Wednesday, May 16, 2018

New Voices Award and New Visions Award




Lee & Low Books offers two annual writing contests that encourage writers of color to submit their manuscripts to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent.




New Voices Award Writing Competition for Authors of Color and Native nations


LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, is pleased to announce the nineteenth annual New Voices Award. The Award will be given for a children’s picture book manuscript by a writer of color or Native/Indigenous writer.

Established in 2000, the New Voices Award encourages writers of color and Native nations to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Past New Voices Award submissions we have published include The Blue Roses, winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story, a Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist selection; and It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award Honor. 

Eligibility:

1-The contest is open to writers of color and Native nations who are residents of the United States, 18 years or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously had a children’s picture book published.   
2-Writers who have published work in other venues and genres, including children’s magazines, young adult, and adult fiction or nonfiction, are eligible. Only unagented submissions will be accepted.   
3-Work that has been published in any format, including online and self published, is not eligible.   
4-Manuscripts previously submitted for this award or to LEE & LOW  BOOKS will not be considered. 

Dates for Submission:

Manuscripts will be accepted from April 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 and must be postmarked within that period.







New Visions Award for Authors of Color and Native nations

TU BOOKS, the middle grade and young adult imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, is pleased to announce the sixth New Visions Award. The award will be given for a middle grade or young adult novel by a writer of color or Native/Indigenous writer. Established in 2012, the NEW VISIONS AWARD encourages writers of color and Native nations to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Winning submissions include Ink and Ashes by Valynne Maetani, the recipient of an honor award from the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association; Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh, which received three starred reviews and was a Junior Library Guild selection; and Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar, which received two starred reviews and was listed as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.

Eligibility: 

1-The contest is open to writers of color and Native nations who are residents of the United States, 18 years of age or older at the time of entry, and who have not previously had a middle grade or young adult novel published. 
2-Writers who have published work in other venues such as children’s magazines or picture books, or adult fiction or nonfiction, are eligible. Only unagented manuscripts will be accepted.
3-Work that has been published in its entirety in any format (including online and self publishing as well as other countries) is not eligible.
4-Manuscripts previously submitted for this award or to TU BOOKS will not be considered.

Dates for Submission 

Submissions will be accepted from April 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018, and must be submitted within that period. The submissions site will be only open from midnight (morning) on April 1, to midnight (night), August 31. Please make sure to give yourself plenty of time to allow uploading. 




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