It is with great joy that I list here publishing news from my students. If you have worked with me in any of my classes or workshops, please let me know your success stories so I can list them and we can all toot for you and share in your good news .--Barbara Seuling |
| Joy
Allen .....Illustrator. Her newest picture books include BEING FRIENDS by Karen Beaumont (Dial Books for children), EXPLODING GRAVY by X.J. Kennedy (Little Brown & Co), MY BEST FRIEND BEAR by Tony Johnston (Rising Moon), MUD PIE ANNIE by Sue Buchanan (Zondervan), GRANDMA'S GOSPEL by Sharlotte Rich (Waterbrook Press), and HOLD THE BOAT by Jeremiah Gamble (Bethany House). Upcoming books include I'LL ALWAYS COME BACK (Cartwheel), DEAR TOOTHFAIRY (Grosset & Dunlap) and a three book series for American Girls. She just received the Silver Angel Award for her book MUD PIE ANNIE. She has also illustrated for magazines including Spider, Weekly Reader, Guideposts for Kids, U.S. Kids, Clubhouse Jr., and Your Own Backyard, and posters for Warner Brothers. |
| Mary D.
Atkinson .....Published MARIA TERESA, illustrated by Christine Engla Eber, with Lollipop Power Press, 1979. Her poetry has appeared in Cricket Magazine and she has had several successes in educational publishing (recent examples include the "Elmo" level of the Sesame/Berlitz EFL program and ESL Readers for Rigby). 2001 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award Winner for Poetry. |
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Sue Avon-Wack
..... Published articles in Once Upon a Time... 2000, 2002 and "Cache County's First Woman Sheriff," under pseudonym Michele Thornton, in The Utah Peace Officer (Spring 2001). Assists at chats for writers in AOL's Careers & Workplace section of "Channels." |
| Melanie
Babendreier ..... Story bought by Hodgepodge magazine, 1995, and articles published in local papers and Yankee Magazine, December 1997. An easy reader, DAVID NEXT DOOR, was published by Waterford Press, 1996. THE MISMATCHED SOCK CLUB, a mid-grade novel, was purchased by Willowisp Press, but the publisher disbanded before the book was published. |
| Audrey
Baird ..... Publishes Once Upon a Time...., a magazine for children's' writers. Her first book of poems, STORM COMING!, was published by Boyds Mills Press in 2001. A second book, COLD SNAP! was published by Boyds Mills Press in 2002. She has signed contracts to have two poems, "Sun Shower" and "Weather Happens" published in Ladybug Magazine and another, "Dragon's Advantage," also a poem, was published in Cricket Magazine. Cricket even featured her on their website! |
| Carolyn
Bamberger .....Graduated from college with a degree in journalism and has had a number of articles published in newspapers and journals. Wrote feature articles for the county newspaper as a freelance writer, covering local historical matters. |
| Trish
Batey .....Made her first sale to Highlights, in July 2000, for story "Best Friends Ballet," written in the first online class taken with Barbara. In 2001 she was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission to conduct research for a middle grade historical novel set in Southern Indiana. She now works for Highlightskids.com as a website moderator, answering mail from children around the country including letters in "Dear Highlights." In March of 2002 Trish became the Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI Indiana. |
| J. L.
Bell .....Won the 1999 SCBWI work-in-progress grant for his research on a young adult historical novel. |
| Valerie S.
