Today we introduce Little Willow, our Forum Moderator and Henchwoman for YA Outreach. Hi there! I’m an actress, singer, and dancer as well as a writer and a bookseller. I review books and interview authors at my lit blog. I specialize in children’s fiction, ranging from juvenile classics to contemporary teen fiction. My blog’s title, Bildungsroman, is the German term …
About Jackie Parker
Today we introduce Jackie Parker, our Young Adult Fiction organizer: I don’t remember playing with dolls as a child. What I do remember is hanging out in hot, musty school libraries as my librarian mother prepared for the school year. I remember helping by spreading out the new catalog cards across a great swath of carpeting and dancing across them …
Graphic Novels
Category Organizer: Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants) Nominating Panel: Mary Lee Hahn (A Year of Reading)Alyssa Feller (The Shady Glade)Katie Zenke (Pixie Palace) Elizabeth Jones Gina Ruiz (AmoXicalli) Judging Panel: David Elzey (The Excelsior File) J.L. Bell (Oz and Ends)Anna (TangognaT)Snow Wildsmith (My Reading Project) Angie Thompson (Angieville)
Fantasy/Science Fiction
Category Organizer: Sheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds) Nominating Panel: Kim BaccelliaSheila Ruth (Wands and Worlds)Leila Roy (Bookshelves of Doom)Sarah Stevenson (Reading YA: Readers’ Rants)TraciTasha Sacker (Kids Lit)Tanita Davis (TadMack) (Finding Wonderland: The Writing YA Weblog) Judging Panel: Michele Fry (Scholar’s Blog)Gwenda Bond (Shaken & Stirred)Chris Rettstatt (Chris Rettstatt’s blog)Janelle Bitikofer (Writermorphosis)Libby (Lessons from a Tortoise)
Non Fiction (MG/YA)
Category Organizer: Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book Page) Nominating Panel: Mindy (Propernoun.net)Susan Thomsen (Chicken Spaghetti)KT Horning (Worth the Trip) Vivian (HipWriterMama) Becky (Farm School at Home) Judging Panel: Tracy Chrenka (Talking in the Library) Emily Mitchell (Emily Reads)Camille Powell (Book Moot)Alice Herold (Big A litte a)Jennie Rothschild (Biblio File)
Young Adult Fiction
Category Organizer: Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Nominating Panel: Stacy DeKeyser Trisha (The YaYaYas)Anne Heidemann (Librarianne)Charlotte Taylor (Charlotte’s Library)Becky Laney (Becky’s Book Reviews)Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast)Jackie Parker (Interactive Reader) Judging Panel: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & a Tea Cozy) Jennifer Laughran (Not Your Mother’s Bookclub) Sarah MillerMaureen Kearney (Confessions of a Bibliovore) Jen Robinson (Jen Robinson’s Book …
Middle Grade Fiction
Category Organizer: Liz Burns (A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy) Nominating Panel: Kate MessnerErin (Miss Erin)Little Willow (Bildungsroman) Sherry Early (Semicolon)Amanda Snow (A Patchwork of Books)Jocelyn Pearce (Teen Book Review)Kerry Millar (Shelf Elf) Judging Panel: Stacy Dillon (Booktopia)Betsy Bird (A Fuse #8 Production) Lindsey Dunn (Zee Says) Christine NorrisBruce Black (Wordswimmer)
Non-Fiction Picture Books
Category Organizer: Eisha (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) Nominating Panel: Andrea (Just One More Book!!) Emily Beeson (Whimsy Books) Tricia Stohr-Hunt (The Miss Rumphius Effect)Fiona Bayrock (Books and Rocks)Jennifer Schultz (Kiddosphere) Judging Panel: Chris Barton (Bartography)Jackie Merchant (Tiny Treasury)Adrienne Mason (Tough City Writer)Becky Bilby (In the Pages)Adrienne Furness (What Adrienne Thinks About That)
Fiction Picture Books
Category Organizer: Julie Danielson (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast) Nominating Panel: Julie Danielson (Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast)Marcie Flinchum Atkins (World of Words)Annie Teich (Crazy for Kids Books)Cheryl RainfieldPam Coughlan MotherReader Judging Panel: Mitali Perkins (Mitali’s Fire Escape)Nikki Tate (Work in Progress)Gail Wilson (Through the Studio Door)Barbara Johansen Newman (Cats and Jammers Studio)Stacey Shubitz (Two Writing Teachers)
The Poetry Panels
Category Organizer: Kelly Fineman (Writing and Ruminating) Nominating Panel: Kelly Fineman (Writing and Ruminating) Laura Purdie Salas (Writing the World for Kids) Elaine Magliaro (Wild Rose Reader)Wendy Betts (Blog from the Windowsill)Sylvia Vardell (Poetry for Children) Judging Panel: Gregory K. (Gotta Book)Jone Rush MacCulloch (Check It Out)Sara Lewis Holmes (Read Write Believe)Cloudscome (A Wrung Sponge)Franki Sibberson (A Year of Reading)