Have to give a shout out to my friend Ame Dykman who made the 2014 Pen Literary Awards short list. Best of Luck!
2014 PEN LITERARY AWARDS
PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing ($5,000): To a writer for an exceptional story illustrated in a picture book published in 2013.
Judges: Mac Barnett, Ted Lewin, and Elizabeth Winthrop
Shortlist:
Train (Orchard Books), Elisha Cooper
Tea Party Rules (Viking), Ame Dyckman
The King of Little Things (Peachtree Publishers), Bil Lepp
Crabtree (McSweeney’s McMullens), Jon & Tucker Nichols
– See more at: http://www.pen.org/press-release/2014/06/17/shortlists-announced-2014-pen-literary-awards#sthash.07UYoF42.dpuf
CHECK BACK NEXT FRIDAY FOR JUNE’S FIRST PAGE CRITIQUES BY SARAH LAPOLLA AGENT AT BRADFORD LITERARY.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
Writing and Illustrating 
Reblogged this on Darlene Beck-Jacobson and commented:
Three Cheers for our Own Ame! Fingers Crossed!
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By: darlenebeckjacobson on June 20, 2014
at 11:27 am
Great news! Thanks for sharing. I will share it too. 🙂
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By: Wendy Greenley on June 20, 2014
at 11:29 am
Love Ame and her wonderful books…congratulations on making the short list!
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By: teresarobeson on June 20, 2014
at 11:45 am
Congratulations, Ame! And thanks, as always, Kathy– for your awesome blog!
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By: Kathleen Rupff on June 20, 2014
at 12:15 pm
I’m never surprised when I hear Ame’s up for some kind of an award! It’s been such a pleasure seeing her career snowball! Congrats, Ame! 😀 😀 😀
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By: writersideup on June 20, 2014
at 1:42 pm
Congratulations to Ame!
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By: tinamcho on June 20, 2014
at 7:35 pm