.
About this petition
The Canada Council for the Arts supports the publication of most literary forms, including graphic novels, but not cartooning and cartoon books. It currently supports Canadian novelists and their novels, short fiction writers and their collections, poets and their poetry, essayists and their essays etc. Such work is eligible for funding both for the artist and for the publishers of the work, and it is also eligible for prizes such as the Governor General’s Literary Awards (which are administered by the Canada Council). Such work – a previously published poem, say – is eligible even when it has already appeared in magazines, newspapers and other publications.
Cartoonists are currently excluded from these grants and honours. Publishers interested in publishing the work of Canadian cartoonists cannot apply for funding to defray some of the costs of doing so. Should a publisher choose nonetheless to publish a book of cartoons, the book cannot even be considered in an assessment of the publisher’s eligibility for funding or block funding, nor are such books eligible for the Governor General’s Literary Awards. Graphic novelists are also excluded from these awards.
Given the artistic quality of Canadian cartooning, it’s cultural importance, its centrality to an understanding of Canadian society and history, and its appeal to readers of all ages, a strong argument can and should be made that the Canada Council should support the work of Cartoonists and that of publishers interested in publishing their work. The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists is ideally positioned to lobby for such a change in Canada Council policy.
And we do know that ACEC members are good at getting their point across.
Terry Mosher (Aislin), OC
Past President
Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists
The petition letter:
Make cartoonists and their publishers eligible for grants and honours.
Greetings,
I just signed the following petition addressed to: The Canada Council for the Arts..
—————-
Make cartoonists and their publishers eligible for grants and honours.The Canada Council for the Arts supports the publication of most literary forms, including graphic novels, but not cartooning and cartoon books. It currently supports Canadian novelists and their novels, short fiction writers and their collections, poets and their poetry, essayists and their essays etc. Such work is eligible for funding both for the artist and for the publishers of the work, and it is also eligible for prizes such as the Governor General’s Literary Awards (which are administered by the Canada Council). Such work – a previously published poem, say – is eligible even when it has already appeared in magazines, newspapers and other publications.
Cartoonists are currently excluded from these grants and honours. Publishers interested in publishing the work of Canadian cartoonists cannot apply for funding to defray some of the costs of doing so. Should a publisher choose nonetheless to publish a book of cartoons, the book cannot even be considered in an assessment of the publisher’s eligibility for funding or block funding, nor are such books eligible for the Governor Gen
5 Comments on Canadian Cartoonists Petition Canadian Government for Funding Equality, last added: 7/15/2012Display Comments Add a CommentBy: Betsy Bird, on 4/7/2012
Blog: A Fuse #8 Production (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Uncategorized, Richard Michelson, Lisa Graff, bunnies, grants, The Hobbit, Raul Colon, Rube Goldberg, Video Sunday, Add a tag
Normally I don’t advertise author/illustrator contests and challenges but this one has something I like. Namely, Rube Goldberg machines. Actually, I also happen to like Lisa Graff. And I happen to like her new book which I finished yesterday and includes the aforementioned Rube Goldberg thing. The first to ever appear in a children’s book? You decide.
Next up, I’ve heard the movie news but if we’re gonna do Hobbit then we’re doggone gonna do Hobbit. Just maybe not the version you’ll be seeing in theaters soon.
Thanks to Hark! A Vagrant for the link.
Next up, grants plus The Eric Carle Museum plus copious Raul Colon? There is nothing about this that I do not like.
Thanks to Sandy Soderberg for the link!
Now these days everyone’s talking about nonfiction. Thanks to the Core Curriculum the subject is hot as hot can be and nonfiction’s been getting a real leg up. I can’t tell you how many people have recently asked me if I knew any librarians that are specifically knowledgeable in the realm of elementary informational texts. With that in mind, the interest in quality nonfiction has never been greater. That’s why it’s nice to see new biographies out there, like the recent Twice As Good by Rich Michelson which tells the tale of William Powell. But, as LeVar Burton might say, you don’t have to take my word for it.
And since we’re dealing with Easter here, it’s only fair that we end with bunnies. Bunny bunny bunnies. It was a toss-up between this, the bunny who eats the flower, and the bunnies in the cups. In the end, I figured you go with the sure-fire crowd pleaser.
0 Comments on Video Sunday: Happy Easter! as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
Blog: A Fuse #8 Production (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Uncategorized, Judy Blume, OverDrive, Curious George, bookshelves, cake, grants, Little Golden Books, Fusenews, whitewashed covers, book jacket nattering, edible books, My momma's poetry, Trend Alert, Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, Bologna Ragazzi Awards, book to film adaptations, international awards, Susan Blackwell Ramsey, Add a tag
“I just finished a poem where St. Francis and St. Clare double-date with Thoreau and Evita and it just makes me very happy.” My mother was the winner of the 2011 Prairie Schooner Book Prize because she is as good as it gets. No brag. Just fact. Prairie Schooner recently interviewed her as well and I recommend looking at it, partly because this my mother we’re talking about and she makes me very proud and partly because it raises the old interview bar, so to speak. Clearly I need to put more work into my own.
