SCBWI | Awards and Grants

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for writers

Manuscript Awards: Given in conjunction with the SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, these awards are for promising manuscripts submitted for individual criticism at the Summer Conference.

Emerging Voices Award: Established with funding from Martin and Sue Schmitt of the 455 Foundation to encourage the emergence of diverse voices in children’s books.

You are reading: Grants for children’s books

Scholarship for Student Writers: Lecture Tuition for Full-Time Undergraduates in an English or Creative Writing Program.

work-in-progress grants: to help children’s book writers and illustrators complete a specific project not currently under contract. Given in the categories of: Picture Book Text, Chapter Books/Beginning Readers, Middle Grade, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction, Multicultural Fiction, or Nonfiction.

karen cushman late bloomer award: an award for a work-in-progress by an unpublished author over the age of 50.

pj library scbwi Jewish stories award: An award sponsored by the pj library to encourage the creation of more high-quality Jewish children’s literature.

for illustrators

point of art: selected illustrations are chosen quarterly to appear in the newsletter.

Portfolio Awards: Awarded to the best portfolios submitted to the scbwi annual summer or winter conferences.

Illustrator Student Scholarship: Conference tuition for full-time undergraduate students studying illustration.

Narrative Art Award: Awarded annually to an up-and-coming illustrator based on a given message.

don freeman work-in-progress grant: to help illustrators complete a fictional book or portfolio.

featured illustrator: each month a scbwi illustrator member is chosen. you must have your art uploaded to the scbwi illustrator gallery to qualify.

draw this! – a monthly art message, part of the scbwi post info. all submissions are featured in the online gallery and two winners featured on insight, website and social media.

for published authors and illustrators

Book Launch Prize: Provides authors or illustrators with $2,000 in funding to help promote their newly published work.

crystal kite awards: an award given by peers to recognize great books from fifteen regional divisions of scbwi around the world.

Golden Comet Awards: Established in 1973, the Golden Comet Awards are the only children’s literary award judged by a jury of peers. The Golden Kite Awards recognize excellence in children’s literature in five categories: Young Reader and Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Nonfiction, Picture Book Text, and Picture Book Illustration.

Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Grant: Critically acclaimed children’s book author Jane Yolen created this grant to honor the contribution of mid-list authors.

lee bennett hopkins poetry award: the lee bennett hopkins poetry award recognizes and encourages the publication of an excellent book of poetry or anthology for children or young adults. this award is given every three years.

Magazine Merit Award: For original work in youth magazines in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Illustration, and Poetry.

martha weston grant – the martha weston grant was established by the hairston family to remember author/illustrator martha weston. the grant helps authors and illustrators who want to change the genre of children’s books.

sid fleischman award: awarded with the golden kite awards, an award for exemplary writing for children in the humor genre.

Spark Award: An annual award recognizing excellence in a children’s book published through a non-traditional publishing route.

community scholarships

amber brown: the amber brown grant commemorates author and beloved school speaker, paula danziger. A school is rewarded each year with a visiting author or illustrator and new books to continue Paula’s love of connecting children with creative influences.

tribute fund: the scbwi tribute fund commemorates members of the children’s book community, their lives, and their work by funding all-expense scholarships for scbwi’s summer and winter international conferences for members at large .

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scholarships for students

Scholarship for Student Writers: Lecture Tuition for Full-Time Undergraduates in an English or Creative Writing Program.

Illustrator Student Scholarship: Conference tuition for full-time undergraduate students studying illustration.

conference grants

New Voices in Nonfiction: Pre-published bipoc authors and illustrators are eligible for this scholarship which provides full tuition for the scbwi/smithsonian institution nonfiction workshop (November 2020).

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