Category Archives: Awards

The Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award

Posted on September 8, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

Announcing: A Scholarship Award for Writers! What is it? The Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award will provide full tuition to the Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, CA, to the author of a promising children’s book manuscript. Every … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Contests, Uncategorized | Tagged Awards, children's books, Contests, contests for writers, eastern PA scbwi, Kate Dopirak, Kate Dopirak Award, Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award, KidLit, picture book authors, picture book manuscripts, SCBWI, SCBWI Annual Summer Conference, Scholarships, writing, writing contests | Comments Off

And the Winners Are . . . The 2019 PA Young Reader’s Choice Award Winners, by Nadine Poper, Librarian and Committee Member

Posted on April 27, 2019 by EasternPennPoints

I am a school librarian—one of the best jobs on this planet. I am also one of twenty-four librarians on the committee for the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award. The Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award (PAYRCA) is an opportunity for … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Book Recommendations, Books for Readers, Uncategorized | Tagged Alan Gratz, Angie Thomas, Ben Clanton, eastern PA scbwi, Nadine Poper, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea, PAYRCA, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association, Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award, peter brown, PSLA, Refugee, SCBWI, The Hate U Give, The Wild Robot | 2 Comments

EPA Novel News, by Lindsay Bandy

Posted on January 30, 2018 by EasternPennPoints

Here’s the latest novel news from EPA SCBWI members! If you have something to share, just e-mail Lindsay at LKBandy84@yahoo.com! Congratulations to…. Abbey Nash, whose debut novel, LIFELINE will be hitting shelves in April 2018, published by Tiny Fox Press. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Uncategorized | Tagged abbey nash, Historical fantasy, Katherine Locke, kirkus review, lifeline, sydney taylor honor book, The Girl With The Red Balloon, tiny fox press | 4 Comments

Congrats to these Award-Winning EPA Authors/Illustrators!

Posted on December 11, 2017 by EasternPennPoints

We’re excited to announce that Becky Birtha’s book, FAR APART, CLOSE AT HEART has been selected as a Kirkus Best Picture Books of 2017 to Give Readers Strength! Congratulations, Becky! We celebrate you, Brian Biggs, Lauren Castillo, Greg Pizzoli, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Exhibit News, Awards, New Releases, Uncategorized | Tagged 12 days of christmas, 2017 picture books, a boy a mouse and a spider, barbara herkert, Becky Birtha, Books to give readers strength, brian biggs, Eastern PA, Far Apart Close At Heart, Greg Pizzoli, i love you like a pig, jane smiley, Judy Schachner, julie segal walters, Kirkus, lauren castillo, mac barnett, Maja Kastelic, original art exhibit, sarabella's thinking cap, SCBWI, Society of Illustrators, the story of e.b. white, this is not a normal animal book, twenty yawns | 5 Comments

Celebrate Member News! by Lindsay Bandy

Posted on February 10, 2017 by EasternPennPoints

The art and poetry has been AMAZING this month, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. Thanks to all of you who have been commenting and cheering each other on! We’re going to take a one-day break here … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, New Releases, Uncategorized | Tagged A Citizen Science Story, anna forrester, arbordale publishing, as fast as words could fly, Bat Count, Black History Month, Dule Hill, Lindsay Bandy, Pam Tuck, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Storline Online, Susan Detwiler | 3 Comments

PA Young Reader’s Choice Award, by Nadine Poper

Posted on January 27, 2017 by EasternPennPoints

Whew! Another unit on the Geisel, Caldecott, and Newbery medals comes to a close for me and my urban elementary students. What a fun ride we had. My kiddos applauded loudly for They All Saw a Cat and Du Iz Tak? Whooted and … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Book Recommendations | Tagged Caldecott, Circus Mirandus, Du Iz Tak?, Fort, Freedom Over Me, Geisel, I'm Trying to Love Spiders, Lend a Hand:Poems About Giving, Ms. Rapscott's Girls, Nadine Poper, Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands, Newbery, PA Young Reader's Choice Award, Picture Books, Raindrops Roll, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, The Terrible Two, The Terrible Two Get Worse, They All Saw a Cat, We Are Growing! | 4 Comments

Category Archives: Awards

The Kate Dopirak Craft & Community Award

And the Winners Are . . . The 2019 PA Young Reader’s Choice Award Winners, by Nadine Poper, Librarian and Committee Member

EPA Novel News, by Lindsay Bandy

Congrats to these Award-Winning EPA Authors/Illustrators!

Celebrate Member News! by Lindsay Bandy

PA Young Reader’s Choice Award, by Nadine Poper

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