- Once in a great while my husband’s occupation and my own will intersect. He is a screenwriter and will alert me to interesting news items on the cinematic side of things. This week he pointed me to a ScriptShadow piece. If you are unfamiliar with the site it’s where a fellow going by the name of “Carson Reeves” reads and reviews the scripts that have recently sold in Hollywood and critiques them long before they are turned into films. Each Friday Carson has something he calls Amateur Friday where folks submit their own screenplays for his review. Last Friday someone handed in a script called Fifi, A Monkey’s Tale. Those of you familiar with the story behind Curious George will recognize this as the original title of that manuscript. The script essentially tells the tale of the Reys’ escape from the Nazis in WWII. Only to punch it up a bit the screenwriter (and I kinda love this) rewrote history so that Goebbels himself wants Mr. Rey destroyed. Something you have to see for yourself, I think.
- Do you like awards? Do you like children’s books that come from countries other than America? Well then, folks, have I got great news from you. After her recent trip to Italy to judge the awards, Jules at 7-Imp let me know that the winners have been announced:
The 2012 Bologna Ragazzi Awards have just been announced! Here are links for interested folks:
Fiction winner and mentions: http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/boragazziaward/images_award/fiction;
Nonfiction winner and mentions:http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/boragazziaward/images_award/non_fiction;
New Horizons winner and mentions:http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/boragazziaward/images_award/new_horizons;
Opera Prima winner and mentions (Opera Prima is for new artists):http://www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/boragazziaward/images_award/opera_prima.
- I long for the day Save NYC Libraries can be shut down, but until that happy day occurs it’s a hugely useful and well-organized site for fighting mayoral cuts. Recently the mayor rolled out his old budget again and yep. You guessed it. We’re
5 Comments on Fusenews: Shelve the books but shelve them slant, last added: 2/24/2012Display Comments Add a CommentBy: Edi, on 12/5/2011
Blog: Crazy Quilts (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: professional development, Opportunities, Grants, Add a tag
The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is now accepting grant applications for the February-September 2012 sessions of the association’s four-week fundamentals online courses. One free seat per online continuing educational course session is available to librarians and information professionals from developing countries.
For background information about the grant, including criteria for applying, please see: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/awards/grants/onlinegrant.cfm
Fundamentals of Acquisitions
Session 1: February 27 – March 23Session 2: April 7 – May 11
Session 3: July 30 – August 24
The Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) web course focuses on the basics of acquiring monographs and serials: goals and methods, financial management of library collections budgets, and relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers. In this course, you will receive a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made. Note that in FOA, we distinguish between collection development, which involves the selection of materials for the library; and acquisitions, which orders, receives, and pays for those materials.
Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions
Session 1: March 5 – March 30
Session 2: April 23 – May 18Session 3: July 23 – August 17
The Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions (FERA) Web course will provide an overview of acquiring, providing access to, administering, supporting, and monitoring access to electronic resources. It will provide a basic background in electronic resource acquisitions including product trials, licensing, purchasing methods, and pricing models and will provide an overview of the sometimes complex relationships between vendors, publishers, platform providers, and libraries.
This course is sponsored by Harrassowitz.
Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management
Session 1: March 19 – April 13Session 2: May 7 – June 1
Session 3: August 20 – September 14
The Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management addresses the basic components of these important areas of responsibility in libraries. Components include complete definition of collection development and collection management; collections policies and budgets as part of library planning; collection development (selecting for and building collections); collection management (e.g., making decisions after materials are selected, including decisions about withdrawal, transfer, preservation); collection analysis—why and how to do it; outreach, liaison, and marketing; and some suggestions about the future for collection development and management.
This course is sponsored by Coutts-Ingram.
Fundamentals of Preservation
Session 1: March 26 – April 20
Session 2: May 21 – June 15The Fundamentals of Preservation introduces participants to the principles, policies and practices of preservation in libraries and archives. The course is designed to inform all staff, across divisions and departments and at all levels of responsibility. It provides tools to begin extending the useful life of library collections. Components include preservation as a formal library function and how it reflects and supports the institutional mission; the primary role of preventive care, including good storage conditions, emergency planning and careful handling of collections; the history and manufacture of physical formats and how this impacts preservation options; standard methods of care and repair, as well as reformatting options; and challenges in preserving digital content and what the implications are for the future of scholarship.
To apply, go to: https://alctsprogram.wufoo.com/forms/alcts-online-c
0 Comments on International Online Librarian Courses as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
Blog: Crazy Quilts (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grants, street lit, ebooks, fundraising, mondaymailbox, Add a tag
I received several bits in pieces in my email account today that are very much worth sharing.
From ALA Editions, I was reminded of Vanessa Irwin Morris’ new book The Readers’ Advisory Guide to Street Literature.
