Longlist & Shortlist | Finalists & Winners
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October 30, 2021: CANSCAIP is delighted to announce the finalists and winners of the annual Writing for Children Competition. Each of the winners receives $500. CANSCAIP also sends the winner and finalist entries to publishers Annick Press, Kids Can Press and Scholastic Canada. PICTURE BOOK WINNER: Maureen Marovitch – Ilena Lives Here FINALIST: Jenna Campbell – The Secret Ingredients FINALIST: Christine Henderson – Christmas on the Waves CHAPTER BOOK WINNER: Rhonda Verbicky – Patrick Stop That Nonsense FINALIST: Carmen Wittmeier - Jubilee and the Tooth Fairy Trap MIDDLE GRADE WINNER: Jackie Friedman Mighdoll – Oy Vey, Lily J FINALIST: Karen Jones – The Real Dealio FINALIST: Mary Pike – Tangly Secrets YOUNG ADULT WINNER: Nicola Dahlin – If We Tell You FINALIST: Melissa de Haan – Flying Too Close to the Sun FINALIST: Karon Young – The Wildwoods The 2021 Writing for Children Competition received more than 600 entries. All the entries were evaluated by first-round readers who provided written evaluations, and selected the entries that proceed to second-round readers. The second-round readers provided written evaluations for that smaller group of entries, and selected the longlist. Another group of readers selected the shortlist which proceeded to the jury, and from the shortlist the jurors selected finalists and winners. In November 2021, all the writers who entered the Competition receive evaluation comments for their entries. Written evaluations for each entry by the Competition readers are a unique benefit of entering the Competition, and entries on the shortlist also receive evaluation comments from the juries. A big thank you to the CANSCAIP Members who volunteered as readers and juries: Lana Button, Kathy Clark, Lena Coakley, Lisa Dalrymple, Kathryn Ellis, Sarah Ellis, Heather Gale, Loretta Garbutt, Linda Granfield, Theo Heras, Susan Hughes, Marthe Jocelyn, Alison Lohans, Carol L. MacKay, Patsy MacKinnon, Janet McNaughon, Ishta Mercurio, Mireille Messier, Jean Mills, Jennifer Mook-Sang, Monica Nawrocki, Colleen Nelson, Heather O’Connor, Deb Patz, Karen J. Rankin, Aimee Reid, Gillian Richardson, Raquel Rivera, Judy Ann Sadler, Jessica Scott Kerrin, Jocelyn Shipley, Margaret Springer, Kathy Stinson, and Susan White. And thank you to CANSCAIP Member Jean Pendziwol who managed and allocated the entries to the readers and juries. The next Writing for Children Competition will open in March 2022. The goal of the Writing for Children Competition is to discover, encourage, and promote not-yet-published writers. The Writers' Union of Canada initiated the Competition in 1996, and CANSCAIP took it over in 2014. CANSCAIP, founded in 1977, is a national membership-based not-for-profit organization offering professional development opportunities for both published and unpublished children's authors and illustrators. www.canscaip.org |
Shortlist 2021 Writing for Children CompetitionSeptember 22, 2021: CANSCAIP congratulates the writers of entries on the 2021 Writing for Children Competition shortlist. Feedback for every entry is a unique benefit for the writers who enter the Competition—all entries get evaluation comments from at least one round of reading. The feedback will be sent to all the writers in November. CANSCAIP Members volunteer as the first-round readers, second-round readers or juries. More than 600 entries were received. As a group, first-round readers evaluated all the entries and selected those to proceed to second round. Second-round readers evaluated that smaller group of entries and selected the longlist. This year a shortlist stage was added, and a group of readers evaluated the longlisted entries and selected the shortlist. The entries on the shortlist are now being evaluated by juries who will select the finalists and winners. PICTURE BOOK SHORTLIST Jane Blondie - No Bath for Charlie! Jenna Campbell - The Secret Ingredients Jillian Dobson - Ishbel's Letters Jillian Dobson - Molly the Artist Jillian Dobson - The Microphone Neil and Ann Gray - Big Blue Christine Henderson - Christmas on the Waves Grace Kennedy - The Little Brown Bat Alice Klopstra – Twenty-Nine Wishbones Courtney Lakevold - Call Me Bison Kalinda Link - The Mango Princess Susan Marcus - Lucca's First Fish Maureen Marovitch - Ilena Lives Here Sofia Martimianakis - The Case of the Missing Eggs Sofia Martimianakis - The Little Lonely Wolf Margo McLoughlin - Cakes for All Occasions Sheryl Niebergall - In the Rain Karen O'Byrne - I Would Like to Be Richa Parashar - What's Your Name Story? Brian Slattery - Mister Mephisto's Midnight Ride Suzanne Socken - Molly's First Snowman Suzanne Socken - Lola's Labelmaker CHAPTER BOOK SHORTLIST Dale Kerr - The Mysterious Toilet Rhonda Verbicky - Patrick, Stop That Nonsense! Carmen Wittmeier - Jubilee and the Birthday Wizards Carmen Wittmeier - Jubilee and the Tooth Fairy Trap MIDDLE GRADE SHORTLIST Karen Jones - The Real Dealio Geri Lalach - My Name is Rupert Glick Mary Pike - Tangly Secrets Carol Teed - RX One Dog Sarah Van Goethem - Tilly Dewberry and the Very Dark Wood Rud Verhagen - Figure Skater Boy