Biebuycks ..... Poem, "Animal Clouds," published in Ladybug Magazine October 2000. A poem, only four words long, called "Kitty's Day," was published in the December 2001 issue of Babybug Magazine. Sold an article to U*S* Kids Magazine called "Just for Kicks" about Tae Kwando. |
| Anne
Bowen .....HarperCollins published her first picture book, I LOVED YOU BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, illustrated by Greg Shed, in 2001. |
| Jeanne Munn
Bracken ..... published books, articles and reviews for adults; children's stories in Christian Science Monitor and Cricket Magazine. Is writing a second edition of her adult cancer book (for children) for Oxford U. Press, and a picture book bio about an obscure canal builder from England. |
| Judy
Bradbury .....published CHILDREN'S BOOK CORNER: A READ-ALOUD RESOURCE WITH TIPS, TECHNIQUES, AND PLANS FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, AND PARENTS, Grades 3-4, published by Libraries Unlimited/Greenwood Publishing Group in 2005. (The read-aloud plan for my book OH NO, ITŐS ROBERT appears in it, as well as an "Up Close and Personal" page with my web site, www.lu.com, www.bn.com or on www.amazon.com. |
| Elsa Knight
Bruno ..... Published stories, poems and articles in Ladybug, Highlights for Children, Hopscotch for Girls and other magazines and newspapers, as well as If They Could See Me Now, a self-published book about the city of Toledo, and pop-up Beatrix Potter and Alice in Wonderland retellings for Ottenheimer Publishers. |
| Pat
Burno ..... Poem, "Afternoon Tea," published in the December 2001 issue of Hopscotch Magazine. |
| Toni
Buzzeo .....co-author with Jane Kurtz of TERRIFIC CONNECTIONS: REAL SPACE AND VIRTUAL LINKS WITH AUTHORS, ILLUSTRATORS, AND STORYTELLERS (Libraries Unlimited, Fall 1999) and winner of the Barbara Karlin Grant of SCBWI for THE SEA CHEST, a picture book, subsequently sold to Dial Press and published in 2002. DAWDLE DUCKLING, illustrated by Margaret Spengler, will appear on the Dial list for Spring 2003. Toni also has three more professional books under contract. |
| Nonnie
Cargas .....Published GINGERBREAD HOUSES: BAKING AND BUILDING MEMORIES, with Krause Publications, fall 1999. |
| Kate
Carr .....In 1992 published her first picture book ONE RED ROOSTER with Houghton Mifflin Company. "A Rose-Red City Half as Old as Time" published in Cricket, March 2000, purchased for SIRS Discoverer online and CD-ROM. |
| Shelly
Chaterelli .....Assistant Regional Advisor for the Society of Childrens Bookwriters and Illustrators. Writes a column for local newspaper and does commentary for WKSU-NPR. |
| Diana
Childress .....PREHISTORIC PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA published by Chelsea House, 1996, and CHAUCER'S ENGLAND, Shoestring Press (2000), which was chosen for the Kansas list of recommended children's books, for the Pennsylvania Librarians' List of Top Forty (Or So) Nonfiction Books for Young Adults and the Bank Street College List of the Best Children's Books of the Year 2000. Articles, mostly about history and archeology, appeared in Highlights for Children, Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope, and Cricket magazines. Won third prize in the Children's Writer's "Inspirational Fiction" contest for her story, "Elizabeth Stays Home." Her article, "Cooking from Scratch: Organizing Non-fiction Articles," appeared in "From Inspiration to Publication," published by the Institute of Children's Literature, 2000. |
| Jessica
Cler .....Illustrated TANGLETALK, a picture book written by W. Nicola-Lisa, published by Dutton spring 1997. WRIGGLY, WRIGGLY BABY, illustrated by Laura Rankin, was published by Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic. |
| Mary Morton
Cowant .....Published TIMBERRR: A HISTORY OF LOGGING IN NEW ENGLAND for The Millbrook Press, 2003 as well as a historical novel, 60 or so articles and 2 plays for various children's magazines including Cobblestone, Faces, Calliope Highlights, Jack & Jill, and Children's Digest. |
| Jan
Czech .....Sold her first picture book, AN AMERICAN FACE, to Child and Family Press, the publishing arm of the Child Welfare League of America. Her second book was a picture book on the death of a grandfather called THE GARDEN ANGEL, published by Centering Corporation in 2000. She also sold a picture book to The Child Welfare League of America, THE COFFEE CAN KID, a book for Grolier's "From Sea to Shining Sea" series on Vermont. She is just finishing her first novel. |
| Anna
Dibble .....In October, 2005, agent Amy Jameson showed serious interest in AnnaŐs middle-grade novel (started in the Manuscript Workshop) and asked for revisions. Anna did them and is now at work on her second novel. |
| Charlie Damitz
.....His first non-fiction book, THE SHOT NOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD, was published by Royal Fireworks, 1999, who also wants to publish his new YA book about a Mexican cliff diver. |
