Members' Awards

Sheila Berenson – author, illustrator

  • 2005 Kansas Writers Association, Watermark Prize – second
  • 2005 Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Works-in-Progress, letter of merit
  • 2005 Writer’s Challenge Literary Association – first, narrative poem
  • 2006 Kansas Arts Commission Mini-Fellowship (for writing)
  • 2006 San Francisco Writers Conference – second, children’s book (wrote and illustrated)
  • 2006 Foster City International Writers Competition – second, poetry
  • 2006 ByLine magazine – first for children’s magazine article
  • 2007 SCBWI Kimberly Colen Memorial Grant – first and 2006 runner-up, young adult novel

Beverley Olson Buller, author

From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White (2007)

  • 2008-2009 Kansas Reading Circle Catalog selection (KNEA)
  • 2008 Kansas Notable Book (Kansas Center for the Book)
  • Featured at the KCFB booth at the 2008 National Book Festival
  • 2009-2010 William Allen White Children's Book Awards master list
  • Named one the 150 Kansas Best Books (KS State Library)

A Prairie Peter Pan: The Story of Mary White (September 2010)

  • 2010-2011 Kansas Reading Circle Catalog selection (KNEA)
  • 2011 Kansas Notable Book (Kansas Center for the Book)

Elizabeth C. Bunce - author - www.elizabethcbunce.com

A Curse Dark as Gold (March 2008)

  • 2008 Cybils Science Fiction and Fantasy Finalist
  • 2009 William C. Morris Award for Young Adult Debut (ALA)
  • Smithsonian Notable Book
  • 2009 Oprah's Book Club Teen Reading List Kids' Selection
  • 2009 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
  • 2009 Kansas Notable Book (Kansas Center for the Book)
  • For the full list of awards, visit elizabethcbunce.com

Starcrossed (October 2010)

  • Best Fiction for Young Adults (ALA)
  • 2011 Kansas Notable Book (Kansas Center for the Book)

Dan T. Davis – author – www.blacksmithsgift.com

  • 2005 Benjamin Franklin Award, Best Independently Published, juvenile/young adult fiction – The Blacksmith’s Gift (Illustrated by Armstrong, Matthew S.)

Julee Granger – author – http://juleeanngranger.blogspot.com

  • Edith Ellen Eddy (2005)
  • International Reading Association’s Teacher’s Choice Award

Randi Hacker – author

  • 2007 New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age – Life as I Knew It

L.D. Harkrader (aka Lisa Harkrader) – author – www.ldharkrader.com

Airball: My Life in Briefs

  • Friends of American Writers Juvenile Literary Award
  • Kansas Notable Book
  • New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age
  • Bank Street College Best Books of the Year
  • 2008 William Allen White Award
  • Texas Lonestar Award Nominee
  • Maine Student Book Award Nominee
  • Thorpe Menn Award Finalist
  • EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist
  • SCBWI Magazine Merit Award

Jane Kurtz – author – www.janekurtz.com

  • 1997 Parents Choice Gold Award – Only a Pigeon
  • 1998 Pen West Literary Award Finalist – The Storyteller's Beads
  • 2000 SCBWI Golden Kite Award for picture book text – River Friendly, River Wild
  • 2002 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book award Finalist – Water Hole Waiting
  • 2004 Children's Africana Book Award for Best Book for Young Children – Saba: Under the Hyena's Foot
  • 2005 Kansas Notable Book award – In the Small, Small Night
  • 2007 Kansas Reads to Preschoolers book – Do Kangaroos Wear Seat Belts?
  • 2008 Christine Stime Award for literary contributions to Ethiopian adoption community

Stephen T. Johnson – illustrator – www.stephenjohnsonstudio.com

Alphabet City

  • 1996 Caldecott Honor Book

  • ALA Notable Award
    New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year
    1996 Children’s Book of Distinction by Hungry Mind Review
    1996 Children’s Books Mean Business ABA-CBC
    Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
    Horn Book Magazine Starred Review and a Horn Book Fanfare Award
    Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award
    Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1995 and a Parents Pick of the Year
    Children’s Book of the Year and marked for Outstanding Merit by The Bank Street Child Study Children’s Book Committee

  • Wisconsin Library Association’s Outstanding Achievement in Children’s Literature

City by Numbers

    • Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award
    • Parents Magazine’s Best Books of 1998

My Little Blue Robot

    • New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
    • Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
    • Newsweek Magazine’s Holiday Pick

My Little Red Toolbox

    • Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
    • New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
    • Parent’s Guide Children’s Media Award Winner
    • Parenting Magazine’s Reading Magic Award
    • Publisher’s Weekly Cuffie Award

My Little Yellow Taxi

    • Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Winner
    • New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
    • Nick Jr. Magazine’s Best Book of the Year
    • 2007 Kansas Notable Book

A is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet – a 2008 Best Illustrated Children's Books

