By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we’re pleased to welcome Leo Baker to the WNDB blog to discuss Skate for Your Life. First of all, congratulations on your newest book, Skate for Your Life. Could you tell us in your own words what it’s about? Skate For Your Life chronicles my journey … [Read more...] about Q&A With Leo Baker, Skate for Your Life
Congratulations to the 2021 Creative Writing Awards Winners!
This week, Penguin Random House and WNDB are celebrating the 2021 Creative Writing Award winners. The scholarship recipients will virtually attend a week of events, including professional development workshops and a fireside chat with author Mahogany L. Browne. Below, the five winners share a little … [Read more...] about Congratulations to the 2021 Creative Writing Awards Winners!
Congratulations to the 2021 Creative Writing Awards Winners
WNDB and Penguin Random House are excited to announce the winners of the 2021 Creative Writing Awards! Four first-place $10,000 scholarship prizes were awarded in the categories of: Fiction & Drama, Poetry, Personal Essay/Memoir, and Spoken Word under the Maya Angelou Award. In recognition of … [Read more...] about Congratulations to the 2021 Creative Writing Awards Winners
We Need Diverse Books Announces the winners of the 2017 WNDB Internship Grants
June 15, 2017 (New York) —We Need Diverse Books is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 WNDB Internship Grants. In the program’s successful first two years, grants of $2500 were awarded to sixteen interns, with eleven eligible interns having gone on to full-time work in the publishing … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books Announces the winners of the 2017 WNDB Internship Grants
We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2017 WNDB Internship Grants
March 1, 2017 (New York) —We Need Diverse Books™ is now accepting applications for 2017 WNDB Internship Grants. In the program’s successful second year, grants of $2500 were awarded to each of eleven diverse publishing and agency interns. After two years of the Grant Award Program, eleven eligible … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the Opening of Applications for the 2017 WNDB Internship Grants
Free Diverse Picture Books for Elementary Schools – Apply Now!
We Need Diverse Books™ is giving away sets of brand new picture books to 30 elementary school libraries, and your school could be the recipient! Thanks to a generous donation from Chronicle Books, we're giving away copies of the following titles: Green is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield … [Read more...] about Free Diverse Picture Books for Elementary Schools – Apply Now!
We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the 2017 Walter Dean Myers Award and Honor Books for Outstanding Children’s Literature – Young Adult Category
January 18, 2017 (New York) - The We Need Diverse Books™ Walter Award Judging Committee has confirmed selections for the second annual Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature – Young Adult Category. One Winner and three Honor Books have been named. The Walter Dean Myers … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the 2017 Walter Dean Myers Award and Honor Books for Outstanding Children’s Literature – Young Adult Category
WNDB™ Mentorship program names ten recipients, will name two additional winners
Contacts: Miranda Paul, WNDB™ Mentorship Co-Chair Laurie Ann Thompson, WNDB™ Mentorship Co-Chair Steven dos Santos, Mentorship Committee Member mentor@wndb.local www.wndb.local WNDB™ Mentorship program names ten recipients, will name two additional winners The We Need Diverse Books™ (WNDB™) … [Read more...] about WNDB™ Mentorship program names ten recipients, will name two additional winners
We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the winners of the 2016 WNDB Walter Grants
December 5, 2016 (New York) —We Need Diverse Books™ is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2016 WNDB Walter Grants. The following 6 unpublished authors or illustrators have been selected for the grants: Jacqueline Alcantara Jennifer De Leon Jenn Hogan Anna Nelson Francesca … [Read more...] about We Need Diverse Books™ Announces the winners of the 2016 WNDB Walter Grants
