There’s lots of great things happening for our NJSCBWI members.  Congratulations!

Gayle Eggen Aanensen’s self-published chapter book of historical fiction, The Little Rough Rider at the Jersey Shore, won Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards in the Middle Grade/Young Adult category.  Gayle published the book using R.J. Communications, a printer in NYC.

Ame Dyckman landed Agent Scott Triemel at the NJ SCBWI June Conference and sold Boy and Bot to Michele Burke at Knopf and Crown.

Kate Hosford signed a two book contract for a picture book titled, Big Bouffant AND Big Bouffant 2 to Andrew Karre at Lerner Publishing. The books will appear under the Carolrhoda imprint as the lead book on their spring 2011 list.
 
Lisa Falkenstern signed a contract for a children’s book with Marshall Cavendish
 
Natalie Zaman and Charlotte Benardo signed a contract for their first young adult novel, Sirens, with Flux.
 
Leeza Hernandez signed a contract for Dog Gone with Putnam.  She wrote and illustrated the book.  It will be out late 2010.

Kat Yeh signed a book contract with Stacy Cantor at Walker Books.

Eileen Kennedy-Moore signed with Ronnie Herman Agency after the June Conference.  She is Ronnie Herman’s client.

Eric Geron & Theresa Julian signed with Jill Corcoran, an agent from the Ronnie Herman Literay Agency, after meeting with her at the June New Jersey SCBWI Conference.

Colleen Kosinski signed with agent Rosemary Stimola.

Judy Palermo signs with agent Steven Chudney for her middle grade novel Son of a Chicken.

Christine Brower-Cohen won the 2009 Toms River Writing Retreat Contest.  

New member Mimi Cross wins the first David L Harrison “Word of the Month” poem contest.

Make sure you  let me know when something good happens.  We love to share in your success.

Kathy