YOUNG ADULT SHORTLISTJolie Carey - EarWii6 Nicola Dahlin - If We Tell You Melissa de Haan - Flying Too Close to the Sun Ashliegh Gehl - Blue Donna Reid - The Starting Place (Ch. 13) D.M. Wagner - Dirt Magic S. E. Wilson - Assumed Identity Karon Young - Storm Bringer Karon Young - The Wildwoods | Longlist 2021 Writing for Children CompetitionAugust 26, 2021: CANSCAIP congratulates the writers of the entries on the longlist of our 2021 Writing for Children Competition. More than 600 entries were received. Feedback for every entry is a unique benefit for writers entering the Competition—all entries get evaluation comments from at least one round of reading. CANSCAIP Members volunteer as the first-round readers, second-round readers or juries. The feedback will be sent to all the writers in November. First-round readers evaluate all the entries and select those that proceed to second round. Second-round readers evaluate that smaller group of entries to select the longlist. This year a shortlist step has been added; readers will evaluate the longlist and select the shortlist. The shortlist will be announced in September, and will go to the juries who will select the finalists and winners. PICTURE BOOK LONGLIST Hassina Benchabane - The Cricket Game Lynda Benjamin - The Girl with the Rainbow Boots Leah Block - Runaway Rabbit Jane Blondie - No Bath for Charlie! Jenna Campbell - The Secret Ingredients Laura Clipsham - The Best Place Ever: Where Can it Be? Mike Cope - Stitch and Bewitch Laurie Crookell - Dragon Learns to Read + Dragon Wants to Read Jillian Dobson - Ishbel's Letters Jillian Dobson - Molly the Artist Jillian Dobson - The Microphone Thereza Dos Santos - Mr. Penguin Dana DuPerron - Garden Baby Jacki England - Evergreen Evermore Fiona Forster - Silence Kim Gogo-Melvin - Why Am I a Spider Monkey Neil and Ann Gray - Big Blue Tessa Greyling - A Tree Called Leaf Christine Henderson - Christmas on the Waves Linda Jonasson - The Hockey Stick Grace Kennedy - The Little Brown Bat Alice Klopstra - Twenty-Nine Wishbones Courtney Lakevold - Call Me Bison S. Robin Larin - Gilbert the Exceptional Goat Kalinda Link - The Mango Princess Carol Macpherson - Nana the Secret Superhero Susan Marcus - Lucca's First Fish Maureen Marovitch - Ilena Lives Here Maureen Marovitch - Queen and Fox Cutler Marta - Claire the Wiggly Worm Sofia Martimianakis - The Case of the Missing Eggs Sofia Martimianakis - The Little Lonely Wolf Margo McLoughlin - Cakes for All Occasions Sheryl Niebergall - In the Rain Karen O'Byrne - I Would Like to Be Richa Parashar - What's Your Name Story? Dianne Pede - A Space-A-Licious Mission Teja Rachamalla - When I Was Small Caterina Salvatori - Cora & Keiko Brian Slattery - Mister Mephisto's Midnight Ride Susan Smith - Saturdays with Grandma Suzanne Socken - Molly's First Snowman Suzanne Socken - Lola's Labelmaker Rosalyn Yake - Help Me Throw Starfish!
Julie Kavanagh - Just What I Need Sara Jane Kehler - The Rocket Ship Dale Kerr - The Mysterious Toilet Rowena Mascarenhas - Cordelia Rhonda Verbicky - Patrick, Stop That Nonsense! Carmen Wittmeier - Jubilee and the Birthday Wizards Carmen Wittmeier - Jubilee and the Tooth Fairy Trap
Trevor Copp - Carnival of Animals Emily Deibert - Bea Mullins Takes a Shot Loie Dunn - The Magical Confectioner Jackie Friedman Mighdoll - Oy Vey, Lily J. Ashliegh Gehl - Mostly Giant John Haines - Deotila and the Moon Lizard Wes Hubert - The Winter Rangers Karen Jones - The Real Dealio Geri Lalach - My Name is Rupert Glick Mary Pike - Tangly Secrets Bryan (B.L.) Smith - The Irritating Misadventures of Bert Mintenko James Steeves - Curse of the Noose Carol Teed - RX One Dog Sarah Van Goethem - Tilly Dewberry and the Very Dark Wood Rud Verhagen - Figure Skater Boy D.M. Wagner - My Brother, the Dragon
Elizabeth Chestney - Otherworld: The White Raven Nicola Dahlin - If We Tell You Melissa de Haan - Flying Too Close to the Sun Ashliegh Gehl - Blue Scott Lear - The Fighting Swan Donna Reid - The Starting Place (Ch. 13) Janette Shipston Chan - The False Son Bryan (B.L.) Smith - The Last Golden Light Susan Thomas - The Mortal Rent D.M. Wagner - Dirt Magic S. E. Wilson - Assumed Identity Karon Young - Storm Bringer Karon Young - The Wildwoods |