New Voices Award
Lee
& Low Books has announced that they are accepting submissions for their
fourteenth annual New Voices Award. The Award is given for a picture book
manuscript of an unpublished writer of color.
The
Award winner receives a cash prize of $1000 and the standard
Lee & Low Books publication contract, including their basic advance and
royalties for a first time author. The contest is open to writers of color who
are residents of the United States and who have not previously had a children’s
picture book published
Last year, less than 7% of children’s
books published were written by authors of color. The New Voices Award was
created to help new writers of color break into the publishing world. Past New
Voices Award-winning books have gone on to win major awards such as the Ezra
Jack Keats Award and the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent.
For award and submissions
information visit: http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_voices_award.mhtm.
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