Kathi began with hopes to become a veterinarian but said she quickly found her mind was not wired for the hard sciences. All authors or publishers of books featuring women’s or girls’ stories set in the West in any time period may enter. Award: John Newbery Medal. In 2009, she was named “Texas Distinguished Writer” by the Friends of the Abilene Public Library. Click on the genre listed below to see if your book is eligible. Women Who Make a Difference, Awarded by the Brazos Maternal and Child Health Clinic, Bryan+College Station, TX 2001. Sue German Award for Excellence in Teaching, Awarded by the New Jersey Writing Project in Texas, Houston, TX 1997. The award is named in honor of Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather, one of the country’s foremost novelists. VIEW RUBRIC, Entries can range from young adult books with mature themes to picture books and graphic novels; from fiction to nonfiction to poetry. Both of them are musicians too. For rates and availability, contact Carmen Oliver. Books previously released/published in ANY format (hardcover, softcover, e-book, CD, Internet download, POD, etc.) Winners and Finalists will be announced in August, and Awards presented at the 26th Annual Conference in Colorado Springs, CO, on October 15 – 18, 2020. She serves as a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts in their MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program. E-books should be submitted in the appropriate category. Loose manuscript pages or three-ring binders are NOT acceptable and will neither be acknowledged nor returned. Maybe a Fox. It also received the Pen USA Award, and was a finalist for the Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award. View the WILLA Literary Award Rubrics below for help deciding which category your book fits into and for criteria info. C.K. WWW reserves the right to add or delete categories according to the entries received and to move books to another category as appropriate. Professional librarians not affiliated with WWW select Winners and Finalists. Kathi Appelt (born July 6, 1954) is an American author of more than forty books for children and young adults.She won the annual PEN USA award for Children's Literature recognizing The Underneath (2008). Please contact WILLA Chair Cindy Sandell at cisand@earthlink.net or by telephone at 972-867-4160. ONLY books FIRST published and copyrighted in 2019 are eligible –. APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE WILLA LITERARY AWARD IS NOW CLOSED, Honoring Books First Published in 2019 Entry deadline February 1, 2020 Application fee – $65 per entry. Kathi Appelt’s books have won numerous national and state awards, including the Irma and Simon Black Award, Children’s Choice Award, Teacher’s Choice Award, the Oppenheimer Gold Award, Parent’s Choice Award, Storytelling World Award, Growing Good Kids Award, Texas Writer’s League Award for Children’s Literature, the Texas Institute of Letters Award, Best Books for Young Adults, […] Scholarship, research, organization and presentation are some of the judging criteria. The opportunity to serve the Sugar Man—the massive creature who delights in delicious sugar cane and magnanimously rules over the swamp—is an honor, and also a big responsibility, since the rest of the swamp critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts.

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