Street lit, also known as urban fiction, addresses with unflinching grit the concerns and problems of city living. Controversial in some quarters, it is also wildly popular, and this readers’ advisory by street lit expert Morris
- Sketches out the rich history of the genre, showing why it appeals so strongly to readers and providing a quick way for street lit novices to get up to speed
- Covers a variety of subgenres in terms of scope, popularity, style, major authors and works, and suggestions for readers’ advisory
- Helps improve library customer service by strengthening the relationship between staff and any street lit fans who are new to the library
Emphasizing an appreciation for street lit as a way to promote reading and library use, Morris’s book helps library staff provide knowledgeable guidance.
A free ebook is available for School Librarians/Media Specialists entitled School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. Fifty authors have submitted articles that reflect on what school libraries are doing in the present and new directions they’ll be taking in the future. While there is much to read in this publication, I’m most interested in the section on reading as one of my goals for this year is to research ways to use the library to improve students’ reading literacy.The ebook is available for free download in three formats:
- PDF for those who want to read it on a desktop/laptop - .mobi for those who want to read it on Kindle software or a Kindle device - .epub for those who would like to read it on Adobe Digital Editions software, iBooks, Sony Reader, the Bluefire Reader app, Nook, and most other eReaders.
While you can find the eBook on Smashwords now; in about 2-6 weeks, Smashwords will send it out to the major eBookstores (including Apple’s iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, Sony Bookstore, and others, although Amazon is in negotiations) for free distribution. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96705 (Thanks IBLN for this information!)
If your looking for a new and different fund raiser for your library (or any group for that matter) you might consider contacting your local Barnes and Nobles for gift wrapping opportunities. Each year, Barnes & Noble offers not-for-profit organizations the opportunity to provide gift-wrapping services to our customers for donations. Barnes & Noble provides the customer, location and wrapping supplies. All your organization needs are volunteers and a donation jar.
If yo
1 Comments on Bits and Pieces, last added: 10/25/2011Display Comments Add a CommentBy: Lauren, on 8/16/2011
Blog: OUPblog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: philanthropy, taxes, funding, grants, bill gates, public health, Thought Leaders, Warren Buffett, foundations, profits, *Featured, Business & Economics, bill wiist, william wiist, Health & Medicine, bill and melinda gates foundation, The Bottom Line or Public Health, Add a tagBy Bill Wiist In 2009, there were 2,733 corporate foundations with assets of more than $10 billion and an annual donation of $2.5 billion. In that year foundations made grants of more than $38 billion of which $15.41 billion was from family foundations. In 2009, the 50 largest contributors to health donated more than $3 billion through almost 5,000 grants. The extent of corporate-based foundation funding in public health raises two critical questions for public health policy, research, and programming. First, should corporate-based foundations be setting the public health research and program agenda?
0 Comments on Philanthropic foundations and the public health agenda as of 8/16/2011 11:24:00 AMAdd a CommentBy: LAURIE WALLMARK, on 5/27/2011
Blog: Just the Facts, Ma'am (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: money, grants, Add a tagIt takes a village, and kickstarter can help.
http://www.kickstarter.com/0 Comments on Fund your Writing as of 1/1/1900Add a CommentBy: Beth, on 2/21/2011
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Technology, Grants, Digital Divide, 28 Days of Teens & Tech, broadband access, Add a tagAdd a Comment
Dear YALSA:
All of the information you’ve been sharing has been wonderful. I can see so much potential. The problem? I’m in a rural community without broadband. We have one public access computer with dial-up. Sometimes I feel like I’m failing my teen patrons when I can’t do all of these exciting things I see on the YALSA and other blogs. What’s a country librarian to do?
– No Tech in the Country
Dear NTIC:
Thank you for a great question. Location and economics are still barriers to tech access in the United States, and it impacts teens in rural as well as urban areas. According to a recent FCC report, ten percent of US homes have no access to broadband whether they can afford it or not. As the Washington Post reported, only 68% of American homes have access and “low-income and minority groups are less likely to have a broadband Internet connection in their homes.”
This is important for those of us who do have ready access to remember when instructing our peers what they “should” be doing. All too often tech in library posts take on a chastising tone. I may have just posted some information about apps, but most of my students can’t afford the smart phones or the data plan that goes along with them. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t learn about the latest technology developments, but then we need to look at them critically to see what best meets the needs of our teens.
You can see the lack of technology in your community as an opportunity to become the tech hub of your community. There are grants available to increase your technology. The Gates Foundation is the most famous, but they don’t accept unsolicited applications. Do any YALSA blog readers know how to get one? What about some other grants for technology in schools and libraries? Share your knowledge, folks!
You might want to look into sites like Kickstarter and DonorsChoose (for schools) that let people make small donations to support a project. Create a project and put it up online and watch the funds roll in!
Once you have computers and other devices – eReaders, tablet computers, whatever your heart desires – patrons, teens and adults alike, will come flocking to you and you can help them to bridge the economic digital divide.
Any other tips from people who have bridged the technology gap? And, as always, if you have a tech question, please email it to Megan Blakemore.
