November 19, 2007
Children's Book Caucus Discover Award - Call for Entries
Each year, the PEN New England Children’s Book Caucus honors emerging writers and writer/illustrators with its Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award. Winners will present their work to the public at the PEN New England Children’s Book Discovery Evening in May 2008, and winning manuscripts will be read by editors from Candlewick, Houghton Mifflin, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, or Little, Brown and Company.
Full details and submission guidelines are available now in the Children's Book Caucus section.
December 1, 2006
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Award
Each year, the PEN New England Children's Book Caucus honors emerging writers and writer/illustrators with its Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. Winners will present their work to the public at the PEN New England Children's Book Discovery Evening in April 2007, and winning manuscripts will be read by editors from Candlewick, Houghton Mifflin, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, or Little, Brown and Company.
Full details and submission guidelines are available now in the Children's Book Caucus section.
March 27, 2006
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Awards Winners
The Children's Book Caucus received a record 150 entries for the 2006 Susan P. Bloom Discovery Evening. This year's winners, as chosen by the Caucus, are:
- Hollis Shore of Lancaster, Mass. for her young adult novel, The Curve of the World
- Phoebe Sinclair of Allston, Mass. for her young adult novel, The Truth About LIAA
- Erin Dionne of Framingham, Mass. for her young adult novel, Beauty Binge
- J.C. Phillipps of West Hartford, Conn. for her illustrations
All four will read from and present their promising work at the Children's Book Caucus Discovery Evening, which will be held on Sunday, April 30 at 6:30 PM at Simmons College in Boston. Free parking is available on site. Please come and help celebrate the winners!
December 8, 2005
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Award - Call for Entries
Eighth Annual PEN New England Children's Book Caucus
Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award
Award Ceremony:
Sunday April 30, 2006
Simmons College
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Each year, the PEN New England Children's Book Caucus honors emerging writers and writer/illustrators with its Susan P. Bloom Children's Book Discovery Award. Winners will present their work to the public at the PEN New England Children's Book Discovery Evening on Sunday, April 30, 2006, and winning manuscripts will be read by editors from Candlewick, Houghton Mifflin, or Little, Brown and Company.
Entrants must be residents of New England who have not been published (with the exception of magazines or self-publishing), and the submitted work (or another work) must not be under contract. We are able to accept only one entry per person, in one of the following four categories: picture books, novels, poetry and nonfiction.
The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, February 1, 2006. Entries need only be postmarked by that date. If you want to be sure your entry has been received, enclose a self-addressed and stamped postcard. Please do not require a signature for delivery.
All work should be—in both format and quality—ready for consideration by a publisher. The Committee does not determine ahead of time the number of winners or the categories to be represented. Winners will be notified by late March.
To submit your work, please follow these guidelines:
1. Each submission of text should be approximately 10 pages in length, though picture books may be shorter. Please note: Manuscripts will not be returned.
Picture books: Send complete text. Author/illustrators should include sample illustrations or a book dummy, which will be returned if an appropriate SASE is provided. Do not send original artwork.
Middle grade or Y/A novels: Send one or two chapters.
Poetry: Send up to ten poems.
Nonfiction: Send one or two chapters, plus a brief outline or table of contents.
2. For longer works, submissions may include a synopsis or outline, although it is not required.
3. Include a short biographical statement about your experience and interest in the field.
4. Include a phone number and e-mail address (if available).
5. Enclose a business-sized SASE for notification of decisions.
6. Mail your submission to:
PEN New England/CBC Discovery Night
c/o Kim Ablon Whitney
PO Box 380533
Cambridge MA 02238-0533
Members of the PEN New England Children's Book Caucus will serve as judges. Members are: Susan P. Bloom, Susan Goodman, Robie Harris, Carol Otis Hurst, Lisa Jahn-Clough, Liza Ketchum, Lois Lowry, Leslie Sills, and Kim Ablon Whitney.