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PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
($5,000)
To assist a writer of children’s or young adult literature at a crucial moment in his or her career when monetary support is particularly needed. >> More |
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Translation Fund Grants
($2,000–$3,000)
To support the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation. >> More |
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PEN Members: sign up for the Children’s/Young Adult Authors Committee mailing list |
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CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT BOOK AUTHORS COMMITTEE
The Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee supports writers and librarians whose books have been banned or challenged. We are eager to receive information about these actions so that we can respond to them promptly.
>> Report a banned or challenged book
Our committee also has monthly meetings which include passionate give-and-take conversations about topics that affect writers of children’s literature. Recently, a discussion about what constitutes “truth” in picture books, fiction, nonfiction, and memoir has led to a plan for a mini panel in early spring. Truth, often in the eye of the beholder, takes many forms. We will explore the notion of “truth” as writers for young people.
We welcome all to our monthly meetings. |
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ONLINE FORUMS
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PEN’s Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee weighs in on issues of racism and censorship in their many forms. Please join the discussion by reading the essays and posting your comments:
• Banned Books
• Capturing Race
• Nuances of Censorship
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MULTIMEDIA ARCHIVE
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David Almond and Sofi Oksanen in Conversation with Rakesh Satyal
April 30, 2010 | Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center | NYC
Face Off! Overcoming Barriers
April 30, 2010 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With David Almond, Alina Bronsky, Janne Teller, and Tommy Wieringa; moderated by Matt de la Peña
A Gathering of Voices
April 29, 2010 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With David Almond, Francisco X. Stork, Janne Teller, and Ed Young; moderated by Elizabeth Bird
Writing, Speaking, Dreaming: Authors Talk About Languages: Special Program for High School Students
April 29, 2010 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With Bernardo Atxaga, Randa Jarrar, Roger Sedarat, and Francisco X. Stork; moderated by Cathy Park Hong
The Work Before the Work: A Special Program for High School Students
April 28, 2010 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With Annecy Báez, Rawi Hage, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, and special guests; moderated by David Dante Troutt
Personal Evolution, Social Revolution: A Program for High School Students
April 30, 2009 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With Edwidge Danticat, Dany Laferrière, Laila Lalami, and Colum McCann; moderated by Benjamin Anastas >> More
The Inspired Scientist: A Program for High School Students
April 29, 2009 | Instituto Cervantes | NYC
With Majora Carter, Tijs Goldschmidt, Kimiko Hahn, Sandeep Jauhar, and Harriet A. Washington; moderated by Robert Krulwich >> More
Justice and Literature
January 13, 2009 | CUNY Elebash Recital Hall | NYC
With Moustafa Bayoumi, Gordon Korman, Susan Kuklin, and others; moderated by Dr. David Brotherton >> More
Making Art of History: A Program for High School Students
May 2, 2008 | Instituto Cervantes | New York City
With Calvin Baker, Kevin Baker, Julie Otsuka, and Kashmira Sheth >> More
Inside Out
May 1, 2008 | Scholastic Auditorium | NYC
With Sharon G. Flake, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Jutta Richter, and Peter Sis; moderated by Elizabeth Levy >> More
Small World, Big Choices: A Program for High School Students
Thursday, May 1, 2008 | Instituto Cervantes | New York
With Marina Budhos, Michael Patrick MacDonald, Patricia McCormick, Pam Muñoz Ryan, and Jutta Richter >> More
Dreadful Lies/Peculiar Truths
September 19, 2007 | Center for Independent Publishing | NYC
With Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Susan Kuklin, Robert Lipsyte, and Vera B. Williams >> More
Leaving Home as a Rite of Passage
April 25, 2007 | Small Press Center | NYC
With Neil Gaiman, Isabel Hoving, Janne Teller, Markus Zusak, and Robert Lipsyte; moderated by Susan Kuklin >> More
Youth on the Frontlines: A Program for High School Students
April 26, 2007 | Instituto Cervantes New York | NYC
With Ishmael Beah, Uzodinma Iweala, Linda Sue Park, and Donna Barkman >> More
Tell That Story Again: Writing Myth Now
April 27, 2006 | Hunter College | NYC
With David Grossman, Milton Hatoum, Anne Provoost, Jeanette Winterson; moderated by Colum McCann >> More
Free Speech Zone
September 29, 2005 | NYPL's Donnell Media Center | NYC
With Judy Blume, Deborah Hautzig, Robert Lipsyte, Walter Dean Myers, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Peter Sís, and Rita Williams-Garcia >> More
Crossing Borders: Universal Themes in Children's Literature
April 17, 2005 | National Museum of the American Indian | NYC
With Cornelia Funke, Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton, Pat Mora, Kyoko Mori, and Salman Rushdie; moderated by Lois Lowry >> More
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COMMITTEE NEWS
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Mary Ann Hoberman Appointed as Childrens Poet Laureate
Deborah Heiligman and Rita Williams-Garcia Named National Book Award Finalists in Young Peoples Literature
PEN Members Win ALA Awards
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PENPALS
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Conversation: Brian Selznick & Paul O. Zelinsky
Join acclaimed author-illustrators Brian Selznick (The Invention of Hugo Cabret) and Paul O. Zelinsky (Swamp Angel, Rapunzel) for a conversation about pioneering literature for children.
Conversation: Markus Zusak & Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Bob Lipsyte curates the first installment of PEN.org’s series of online correspondences between children’s and young adult book writers and illustrators. The opening act is conversation between Markus Zusak, author of The Book Thief, and Susan Campbell Bartoletti, author of Hitler Youth.
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CYA IN NEW ORLEANS:
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHARTER SCHOOL
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St. Joseph’s Library Relocation
Through the initiative of Member Fatima Shaik, the Children’s/Young Adult Book Authors Committee helped move an elementary school library from St. Joseph’s School in Greenwich Village, New York City, to the Martin Luther King, Jr. School in New Orleans. When Fatima realized the archdiocese was closing her child's school, she offered to pack up and transport to New Orleans the entire St. Joseph’s library consisting of 134 boxes of books and 37 bookcases. Over the course of several very hot August days, members of the Children’s Book Committee, including Fran Manushkin, Susan Kuklin, Miriam Chaikin, Paul Zelinsky, Elizabeth Levy, and Vera B. Williams, joined Shaik's friends and family, and the staff of St. Joseph’s to box the books and load them onto a rented truck. Donations to pay for transportation-a total of $3000-came from Children’s Committee members, family, friends, and strangers who answered a letter from "cousin Fatima" appealing for $10 from 300 people. Some $10 checks came from New Orleanians who were living in small towns and trailers because they had lost their homes. >> More
CYA Committee Visits New Orleans
As part of an ongoing relationship between the PEN Children’s Book Committee and the Martin Luther King School of New Orleans, author and photographer Susan Kuklin and author Elizabeth Levy went down for a visit. >> More
November, 2009 Trip to New Orleans
In November, 2009, four authors—Robie Harris, Elizabeth Levy, Fatima Shaik and Susan Kuklin—went to The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Science and Technology in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, to do a series of writer’s workshop with some of the students. The plan was: make a book! >> More
>> Go to the CYA Blog
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