By: Caroline Starr Rose, on 2/14/2011
Blog: Caroline by line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: query, contests, writing, grants, Add a tag
This post originally ran October 2009
I've entered in and applied for roughly a dozen writing contests and grants over the years. In one contest I finished first. With another I got an honorable mention. I didn't place in the others at all. Still, every contest was worth experiencing for a number of reasons:
1. Working with a deadline: By signing up for a contest, you have committed to finishing and submitting your writing by a certain time -- great practice for future deadlines once your work is sold.
2. Reviewing your writing: Whether applying for a grant or entering a contest, you'll need to carefully study your work, looking for ways to strengthen it and examining why your writing deserves to win. Filling out an application and following the contest's guidelines will bolster your ability to write a strong, concise query.
3. Getting read: Some contests/grants offer feedback for those who place. Authors, editors, and agents often judge these contests, putting your work front and center.
4. Publishing opportunities: Winning contests/grants means a portion of your work is often published, allowing for other readers, agents, and editors to learn of your writing. In winning first place for a novel excerpt at the Jambalaya Writers' Conference in 2009, my work was included in an anthology put out by Nicholls University. At the same conference, I ha8 Comments on Writing Contests and Grants: Why They're Worth It, last added: 2/15/2011Display Comments Add a CommentBy: Kathy Temean, on 1/22/2011
Blog: Writing and Illustrating (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Author, SCBWI, Picture Book, grants, opportunity, unpublished, children writing, need to know, Grant money, Add a tagAdd a Comment
Don Freeman Grant
Underwritten by Amazon.com. The Don Freeman Memorial Grant-In-Aid has been established by the SCBWI to enable picture-book artists to further their understanding, training, and work in the picture-book genre, and is made possible by a generous grant from Amazon.com as part of the SCBWI Work-In-Progress grants.
Eligibility: This Grant is available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI who, as artists, seriously intended to make picture books their chief contribution to the field of children’s literature. Please note that members can apply for only one SCBWI grant in a given year.
Grant Amounts: One Grant of $2,000 will be awarded annually. One Runner-Up Grant of $500 will also be awarded. In any given year, the SCBWI Grant-In-Aid Committee reserves the right to withhold either or both of the grants for that year.
Requirements: Applicants will be required to submit artwork: either a rough book-dummy accompanied by two finished illustrations OR ten finished illustrations suitable for picture-book portfolio presentation. Art work specifications are included with the application instructions.
Deadlines: Completed application and accompanying materials must be postmarked no earlier than January 2nd and must be received no later than February 2nd. Receipt of your application will be acknowledged only if a stamped self-addressed post card is enclosed. The recipients of the grants will be announced in August.
Requests: Updated applications and procedures are now available for download below. Remember: members can apply for only one SCBWI grant in a given year.Don Freeman Work-In-Progress Grant Procedures and Application (PDF)
Here’s your chance to shine. Go for it!Talk tomorrow,Kathy
Filed under: Author, children writing, Grant money, need to know, opportunity, Picture Book Tagged: grants, SCBWI, unpublished
0 Comments on SCBWI Picture Book Grant as of 1/1/1900
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grants, Awesome, Research, Money, YALSA Info., Add a tagAdd a Comment
Okay, the power and prestige may take more time, but the money is here and now. Being awarded a research grant is a great career-booster, earning respect for you and your institution.
I’m talking about the Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant, which annually awards $1,000 for the best research proposal submitted by a YALSA member.
Here are the basics: This grant of $1000 provides seed money for small-scale projects that will encourage research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda.
For details and how to apply for the 2011 Frances Henne YALSA/VOYA Research Grant, visit the YALSA Web site at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/franceshenne.cfm
Don’t miss out! Applications for the grant are due in the YALSA Office by Dec. 1.
Blog: Writing and Illustrating (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Author, News, SCBWI, Uncategorized, writing, success, Competition, grants, opportunity, children writing, Grant money, Add a tagDisplay Comments Add a Comment
I was very happy to find out yesterday that my Assistant, Laurie Wallmark was chosen as the runner-up for the SCBWI Work-In Progress Grant for the non-fiction book, Ada Byron Lovelace: Not a Proper Lady. The award is $500. Congratulations! Laurie.
At least a couple of times a week, I get an e-mail from a member where in the course of the e-mail they mention something very casually about some success they have had. I just can’t figure out why people do not let me know, so I can help tout their success. No one is going to think you are showing off and even small success should be celebrated.
We put success stories in Sprouts and as you can see, I like to brag about you. But I hate to ask Leeza Hernadez, our Creative Director, if she can try to squeeze in a few more stories, because I wasn’t informed until it was about to go to print. Remember you are the one that has to make things happen and keeping things to yourself is the wrong strategy. Please share your successes.
Here is the information for the WIP Grant. Deadline for the next year is February 15th.
The SCBWI Work-In-Progress Grants are designed to assist children’s book writers in the completion of a specific project, and are made possible by a generous grant from Amazon.com.
