FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sixteen Creative, Rising Voices Named 2021 We Need Diverse Books Mentees January 12, 2020 Washington, DC — After combing through hundreds of manuscripts and portfolios for the 2021 We Need Diverse Books Mentorship Program, the committee and mentors have made their winning … [Read more...] about Sixteen Creative, Rising Voices Named 2021 We Need Diverse Books Mentees
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Why I Hope Readers See Themselves in My Chinese-American YA Protagonist
Content warning: Mentions of racism, particularly racism against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic, including descriptions of physical violence and attempted murder Diana Ma was a mentee in the 2019 Mentorship Program and had a Young Adult Fiction Mentorship with Swati Avasthi. To … [Read more...] about Why I Hope Readers See Themselves in My Chinese-American YA Protagonist
SFF Author Diana Ma’s Experience With the WNDB Mentorship Program
This was originally published on Diana Ma's blog. It was republished here with permission. In this blog post, WNDB mentee Diana Ma shares an update about her experience with the WNDB Mentorship Program. Diana was a mentee in the 2019 Mentorship Program and had a Young Adult Fiction Mentorship … [Read more...] about SFF Author Diana Ma’s Experience With the WNDB Mentorship Program
