East, India, Asia
THE LAST GARDEN
Rachel Ip (Anneli Bray, illustrator)
Mid West Division (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)
OLD ROCK (is not boring!)
Deb Pilutti
New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
LET’S DANCE!
Valerie Bolling (Maine Diaz, illustrator)
New York
THE BOY AND THE GORILLA
Jackie Azúa Kramer (Cindy Derby, illustrator)
South East Division (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama)
THE LITTLE BLUE COTTAGE
Kelly Jordan (Jessica Courtney-Tickle, illustrator)
South West Division (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Southern Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico)
MIDNIGHT AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL
Fleur Bradley (Xavier Bonet, illustrator)
Texas, Oklahoma
DUSK EXPLORERS
Lindsay Leslie (Ellen Rooney, illustrator)
United Kingdom, Ireland
BOY, EVERYWHERE
A.M. Dassu
Western Division (Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Northern Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
THE STARKEEPER
Faith Pray
Check out 14 of the winning books at the SCBWI Bookshop.org page here. (And more about the Last Garden is here.)
Illustrate, Translate, and Write On,
Lee
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