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The winner of the 2022 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction is In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner. The winning title will be honored at the 2022 ALAN Workshop on Monday, November 21st in Anaheim, CA. Check our website for full details. #ALAN22 #ALANReads
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the 2022 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction finalists. The winning title will be announced May 11th. #alan22 #alanreads
@KyleLukoff Send us an email we might be interested! [email protected]
Seeking proposals (150-200 words) for our next teacher and librarian columns for our YA as disruption winter 2023 issue. Email proposals to [email protected] Please amplify. alan-ya.org/publications/t…
Well here we are—The Final Four of #BookMadness! We wouldn’t have made it without your votes, so here’s to you. Voting for the Final Four begins Saturday, Apr. 2nd @6PM EDT and ends Sunday, Apr. 3rd @6PM EDT. Vote on Instagram (@thealanorg) and Facebook (@alanorganization) too!
Download the full list of SLJ’s 2021 Best Books as a nifty PDF that you can share with patrons, educators, and other readers. ow.ly/ru9F50HeM7Q
Jury duty cancelled, so I get a day to catch up in the office. Whoa! Phenomenal issue of @ALANReview - excellent articles and features. And look at that! Hi, @JerryCraft! Hi, @JanaeMarksBooks! Sending ❤️🖤 #middlegrades #thatcover💚 - @BRCrandall
It's not too late! Consider submitting manuscrips for our YA in action issue due Nov 1. alan-ya.org/publications/t… We'd especially love to hear from educators in Texas working to promote diverse books. Please amplify.
Consider submitting for our next TAR issue: "YA in action" How do you use young adult literature—in your classroom, in your personal life, in your research—to act and/or to inspire activism? Submissions due: November 1 (Please share!)
We're raising money to support Native writers, illustrators, and students! Will you consider making a gift today? Your money will be matched up to $11K, thanks to @FineAngeline, @CynLeitichSmith, and @tracisorell! tinyurl.com/ymj27yj8
.@KielyBrendan's "The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege" is out next week! 🎉🎉🎉@booksaremagicbk is hosting the (virtual) launch on Monday, 9/20, and Brendan will be in conversation with this amazing group of writers. I hope you'll join us! eventbrite.com/e/brendan-kiel…
FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY: As we fight to #StopAAPIHate during this pandemic, I am honored @nationalbook chose my @NYRBooks #VincentChin #YA book for the 2021 National Book Award Long List for Young People's Literature. Say his name. Vincent Chin. newyorker.com/books/page-tur…
It’s the first day of #NBAwards Longlist announcements! We are so excited to share the ten contenders for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Congratulations to everyone on the list! newyorker.com/books/page-tur…
Summer 2022 theme: YA in Action. What does activism look like for you and your students? How do you use young adult literature—in your classroom, in your personal life, in your research—to act and/or to inspire activism? What YA titles inspire you to act? (Due 11/1/2021)
Our new calls for manuscripts are here! Check them out. alan-ya.org/calls-for-manu…
Just finished From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement by @PaulaYoo. I wish I read this growing up. Absolutely essential reading for all students. Please read it, share it, teach it.
The deadline to apply to serve as the next editor of English Journal has been extended to September 13, 2021. Learn more about this role and the application requirements here: ncte.org/resources/jour….
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