Tuesday, June 15, 2021

And the Winners of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards Are...

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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