Lisa Wade McCormick – author – lisawademccormick.com

  • Missouri Writers' Guild Award – 2006 Best Juvenile Short Story

Dian Curtis Regan – author – www.diancurtisregan.com

  • The Thirteen Hours of Halloween
    • 1994 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist –
  • The Curse of the Trouble Dolls
    • 1994 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist
    • 1995 Maryland Children's Book Award Nominee
  • Mommies
    • 1996 Children's Book of the Month Club
    • 1997 American Booksellers "Pick of the List"
  • 1997 Children's Book of the Month Club – Daddies
  • Princess Nevermore
    • 1996 and 2008 Junior Library Guild Selection
    • 1997 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist
    • 1998 Oklahoma Sequoyah Award Nominee
  • Monsters in CyberSpace
    • 1999 South Dakota Children's Book Award Nominee
    • 1999 Maryland Children's Book Award Nominee
    • 1999 Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominee
  • The Friendship of Milly and Tug
    • 1999 Junior Library Guild selection
    • 1999 Winner (tie) of the Muse Medallion from the Cat Writers' Association for "Best Book of the year featuring a cat"
    • 2000 Children's Literature Choice Book
    • 2000 Los Angeles Times' Recommended Book
    • 2000 New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"
  • A Sparkly Christmas Eve
    • 2002 Children's Book of the Month Club
  • The World According to Kaley
    • 2005 Junior Library Guild Selection
    • 2006 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist
    • 2007 Texas Horned Toad Tale List
  • CyberPals According to Kaley
    • 2006 Junior Library Guild Selection –
  • Cam's Quest
    • 2008 Junior Library Guild Selection
    • 2008 Oklahoma Book Award Finalist

Daniel Schwabauer – author – www.danschwabauer.com

  • 2005 Ben Franklin Award, Best New Voice
  • 2007 Best Books Award, USA Book News
  • 2008 Eric Hoffer Award

Brad Sneed – illustrator – www.bradsneed.com

  • I Heard Said the Bird
    • Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award nominee
  • Smokey Mountain Rose
    • American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
    • The Society of Illustrators “The Original Art 1996”
  • The Pumpkin Runner
    • The Society of Illustrators “The Original Art 1998”
    • Smithsonian’s Notable Books for Children
    • Outstanding Book Westchester County Library System Master List
    • Show Me Readers Award nominee
    • Arkansas Diamond primary Book Award nominee
  • The Bravest of Us All
    • Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award nominee
    • Atlanta Parent Monthly Best Books of 2000
    • Show Me Readers Award nominee
    • The Volunteer State Book Award nominee
  • Sorry
    • Junior Library Guild selection
    • Young Hoosier Book Award nominee
  • When Wishes Were Horses - Council of Wisconsin Writers Picture Books Award - honorable mention
  • Aesop’s Fables - The Dollywood Foundation Imagination Library selection
  • Thumbelina - The Society of Illustrators “The Original Art 2004”
  • Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper
    • The Society of Illustrators "The Original Art 2006"
    • 2006 Kansas Notable Book
  • The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians
    • Summer 2007 Children's Book Sense Picks
    • 2007 Friends Medallion
    • Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Selection
    • 2008-2009 Beehive Award nominee
    • 2008-2009 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award nominee
    • 2008 Kansas Notable Book
    • 2009-2010 Volunteer State Book Award nominee
    • 2009-2010 Show Me Readers Award
    • 2009-2010 Children's Crown Award nominee
    • Comstock Book Award
    • The Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year
    • 2009 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended Reading List
  • Big Bad Wolves at School - 2008-2009 Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award nominee

Jennifer Sparlin – author

  • 1986 Accelerated Christian Education International Convention – 4th place for short story “It Was Worth It.”
  • 2007 SCBWI Magazine Letter of Merit – poem "Three-Quarter Moon" published in Crow Toes Quarterly

Barb Stuber - author - www.barbstuber.com

Crossing the Tracks (Margaret K. McElderry, 2010)

  • 2010 finalist for William C. Morris Award for Yound Adult Debut (ALA)
  • 2010 Best Book for Teens (ALA)
  • 2011 Kansas Notable Book (Kansas Center for the Book)

Susan Uhlig (aka Sue Ford) – author – www.susanuhlig.com

  • 2000 Read, America! Collection Selection for Things Little Kids Need to Know
Clare Vanderpool - author - www.clarevanderpool.com
Moon Over Manifest
  • 2011 John Newbery Medal
  • 2011 Kansas Notable Book

 

Members, please send your award information to ks_scbwi@yahoo.com Include the following:

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  • the award
  • organization or entity conferring the award
  • the year received
  • the title of the (book) (story/article) (manuscript) (illustration) for which the award was given
  • your website
  • a way to contact you if we need further information
 
 

Kansas SCBWI is a regional chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.  Membership is through the international organization at www.SCBWI.org.