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
Shannon Bates, author
Betty Bauer, writer
Christie Merriman Breault, author 
Beverley Buller, writer
Lisha Cauthen, writer
Craig T. Feigh, writer
Eunice Boeve, writer
Claudia Chandler, author and illustrator
Phyllis Harris, illustrator
Casie Hermansson, writer
Mike Klaassen, author
Jane Kurtz, author
Karen B. Jones, writer and illustrator
Lisa McCormick, author
Jancy Morgan and Tom Dunn, writing
Carol Murray, writer and poet
Dorinda "Dee" Nicholson, writer
Ann Parr, writer
Rob Peters, illustrator
Pete Proctor, illustrator
Dian Curtis Regan, author
J. P. Roberts, illustrator
Brad Sneed, illustrator
Susan Uhlig, aka Sue Ford, author
Lindsey Yankey, illustrator
Judy Young, author

Awards Won By SCBWI Members Want to list your award here?  We plan to update this info twice a year.  If you are an SCBWI member, please send your info to Colleen Cook - crcook@kc.rr.com - to make the next update.  (Feel free to send updates to current listings, too.)  Include the following information:

• award winner's name and whether you are an author, illustrator or both
• 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 further information is needed

Julie 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—4 times

Richard W. Jennings – author – www.richardwjennings.com

• Scribble (2004)
• 2004 Winner, Biennial Fiction Fellowship Competition, Kansas Arts Association
• 2005 William Rockhill Nelson Award for Fiction

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

Debra Seely – author – www.debraseeley.com

• Grasslands
• 2002-03 Society of Midland Authors Award for juvenile fiction
• 2003  Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award Finalist for best Western juvenile fiction
• 2003 Banks Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
• 2004-05 William Allen White Award Nominee. 
• The Last of the Roundup Boys
• 2006-07 Golden Sower Award Nominee.
  

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

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

• 2000 Read, America! Collection Selection for Things Little Kids Need to Know

Judy Young – author – www.judyyoungpoetry.com

• Minnow and Rose (2009)
• 2010 Storytelling Award for Preadolescent Listeners
• R is for Rhyme, A Poetry Alphabet (2006)
• 2006 Missouri Writers’ Guild Best Juvenile Book Award
• 2006 National Parenting Publications Honor Award for ages 9+
• 2006/07 Featured Book for the Albuquerque Public Schools K-12 Words and Images ARTS Program
• 2008 Mom's Choice Award Gold Recipient and Educator's Choice
• The Lucky Star (2008)
• 2008 Top Five Book selected by Rutgers University's EconKids Program
• 2009 Storytelling World Honor Award
• 2010-2011 Show Me Award Nominee
• S is for Show Me, A Missouri Alphabet (2001)
• Selected by the Missouri Center for the Book to represent Missouri at the 2008 National Book Festival in Washington DC

Sue Wright – author

• Missouri Writers' Guild Award – Best Juvenile Short Story
• Missouri Writers' Guild Award – second for Best Juvenile Short Work (non-book)