MEMBER SITES

If you're a member of Kansas SCBWI, and would like to have a link to your children's writing or illustrating website listed here, please contact the Webmaster at artist@katebarsotti.com.

Kate Barsotti, writer and illustrator
Betty Bauer, writer
Julia Berman, illustrator
Eunice Boeve, writer
Claudia Chandler, author and illustrator
Phyllis Harris, illustrator
Lauren Ingraham, illustrator
Mike Klaassen, author
Jane Kurtz, author
Carol Murray, writer and poet
Ann Parr, writer
Rob Peters, illustrator
Dian Curtis Regan, author
Abigail Joy Scott, writer
Brad Sneed, illustrator
Tracy Teeter, illustrator
Susan Uhlig, aka Sue Ford, author

Sampling of Awards Won By SCBWI Members

Berenson, Sheila – author, illustrator

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

Davis, Dan T., - author

Award:
Benjamin Franklin Award, Best Independently Published, juvenile/young adult fiction (Illustrator - Armstrong, Matthew S.)

Harkrader, Lisa - author

Awards:
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
William Allen White Award Nominee
Texas Lonestar Award Nominee
Maine Student Book Award Nominee
Thorpe Menn Award Finalist
EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist
SCBWI Magazine Merit Award—4 times

Jennings, Richard W. – author

Award:
William Rockhill Nelson Award for Fiction

Kurtz, Jane - author

Awards:
SCBWI Golden Kite Award
Africa Association Best Book for Young Children
Parents Choice Gold Award

Seely, Debra – author

Awards/recognition:
Starred review, Kirkus
Society of Midland Authors Award
Gold Spur Award, finalist

Schwabauer, Daniel – author

Award:
Ben Franklin Award, Best New Voice

Sparlin, Jennifer - author

Awards:
Accelerated Christian, Education International Convention, 4th place, short story   
"Three-Quarter Moon," published in Crow Toes Quarterly, was selected as the recipient of a Letter of Merit in the SCBWI 2007 Magazine Merit Awards

Young, Judy - author

Awards/recognition:
National Parenting Publications Association Honor Award for ages 9+
Missouri Writers Guild Best Juvenile Book Award
Kirkus Review Starred Review
Performed by Tanner Creative Dance Program of the University of Utah for their 58th annual performance
2006/07 Featured book for Albuquerque Public Schools "Words and Images" K-12 ARTS program

Wright, Sue

Awards:
Missouri Writers' Guild Award, Best Juvenile Short Story
Missouri Writers' Guild Award, second, Best Juvenile Short Work (non-book)