Writing for Children Competition
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Winners and finalists of 2021 Writing for Children Competition October 30, 2021: CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers) is delighted to announce the seven finalists and four winners of their 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 selected which entries would proceed to second-round readers. The second-round readers selected the longlist entries to proceed to the longlist, a group of readers selected the shortlist, and from the shortlist the juries selected finalists and winners. In November 2021, all the writers who entered the 2021 Writing for Children Competition will receive evaluation comments for their entries. Reader feedback for each entry is a unique benefit for the writers--all the writers receive the written evaluation comments of the readers who evaluated their entries. The longlist entries and the entries of the finalists and winners also receive the evaluation comments of 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. A 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 on 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 About the Writing for Children CompetitionReader feedback for each entry is a unique and potentially very beneficial element for writers who enter CANSCAIP’s Writing for Children Competition. In November, all the writers will receive the evaluation comments of the readers who evaluated their entries. The readers are published CANSCAIP Members who volunteer for the Competition. CANSCAIP is very grateful to these readers--many of them have volunteered as readers for several years. The Writers' Union of Canada initiated the Writing for Children Competition in 1996, and in 2014 CANSCAIP took on this initiative. A goal of the Competition is to discover, encourage, and promote not-yet-published writers of children's literature across Canada. | SHORTLIST 2021 Shortlist for 2021 Writing for Children Competition September 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 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 Jean Pendziwol who managed and allocated the entries to the readers and juries. CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers) was founded in 1977. We’re national, membership-based and volunteer-run, and we offer professional development opportunities for our community. The Writers' Union of Canada initiated the Writing for Children Competition in 1996, and CANSCAIP took it in 2014. The goal of the Competition is to discover, encourage, and promote emerging writers of children's literature.
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