Council for Wisconsin Writers

Supporting Wisconsin writers from 1964 to 2022

Children's authors

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Wisconsin Picture Book Makes List of Favorites

Picture book author Julie Hedlund, who founded the 12×12 Challenge (a challenge to write 12 complete picture-book drafts in one year — one each month for 12 months), has created a list of her favorite picture books published in the past year, many created by 12×12 members. Wisconsin’s own Miranda Paul‘s One Plastic Bag is first on Julie’s list. The trending hashtag prompting Julie’s list is #pb10for10.

Here’s the link to Julie’s blog post with her list: http://www.juliehedlund.com/picture-books-10-for-10-2/

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More Exposure For Bridget Birdsall's "Double Exposure"

CWW’s winner of the 2014 Tofte Wright Children’s Literature Award, Bridget Birdsall for her book Double Exposure, has received a “Goldie” from the Golden Crown Literary Society.

      Congratulations to Bridget!

The Goldie Awards were presented this weekend at the 2015 GCLS conference in New Orleans. Bridget is one of three authors to win a Goldie in the Young Adult category.

Learn more about the Council for Wisconsin Writers and its contests at www.wiswriters.org.

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Golden Kite Award Deadline

Children’s authors who are members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)probably already know about that organization’s most coveted award, the Golden Kite. So this is just a reminder that the deadline for 2011 entries is Dec. 6, which is less than a month away.

 The Golden Kite is awarded in four categories:

  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction
  • Picture Book Text, and
  • Picture Book Illustration

More information about submitting entries for this award is at http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Submission-Guidelines–Individuals. Guildelines for publishers is at http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Submission-Guidelines–Publishers.

I am constantly amazed at the plethora of children’s writers in Wisconsin and the fantastic number who are so successfully published. (I’m currently reading the winning book in the Council for Wisconsin Writers 2010 Children’s Literature category, author Ann Angel’s “Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing”.)

Best wishes to all who aspire to winning a Golden Kite.