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The Selection Committee for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award is currently accepting nominations for members to serve on the award committee. Those interested in applying to join the committee should download the application below (in Microsoft Word format), complete the … Continued

Stop by the ALAN booth in the NCTE Exhibit Hall. We’ll be at Booth #117 with ALAN swag, friendly faces, and a dozen different authors autographing over the course of the weekend. Friday, November 18 1-2 p.m. – Adam Silvera (Soho … Continued

10:25-10:45 The Risks of Writing Teens of Color Rahul Kanakia (Disney-Hyperion); Randi Pink (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group) Chaired by Edith Campbell, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 10:45-11:05 Expanding Visions of African American History Jennifer Latham (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); Patricia … Continued

8:15-8:35 Individual Speaker: Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic) Introduced by Steve Bickmore, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 8:35-9:00 Life After High School: Teens Seeking New Lives and Worlds Kayla Cagan (Chronicle Books); Benjamin Alire Saenz (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt); Jeff Zentner (Random House) Chaired … Continued

2:50-3:10 Breaking All the Rules: M.T. Anderson (Candlewick Press) Introduced by Wendy Glenn, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 3:10-3:30 Publishing as a Small Press Lee Byrd (Cinco Puntos); Phillippe Diederich (Cinco Puntos); Jessica Powers (Cinco Puntos) Chaired by cj Bott, Educational Consultant, Solon, OH … Continued

1:10-1:30 Inspiring Boys with Guys Read: Jon Scieszka (Abrams & HarperCollins) Introduced by Chris Crowe, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 1:30-1:50 Innovations in Nonfiction Candace Fleming (Random House); Deborah Heiligman (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group) Chaired by Lois Stover, Marymount University, Arlington, VA 1:50-2:15 Caught … Continued

10:20-10:40 Authentic Urban Fiction Jason Reynolds (Simon & Schuster); Ibi Zoboi (HarperCollins) Chaired by Beth Shaum, St. Frances Cabrini Middle School, Allen Park, MI 10:40-11:00 New Territories in Diverse Books Christine Kendall (Scholastic); Andrea Davis Pinkney (Scholastic) Chaired by Jim Blasingame, Arizona State … Continued

8:40-9:00 Individual Speaker: Matt de la Peña (Random House) Introduced by Daria Plumb, Traverse City West Senior High School, Traverse City, MI 9:00-9:20 Intersections Between Fiction and Nonfiction Ali Benjamin (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers); Sy Montgomery (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) … Continued

Breakout Sessions A Risky Business—Speaking Up for Coming Out: LGBTQ Resources for the Classroom and Library Room B207 Sarah Ressler Wright, RB Hayes High School, Delaware, OH; Becky Woodruff, Delaware County District Library, Delaware, OH;  Amy Ellis Nutt, author/narrator of Becoming … Continued