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About the
Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards
Presented jointly by The New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats
Foundation, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer and New Illustrator Awards
are given annually to an outstanding new writer and illustrator of picture
books for children.
The Award Committee seeks out books that portray the goals and values of Ezra
Jack Keats as expressed in his multicultural books including: the universal
qualities of childhood, a strong belief in family and community, and creativity
and love of learning. Author of many classic books for children, including
the Caldecott-winning book, The Snowy Day, Keats determined that his foundation
would be dedicated to fostering the talent of the generations of children,
artists, and authors who would follow him.
Find all the Keats Award Winners in our Catalog
Printable poster with list of Award
Winners (8 1/2 x 11)
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that was established
in 1964. When Keats died in 1983, his will directed that the royalties
from his books be given to the Foundation to be used for the support of
programs judged to be helpful to humanity. The Foundation has been dedicated
to maintaining the goals and values of Keats, as expressed in his multicultural
work, by focusing on bettering the lives of children through programs to
increase literacy, to inspire creativity and love of learning, and to enhance
appreciation of the arts in children, their families and communities: a
total arts-in-education approach. For more about the foundation, visit www.ezra-jack-keats.org.
Attention Publishers:
The New York Public Library and the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
invite you to submit entries for
The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and The
Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award
Guidelines and criteria for both the New Writer and the New
Illustrator Awards are posted on this website.
The deadline for submission is December 15, 2007.
To apply send one copy of each book to each of the ten jury
members and to Margaret Tice, Coordinator of Children’s Services at NYPL,
and to Deborah Pope, Executive Director, EJK Foundation.
For the jury members’ addresses and for more information,
please contact Margaret Tice, at 212-340-0903 or mtice@nypl.org .
The EJK awards recognize new talent in the children’s
book world. We hope that you will continue to enthusiastically support both
of these awards.
Information for Publishers: New
Illustrator Award Submissions
Information for Publishers: New
Writer Award Submissions
Ezra Jack Keats Award Press Releases
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