I would like to pass on information regarding a new children’s book award that is in honour of Joan Betty Stuchner, who passed away in 2014. If you write funny children’s books, read the following press release by the amazing organizing committee:
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Joan Betty Stuchner, beloved children’s author and teacher, passed away
unexpectedly in 2014. Joan was many things — brave, gracious, warm,
generous, kind and absolutely hilarious to boot. (“*Oy vey!*” she’…s
probably saying now…) With this award we honour Joan’s life-affirming
humour and encourage other children’s writers to laugh it up on the page
the way she did.
The $1000 Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award
will be presented biannually to a Canadian author or illustrator of the
work of juvenile fiction that had the jury most: buckled over with guffaws,
incapacitated with giggles, and/or rib-ticklingly, side-splittingly,
thigh-slappingly entertained.
*Eligible works:*
· board books
· picture books
· chapter books
· graphic novels
· juvenile fiction (suitable for readers up to grade 7)
· created by Canadian authors and/or illustrators permanently residing
in Canada
· published between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016
· written in English
*Ineligible works:*
· non-fiction
· young adult fiction
· self-published titles
*Submission requirements: *Please send 3 copies of the work along with
the application form to:
The Joan Betty Stuchner OyVey Funniest Children’s Book Award
11731 Fourth Avenue,
Richmond, BC V7E 3H5
*Download the application form
here: http://www.joanbettystuchneraward.org/submission-informati…/
<http://www.joanbettystuchneraward.org/submission-informati…/>*
*Please include a $25 submission fee per title by PayPal or a cheque
payable to “JBS Oy Vey Award”.*
*Submission deadline: *1 January 1017
*The first Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey Funniest Children’s Book Award will
be presented at a special ceremony in Spring 2017.*
Sincerely,
The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award
Committee: Caroline Adderson, Silvana Goldemberg, Cindy Heinrichs, Kathryn
Shoemaker
*For more information please visit the website:
**www.joanbettystuchneraward.org
<http://www.joanbettystuchneraward.org>*
Dan Bar-el 