Grants for first place ($2000) and runner up ($500) are awarded in each one of seven different categories:
- General Work-In-Progress grant
- Grant for a contemporary novel for young people
- Nonfiction research grant
- Grant for work by an unpublished author
- Grant for work from a multi-cultural/minority perspective
- Barbara Karlin Grant for unpublished picture book writers.
- Don Freeman Grant for unpublished picture book illustrators.
In any given year, an applicant may apply for: the General Work-In-Progress Grant OR the Work-In-Progress Grant for a Contemporary Novel for Young People OR the Work-In-Progress Nonfiction Research Grant. The Grant for a Work Whose Author has Never Had a Book Published may not be applied for — it will be chosen from all the entries in the other Work-In-Progress categories.
Eligibility: The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. They are not available for projects on which there are already contracts. Please note: members can apply for only one SCBWI grant per calendar year.
Grant Amounts: Seven Grants of $2,000 will be awarded annually, one in each category. Seven Runner-Up Grants of $500 will also be awarded, one in each category. Authors of other projects cited by the judges as noteworthy will receive a Letter of Merit. In any given year, the SCBWI Grant Committee reserves the right to withhold the grant for that year.Deadline: Completed application and accompanying materials must be postmarked no earlier than February 15th and must be RECEIVED BY March 15th. Receipt of your application will be acknowledged only if a stamped self-addressed post card is enclosed. The recipients of the grants will be announced in September.
Instructions for completing and submitting application materials:
Blog: Just the Facts, Ma'am (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: community, networking, grants, Add a tagDescriptions of national and international artist communities, including grant information.
http://www.artistcommunities.org/0 Comments on Artist Communities as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
Blog: A Fuse #8 Production (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Uncategorized, Twilight, webcomics, Alice in Wonderland, Roald Dahl, Scott Westerfeld, grants, Tamora Pierce, Red Carpet Interviews, Babar, Judy Freeman, Newbery/Caldecott Banquet, Frogger, Laura Rogers, Vampire elephants, Add a tag
That’s what Neil Gaiman writes on Twitter whenever he links to one of his blog posts. “Warning: Contains Me.” Well, today’s a nice me-centric post, but let’s start off by looking at a “them” instead. Specifically, a “them” of awesome.
- Two years ago authors Jim Averbeck and Maria Van Lieshout had an idea. Since the words Newbery/Caldecott Banquet are already synonymous with glitter and glam, why not do a Red Carpet Interview series? The series was a hit, and this year Jim and new partner-in-crime Kristin Clark Venuti have a whole new crop of On the Red Carpet interviews. Now you have 18 days to vote for your favorite interview. They may not all be up quite yet, so be patient, but when they are you’ll have twenty-two fine and fancy names to choose from. This year, my primary job was to grab folks as they walked past so as to MAKE THEM talk to Jim and Kristin. I did okay. But I was hindered by an injured extremity. In this video, Jim sets my tale of woe against a rather convincing game of Frogger.
Beats Pac-Man. Or Centipede, for that matter. Go to this site to see more videos.
- Speaking of ALA, Laura Rogers, the cute as a button girl who read all the Newbery winners, recently participated in a Mock Newbery Committee meeting at the Hussey Mayfield Memorial Public Library that sported a record turnout. Check out the kids. Woah. Good readers! Thanks to Kelli Brooks for the link!
Who says there are no second chances on Broadway? Or, in the case of Mr. Frank Wildhorn, third, fourth, and fifth chances. From the man who brought you Jekyll & Hyde (which I admit to liking in college) and Dracula: The Musical (not so much) comes Wonderland: A New Alice. A New Musical Adventure. I’m not hep enough to my Broadway history to know how many Alice musicals have trod the Great White Way before, but I suspect that this is not the first. Interesting. Thanks to @PWKidsBookshelf for the link.
- I’m about all things bird, and now Peter Sieruta has put up a post that includes an interlude on how Laura Amy Schlitz’s The Night Fairy inspired him to hang a hummingbird feeder outside his home. Check out the video feed he got of a little surreal bee-like bird taking a sip or two.
- This is a little off-topic, but my buddy Davin just made thi
6 Comments on Fusenews: Warning – Contains Me, last added: 8/10/2010Display Comments Add a CommentBy: whitney, on 2/1/2010
Blog: Youth Services Corner (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grants, Add a tag
Here are some upcoming grant opportunities for those working with youth in libraries or other community organizations.
The National Book Foundation awards a number of prizes in its Innovations in Reading program of up to $2,500 each to individuals and institutions–or partnerships between the two–that have developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading. Applications must be postmarked by February 17. Last year’s winners include Maricopa County Library District for dropping Dewey and the awesome teen girl book community, readergirlz.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation offers a number of reading-related grants. Its Summer Reading Grants provide funding to help with the implementation or expansion of summer reading programs that target Pre-K through 12th grade students who are new readers, below grade level readers or readers with learning disabilities. Applicants may request up to $3,000. The deadline to apply is February 25.