| Karen
Davis .....Published A HOME FOR HENNY, with Illustrations by Patricia Vandenbergh, for United Poultry Concerns, Potomac, MD. |
| Sheila
DeCosse .....Sold a poem to Cricket Magazine, and a short fiction story titled "Fishing Story" to FLW Outdoors for Kids will be published in May. Also her nonfiction article on Florida pioneer woman "Lucie Richards, Florida Pioneer," is a finalist in the Tallahassee Writers Conference 2003 Seven Hills contest. Another story, "Sophie and Serena," will be published in Story Friends. |
| Linda Della
Donna .....published several essays in The Journal News. Her article, "My Son, My Dreams" was published at busyparentsonline.com and another, "When Will I Be a Writer?" appeared in the January 2004 issue of Once Upon a Time..... Her work appears also in Westchester Parent magazine. In November, 2003, Linda's Flash Fiction story, "Red Soup," won 2nd place in a writing contest at The Writers Room. |
| Ellen
Dreyer .....Her novel, SPEECHLESS IN NEW YORK, was published by Four Corners Press, as part of their Globetrotters series. Modern Curriculum Press published several of her chapter books including MAKING LILY LAUGH, GOING TO THE MOON, STARFISHERS and CHASING TORNADOES. GROW, TREE, GROW!, a picture book, is being published by Scholastic. She has also published books for Random House and Modern Curriculum Press under pen name Becky Gold. |
| Gina Ogden Ellis
....Article called "Recordkeeping 101" published in the Summer 2000 issue of Once Upon a Time.... An article in Guideposts for Teens was published under the name Shirley Ogden. |
| Donna
Figurski ....."Star Wish" and "Miss Emma Gets Her Way" were published in a Take-Home Practice Reader, Grade 3, by Scholastic in 1999. Other stories will appear in the 4th and 5th grade books. "Snowflake Snippets" was published in Mailbox Magazine, an educational magazine for the primary grades, and several of her reviews appeared in KIDS READS of The Book Report on America Online. |
| Doris
Fisher .....had a picture book published in 2006, by Sylvan Dell Publishing: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WHOOO? Baby Animal Riddles,released in July, with another, ONE ODD DAY, written with Dani Sneed,a wacky rhyming book about odd numbers, to be released in October. MY EVEN DAY, the companion book, will be published in 2007. http://www.abcdoris.com/ |
| Constance M.
Foland .....published mid-grade novel, A SONG FOR JEFFREY, illustrated by Wendy Popp, with Pleasant Company, 1999. Pleasant Company will publish FLYING HIGH, POGO! in 2002. A third novel was just completed. |
| Hannah
Geshelin .....Wrote lessons, which included research, for books used in standardized social studies tests. |
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Katherine Gleason
.....THE KIDS' COOKBOOK; ORIGAMI ORNAMENTS, Troll, 1994; NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE, Chelsea House 1996; NATIVE AMERICAN ART, Scholastic, 1997; EGYPTIAN TREASURE BOX, 1997; PAPER MAGIC--THE ART OF ORIGAMI, 1997; NATIVE AMERICAN CLAY POTS, 1998 as well as adult books. |
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Judyann Grant
.....Runner up for SCBWI work-in-progress grant. Sold stories and curriculum to Sunday School publications and Christian magazines. Sold an early reader to HarperCollins in 1999, and a second book to a new California publishing house, All Kids Publishing, 2000. |
| Barbara Gregorich
.....continues her early reades' series with Houghton Mifflin with the publication in July, 2006 of WALTUR BUYS A PIG IN A POKE and Other Stories, which got a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Earlier, she published UP WENT THE GOAT and THE RACCOON AND THE MOON for another early readers' series, as well as two adult novels and WOMEN AT PLAY: THE STORY OF WOMEN IN BASEBALL, a nonfiction work spanning one hundred years of women playing hardball. Published in 1993, this book won the SABR-Macmillan award for best baseball research of the year. She has also published WRITING FOR THE EDUCATIONAL MARKET, which has been newly reissued in print-on-demand form. Web site: http://www.barbaragregorich.com/ |
| Jennifer
Groff .....received a work in progress runner-up grant from the SCBWI which she used to attend the Manuscript Workshop in VT in July 2002! |
| Caroline
Hatton .....Her first novel, VERO AND PHILIPPE, illustrated by Preston McDaniels and published by Front Street/Cricket Books, made the Los Angeles Times Children's Bestseller list. Her first emergent reader, WHERE IS MY PUPPY?, illustrated by Hideko Takahashi was published by Bebop Books. |
| Sheryll
Hoeberg .....received a mentorship offered by the Sierra Nevada regional chapter of the Society of ChildrenŐs Book Writers and Illustrators. Her mentor is Terri Sloat. She attended the Carolina SCBWI Retreat in Chapel Hill in March 2006 and the national conference in Los Angeles in August 2006. |
| Mary K. R.
