Contests and Competitions

The  Whole Megillah, a blog written by Barbara Krasner, is holding its annual Jewish Picture Book contest. Deadline is February 15th. I'm entering. Are you?  Here's the info:  http://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/announcing-the-2013-the-whole-megillah-picture-book-manuscript-contest/

Do you know about the Schneider Family Book Award? It's an annual award given in three categories to writers of children's literature that include characters with disabilities. Only published books can be submitted. The deadline each year is December 1st, so you have a whole 11 months to think about your favorite books that portray characters with disabilities. Maybe a book featured on this blog will be one of the next winners.  Here's more information:  http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/1/apply

The Dolly Gray Award:  The Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award was initiated in 2000 to recognize authors, illustrators, and publishers of high quality fictional and biographical children, intermediate, and young adult books that appropriately portray individuals with developmental disabilities. Read more: http://daddcec.org/Awards/DollyGrayAwards.aspx  Look carefully, and you'll see that My Brother Charlie, featured on this blog in August, was a Dolly Gray award winner in 2012. The awards are given every even year.