The 6th Annual Virginia Hamilton and Arnold Adoff Creative Outreach Grants for Teachers and Librarians provide up to $1,000. One grant will be given to a teacher and another to a librarian for proposals to develop new classroom or library programs that raise awareness of multicultural literature among young people, particularly but not exclusively, through the works of Virginia Hamilton. The application deadline is February 28.
The American Library Association’s Diversity Research Grant consists of a one-time $2,000 annual award for original research and a $500 travel grant to attend and present at ALA Annual Conference. This year’s proposals proposals must address one of three identified topics: Upward Mobility of Library Leaders from Underrepresented Population; Information Services and Collections for Diverse Children and Young Adults; or Libraries and the Meaning of Multiculturalism. Applicants must be current ALA members. Applications are due by April 30.
Add a Comment
Blog: Writing and Illustrating (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grant money, contest, Contests, writing, Competition, grants, Add a tag
Many of you know I attended the SCBWI conference in NYC this weekend. I promise I will share some of the highlights and my notes on the various workshops I attended tomorrow. In the meantime, I thought I would remind you of the WIP Grants available from the SCBWI for writers.
Plus…
A number of you told me that you write other things while working on your novels and picture books. Some mentioned writing short-stories, so I have included two contests where you can submit a short-story, maybe make some money and build name recognition.
GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S WRITING
From Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/WIP-GrantIn any given year, an applicant may apply for: the General Work-In-Progress Grant OR the Work-In-Progress Grant for a Contemporary Novel for Young People OR the Work-In-Progress Nonfiction Research Grant. The Grant for a Work Whose Author has Never Had a Book Published may not be applied for — it will be chosen from all the entries in the other Work-In-Progress categories. The Grants are available to both full and associate members of the SCBWI. They are not available for projects on which there are already contracts. Four Grants of $1,500 will be awarded annually, one in each category. Four Runner-Up Grants of $500 will also be awarded, one in each category. Applications accepted between February 15 and March 15, 2010.
_________________________________________________________________________WARREN ADLER SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://www.warrenadler.com/writing-contest.shtml$15 ENTRY FEE
The stories must be no longer than 2,500 words. Subject matter is completely open to the author. The goal of the contest is to encourage and publicize the short story as a viable and quality literary form.First Prize: $1,000. People’s Choice
Prize: $500. Three remaining finalists: $150 each._________________________________________________________________________
THE “SCARE THE DICKENS OUT OF US” SHORT STORY CONTEST 2010
http://clarklibraryfriends.com/$20 ENTRY FEE
First prize, $1,000 and a trophy.
Second prize, $500 and a ribbon.
Third prize, $250 and a ribbon.
Junior contest prize $250 and a trophy.The contest is a Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library fundraiser and is privately funded. All entry fees go to the Friends and are used for library projects. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers alike. The ghost story must be 5,000 words or less, in English, and typed double-spaced. Deadline October 1, 2010.
Let me know if you decide to submit something. Good Luck!
Kathy
Filed under: Competition, Contests, Grant money Tagged: contest, Display Comments Add a CommentBy: Jerry Beck, on 1/29/2010
Blog: Cartoon Brew (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grants, Add a tag
Six Points Fellowship is looking for applicants for its 2010 cycle. The fellowship is designed for emerging artists in the New York area (ages 22–38) who are creating projects that engage with Jewish ideas, and is open to all artists (not only Jewish) working in the city. It will be awarded to nine artists who will each receive up to $40,000 over two years. Each fellow will be provided with:
* Stipend ($20k over 2 years)
* Project Grant (up to $20k over 2 years)
* Monthly Salons
* Retreats
* Coaching/MentorshipIt sounds to me like a generously designed fellowship that offers both financial and professional support. Take note any NYers who might be developing a Jewish-themed animation project. To learn more, visit SixPointsFellowship.org. They are holding application workshops on February 7 and 17th.
Add a Comment
Blog: Caroline by line (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: the writer's life, conference, critique, grants, Add a tagDon't forget to enter my Commonplace Book Giveaway by Friday, 6:00 PM CST.
Some of you know that last year I won first place for a novel excerpt at a local writing conference. At the same conference I happened to be critiqued by the editor of Louisiana Literature magazine, who offered to publish a portion of my manuscript on the spot. I left the conference feeling incredible. Things were finally happening! To me!
I've been asked to speak at the conference this year, right before the new winner is announced. It's supposed to be a ten to fifteen overview of my year. Thanks, Jambalaya Writers' Conference, for helping to bolster the query that ultimately led to my agent. And thanks for giving me a moment to share a little of my story with other writers.11 Comments on Jambalaya Writers' Conference, last added: 1/23/2010Display Comments Add a Comment
Blog: Just the Facts, Ma'am (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: grants, Add a tagGrants to help writers complete a specific projects. (Application timing 2/15/10-3/15/10)
www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/WIP-Grant0 Comments on SCBWI WIP Grants as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: YALSA Info., Grants, YALSA Awards, Add a tagAdd a Comment
YALSA gives more than $40,000 in grants and awards to its members each year. Applications are due on Dec. 1. YALSA’s member grants and awards fund travel to conferences, small-scale research projects, collection development, and more. After the jump, learn more about the available grants and how you can apply at www.ala.org/yalsa/awards&grants.
