Hear ye, hear ye–– Check out SCBWI's new Book Launch Party! How it works: If you have a book that came out any time in 2015, purchase a page for a fee of $25. If you'd like SCBWI to design it (rather than using their easy templates), you pay a larger fee of $100. By... Continue Reading →
Best fiction for young adults list
How's THIS for your quintessential fall reading list? The latest nominations for the Best Fiction for Young Adults from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is out! Some fabulous books are on this roster, and big congratulations to our local lass, Martha Brockenbrough, author of the nominated THE GAME OF LOVE AND DEATH! For... Continue Reading →
PALs: August 15 Naylor Fellowship deadline!
File this under the LATE NOTICE, BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER category: The 2016 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship comes with a pretty good reward: $5,000. That's right: $5,000. It's for PAL folks: It's an annual prize awarded to an author of children's or young adult fiction, who has previously published at least ONE book,... Continue Reading →
Calling all foodies!
Got a food-related book? Let us know! We're working on some collaboration initiatives with Readers to Eaters, and one thing we'd like to do is curate a list of our members' recent (last 5 years or so) PAL titles that have food as a theme. They don't have to be about food, necessarily, but anything... Continue Reading →
Sign and send your books to Ferguson
The Ferguson, MO Public Library is hoping to build up their children's section while there is still unrest following the protests and school closures of recent weeks. In her blog, best-selling children's author Joelle Charbonneau show how PAL writers can provide signed copies of their own books to add to the collection––and also show support... Continue Reading →
Golden Kite Award deadline reminder
Don't let the tryptophan stop you! The 2014 Golden Kite Award submissions are due NO LATER THAN THIS COMING Monday, December 1. Since 1973, The Golden Kite Awards are the only literary awards judged by a jury of your peers. Over 1,000 submissions are expected in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and... Continue Reading →
Nomination period for Crystal Kite begins
It's official! The submission period is now open for the annual Crystal Kite Awards! You have between March 18 and March 26 to nominate your book for this auspicious award, so hop to it! Voting begins in April, and the winners in each chapter are announced in May. To register your book for consideration, click... Continue Reading →
Published YA authors Facebook group
PAL young-adult authors, this one's for you! Seattle-based author Katherine Kirkpatrick (The Snow Baby, Mysterious Bones) is starting a Facebook group for published YA authors to support each other with encouragement, practical advice, and book promotion on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, GoodReads, etc.). If you're interested in being a part of all this virtual... Continue Reading →
Call for authors: NaNoWriMo opportunities
[Here's a message from a local librarian with a great idea for PAL folks in our chapter, with a time-sensitive response needed. Dawn had attached a sign-up grid to her email, but we can't reproduce that here, so just email her and explain why you couldn't quite follow directions. We're sure she'll still be thrilled... Continue Reading →
INSIDE STORY: Call for entries
Do you have a new book, or one coming out soon? If so, you may be eligible to present at Inside Story, our SCBWI Western Washington region's twice-yearly celebration of new books! We invite our membership and area booksellers, teachers, and librarians to view 2-minute presentations from the first 15 or so eligible PAL members... Continue Reading →