Jacobs .....Had a non-fiction article bought by Cricket magazine. |
| Jennifer
Jacobson .....Published MOON SANDWICH MOM, illustrated by Benrei Huang, 1999, and A NET OF STARS, 1998. WINNIE (DANCING) ON HER OWN, Illustrated by Alissa Imre Geis, 2001. chosen as one of the "Best Children's Books of the Year" by Bank Street College, and a "Top Ten First Novel" by Booklist. Forthcoming: TRULY WINNIE, illustrated by Alissa Imre Geis, 2003 and I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, 2003. |
| James M.
Janik .....has sold many sports stories to children's magazines including Boys' Life, Junior Baseball Magazine,The Friend, With, and Highlights for Children, and won an award from the last. Story, "Champs," originally printed in Boys' Life magazine was selected to appear in the Institute of Children's Literature Anthology: BEST OF THE CHILDREN'S MARKET. A middle grade adventure fantasy, SMIDGEONS, was published as an e-book by Hard Shell Word Factory, and he was offered an option for film rights to an unpublished middle grade novel. Web site: http://JMJanik.homestead.com/home.html |
| Marthe
Jocelyn .....THE INVISIBLE DAY was published in 1997 by Dutton (U.S.) and Tundra (Canada), as well as sequels THE INVISIBLE HARRY, illustrated by Abby Carter, 1998, and THE INVISIBLE ENEMY, 2002. HANNAH AND THE SEVEN DRESSES was published by Dutton in 1999, followed by EARTHLY ASTONISHMENTS, and HANNAH'S COLLECTIONS in 2000, the latter being nominated for a Governor General's Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Caldecott) for illustration. Tundra also published A DAY WITH NELLIE, a picture book, in 2002 and MAYFLY in 2004. Other books due in 2004 are MABLE RILEY: A RELIABLE RECORD OF HUMDRUM, PERIL, AND ROMANCE, for Candlewick and ONE SOME MANY, illustrated by Tom Slaughter, for Tundra. |
| Emily Rhoads
Johnson .....published WRITE ME IF YOU DARE! for Cricket Books, SPRING AND THE SHADOW MAN for Dodd, Mead and A HOUSE FULL OF STRANGERS for Cobblehill, which won an Honor Book Award from the International Reading Association. Has had over 100 stories, poems, and articles published in Jack and Jill, Highlights for Children, Child Life, Story Friends,Teen, and other magazines. |
| Syrl
Kazlo .....Story Friends magazine published her article on dragonflies in their July 2002 issue; she won honorable mention in a ByLines story contest for a story inspired at the Vermont Workshop, and a piece she wrote on the Workshop appeared in the magazine Once Upon a Time...., which will also publish another of her articles in the near future. Hopscotch for Girls wants a small article she wrote about sneezing, and an adult magazine, Cabin Life, accepted an article. All this, and she won a $50 gift certificate to Amazon in a "worst rejection" letter contest! |
| Sara
Lamstein .....published her middle grade novel, HUNGER MOON, with Front Street. Recently graduated from the MFA program at Vermont College. Earlier work published: I LIKE YOUR BUTTONS! for Albert Whitman; also ANNIE'S SABBATH, an easy reader, which was named to Booklist's Top Ten Religion Books for Youth for 1998; and a collection of Nepali folktales with Libraries Unlimited. |
| I. Murphy
Lewis .....POEMS FOR PETER, Lysbeth Boyd Borie, Newley Presented and Researched by I. Murphy Lewis, Shank Painter Publishing, 1997; WHY OSTRICHES DON'T FLY and Other Tales from the African Bush, Libraries Unlimited, Inc., Englewood, Colorado, 1997. In 2002, launched the Irene Murphy Lewis Corporation, dedicated to preserving indigenous cultures by recording their stories, music and rituals. Web site: http://www.imurphylewis.org |
| Jude
Mandel .....Story, "Princess Dragonblood," published in Bruce Coville's anthology HALF HUMAN, (Scholastic, 2001); SUPER SPORTS STAR, GARY PAYTON, published by Enslow (June 2001) and SUPER SPORTS STAR, ALONZO MOURNING, is projected for 2002. |
| Ann M.