- Baker & Taylor/YALSA Conference Grants This grant gives a YALSA member who has never attended ALA Annual Conference up to $1,000 to attend this year’s event in Washington, D.C. Up to two grants awarded.
- BWI/YALSA Collection Development Grants This grant provides public librarians with up to $1,000 to improve their young adult collections. Up to two grants awarded.
- YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award This $2,000 award recognizes the national contributions of a YALSA member who has demonstrated unique and sustained devotion to the profession.
- MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens This award honors a YALSA member who developed an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults. The award provides $500 to the winner and an additional $500 to the winner’s library.
- Frances Henne/VOYA/YALSA Research Grant This grant provides $1,000 in seed money for small-scale research projects that respond to YALSA’s research agenda.
- Great Books Giveaway Each year, the YALSA office receives more than 1,500 books, audiobooks and other materials for review. YALSA and cooperating publishers give the materials to libraries in need. The estimated value of this collection is more than $30,000.
Learn more about all of YALSA’s awards and grants — and how to apply — at www.ala.org/yalsa/awards&grants.
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Grants, YALSA Awards, Podcasts, Add a tag
In this YALSA Podcast, Seattle librarian Laurie Amster-Burton, a 2009 Baker & Taylor Conference Grant recipient, shares her experience at ALA Annual, including attending events, going to the exhibits, meeting teens and other YALSA members, and more.
In addition to the Baker & Taylor grants, YALSA gives more than $40,000 in grants and awards to its members each year. Learn more and apply by Dec. 1 at www.ala.org/yalsa/awards&grants.
You can also download this podcast, and others, at YALSA’s Podcasts site.
Add a Comment
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: YA Lit Symposium, YALSA Update, YALSA e-chat, YALSA Awards, online professional development, 2010 Midwinter Meeting, Awards, YALSA Info., Grants, Emerging Leaders, Add a tag
Congratulations! YALSA named its two 2010 Emerging Leaders! Anna Koval, teacher-librarian at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California, and Amy Barr, youth services librarian and assistant director at Kilgore Memorial Library in York, Nebraska. Both will attend the 2010 Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference. The Emerging Leaders are funded through the Friends of YALSA.
E-Chat Next Week! Mark your calendars! YALSA’s monthly online chats return next week in ALA Connect. On Nov. 4, we’ll be discussing inexpensive programming and ways to stretch your programming dollars with Jenine Lillian, editor of the new YALSA book, Cool Teen Programs for under $100. To join us, visit YALSA’s area in ALA Connect. YALSA members should use their login for the ALA website. If you’ve lost your password, you can recover it through the ALA website. Once logged in, head to the YALSA area (it’s http://connect.ala.org/yalsa or you can navigate there within Connect by choosing “YALSA” from under “My ALA Groups”) and then click “Chats.”
Lit Blog Applications and CE Proposals Due 10/30! Interested in editing YALSA’s new blog, focused exclusively on teen literature? Read the announcement to see the qualifications and find out how to apply. The deadline to propose new continuing education (online courses and face-to-face institutes) is tomorrow as well; see our announcement for topic ideas and the proposal form. Applications for the new blog manager and the CE proposals are both due to Beth Yoke at [email protected] tomorrow.
After the jump, find out how you can sign up for special events at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting, apply for $40K in grants and awards, promote the Teens’ Top Ten at your library, or receive a stipend to attend the 2010 Young Adult Literature Symposium.
Register for YALSA’s pre-Midwinter events Registration is now open for YALSA’s pre-Midwinter events! Sign up for the Midwinter Institute, “Libraries 3.0: Teen Edition” (featuring Cory Doctorow and others) and Midwinter Social Event, ”Games, Gadgets & Gurus.” Register for both and save! Register through Midwinter registration or, if you only want to attend these two events, by downloading this form (PDF; skip section I) and following the directions at the YALSA wiki. Want to add these events to an existing registration? You can add events two ways: (1) By phone: Call ALA Registration at 1-800-974-3084 and ask to add a workshop to your existing registration.; (2) Online: Add an event to your existing registration by clicking on this link. Use your log in and password to access your existing Midwinter registration and add events in the “Your Events” section (screen 6). Then simply check out and pay for the events you’ve added. You can see all of YALSA’s plans for Midwinter at the YALSA Midwinter Wiki, http://bit.ly/yalsamw2010.
Apply for $40K in awards & grants from YALSA YALSA members can apply for more than $40,000 in grants and awards! This year, we will award up the YALSA/Baker & Taylor Conference Grants, theYALSA/BWI Collection Development Grants, the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Award, the MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens, the Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA Research Grant, and the Great Books Giveaway. Applications for all YALSA member awards are due by Dec. 1. Details on all the awards and grants are available online at www.ala.org/yalsa/awards&grants.
Promote the Teens’ Top Ten with bookmarks! By now, you’ve read that teens cast more than 11,000 votes for the 2009 Teens’ Top Ten and seen that John Green’s Paper Towns topped the list. YALSA created bookmarks (PDF) to promote this year’s ten winning titles; you can customize and distribute them at your library.
Apply for a YA Lit Symposium travel stipend! Join YALSA in 2010 for the Young Adult Literature Symposium, Nov. 5-7, 2010, in Albuquerque, N.M, with a theme of “Beyond Good Intentions: Teens, Literature and Diversity.” We’re also giving away two stipends to offset travel costs, one for someone whose worked directly with teens in a library setting for ten years or less and one for a student in an ALA-accredited MLS program (you must be enrolled in an MLS program at the start of the symposium); stipend applications are due by Jan. 4, 2010. Details on both are available at www.ala.org/yalitsymposium.
That’s it for this week’s update! To stay up to date on the latest from the YALSA Office, sign up to follow YALSA on Twitter or become a fan of YALSA on Facebook!
Add a Comment
By: Lizzy Burns, on 10/21/2009
Blog: A Chair, A Fireplace and A Tea Cozy (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: YALSA, grants, voya, Add a tagIf you do, YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) has money for you! And it is just a grant application away.
Someone has to be awarded the grant; why not you? And by "you", I mean any member of "YALSA, including student members, although the research project may be undertaken by an individual, an institution, or by a group."
Anyway, here are the details (YALSA's wording):
The 2010 Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Research Grant
The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association (ALA) is offering the Frances Henne/YALSA/VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Research Grant for 2010. This grant of $1000 provides seed money for small-scale projects that will encourage research that responds to the YALSA Research Agenda.
Details regarding the applications for the 2010 Frances Henne YALSA/VOYA Research Grant are available from the YALSA Web site at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/franceshenne.cfm
Applications for the grant are due in the YALSA Office by Dec. 1.
For more information please contact us via e-mail, [email protected] or by phone, 800-545-2433 x 4387.
************************************
So go, check out the requirements, print out the application!
Amazon Affiliate. If you click from here to Amazon and buy something, I receive a percentage of the purchase price.
© Elizabeth Burns of A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy0 Comments on Got Research? as of 10/21/2009 10:27:00 PMAdd a Comment
Blog: YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Awards, ALA, books, Grants, Great Stories Club, Add a tag
You know all about the $35,000+ in awards and grants that YALSA gives to members and that you can nominate books for YALSA’s literary and media awards. But ALA has many other awards and grant opportunities. After the jump, learn more about a few opportunities that are right up the youth services alley.
- The Great Stories CLUB. With funding from Oprah’s Angel Network, YALSA and ALA’s Public Programs Office offer the Great Stories CLUB, a reading and discussion program that targets underserved, troubled teen populations. YALSA and PPO will choose 265 libraries to receive grants to host book discussions, in partnership with an organization that works with troubled teen populations (such as an alternative high school or a juvenile justice facility). Eligibility information is available online. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 2.
- The Amelia Bloomer Project. ALA’s Feminist Task Force (part of the Social Responsibility Round Table) each year honors new books with significant feminist content for children from birth through age 18 with the Amelia Bloomer Project booklist. The project accepts field nominations. Know a book that would be a good fit? Be sure to submit it to the Amelia Bloomer Project by Sept. 30, either by leaving a comment on the Amelia Bloomer blog or by emailing project co-chair Christie Gibrich
- The John Cotton Dana Award. LLAMA, one of ALA’s divisions, administers the John Cotton Dana Award each year, sponsored by H.W. Wilson. The John Cotton Dana Awards honor outstanding library public relations programs that support a specific project, goal or activity, or a sustained, ongoing program (like the promotion of a summer reading program, an awareness campaign or an innovative partnership in the community).So did your library have a fantastic marketing campaign for summer reading or a great advocacy campaign this year? Enter it in the John Cotton Dana Award, and your library could win $5,000. Apply by Dec. 4.
Of course, ALA offers far more opportunities that can be highlighted in one blog post. Read the full list at ALA’s Awards and Grants page.
Add a Comment
Blog: Just the Facts, Ma'am (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: grants, scholarships, writing, Add a tagTwo-week fellowship for a free residency at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (application deadline: January 10, 2010)
http://www.writerscolony.org/fellowships/ (scroll down)0 Comments on Kid Lit! Fellowship 2010 as of 8/28/2009 1:44:00 PMAdd a Comment
View Next 5 Posts
Considering the Conservative Government has made large across the board cuts to arts funding in general, I pretty much guarantee they won’t give a damn about this petition.
If only my mother was still a Canadian citizen when I was born. :(
I agree Pablo, but the petition might put the issue on the NDP or Liberal radar, and Harper won’t be in power forever.
No matter is too little or too great that it can’t be used to take a shot at Harper’s government. Cartoonists weren’t eligible before his election either.
They should be, of course.
Canada’s border patrol has a nasty habit of arresting comic book readers, tossing them in jail and forcing them to cough up $75,000 in legal fees to defend themselves.
You’d think that would be more of a priority…