Miller .....published "The Most Obedient Servant," in Cricket magazine, March 1996; "The Secret of Pine Forest," in My Friend magazine, March 1966; "Hisako, The Girl Who Would Be Beautiful," in New Moon magazine, May/June 2000. Reprints of the Hisako story have been published by two Educational Testing and Measurement Companies in two different states. |
| Marianne
Mitchell .....Story, "Pack-Rat Puzzle" published in Highlights for Children, Dec. 2000. |
| Candie
Moonshower .....Last year won the SCBWI Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award for her mid-grade novel, THE LEGEND OF ZOEY, and just accepted an offer from Random House/Delacorte to publish the book! Also, out of the online class on plotting came an online critique group, The Story Board, with five of the original members who took the class plus three others. Candie and another mamber, Roxyanne Young, proposed a workshop for the SCBWI Los Angeles conference this year entitled "You've Got Mail: Critiquing Coast-to-Coast" - and it was accepted. Also, out of your class came my wonderful online critique group, The Story Board. There are eight of us, and five of us are original members who took your class together. We are still hanging tight! My co-member, Roxyanne Young, and I proposed a workshop for the SCBWI Los Angeles conference in August 2004 entitled "You've Got Mail: Critiquing Coast-to-Coast"--and it was accepted! Website: www.CandieMoonshower.com. |
| Pam
Mostek .....Article published in Dollmaking magazine, Feb. 2000 issue. |
| Connie
Mulloy .....sold her first article to Once Upon a Time.... in March 1999. Sold a story to Story Friends, August 1999; "Nobody Knows Rose" to Pockets, 2000; "Isabel's Choice," to Clubhouse (Focus on the Family), May 2001. Richard C. Owens plans to publish one of her poems in an anthology. Writes a regular column, "A Musing," for her local Maryland paper, the Montgomery County Sentinel. |
| Catherine
Nichols .....KACHINAS: A Native American Craft Kit, published by Troll, 1994. CALLIGRAPHY, a book-kit, published by Troll, 1998; short story, "Family Reunion," was published by Chameleon Press in their anthology called CEMETERY SONATA. IF YOU HAD A TAIL, GOING PLACES, IT'S THE WIND, and WATER ALL AROUND were published by Benchmark Books in 2002; HARRIET TUBMAN and SHARKS were published by Scholastic (Hello Readers line) in 2002 as well. One short story and three flash fictions were published in online magazines: Vestal Review (www.vestalreview.net); Flashquake (www.flashquake.org); and Cenotaph (ww.cenotaph.net). Upcoming publications: ONE BIG OCEAN, GRASSY LANDS, AN ARCTIC YEAR, THE RAINFOREST, WETLANDS, and A DRY PLACE to be published by Benchmark Books in 2003. JACKIE ROBINSON and BABE RUTH, sports biographies for 8-12 years olds, are to be published by Barnes & Noble. |
| Julia
Noonan .....After illustrating best selling children's books, she is now writing her own stories, including HARE AND RABBIT, FRIEND'S FOREVER ( an easy reader)and three Puppy and Me books for toddlers: BREAKFAST TIME, GOING TO THE CORNER, and BATH DAY, for Scholastic; MOUSE BY MOUSE, a counting book, for release by Dutton in 2003, and THE VERY BEST DOLL by Dutton in 2004. |
| Roxane
Orgill .....Her first published work for children, "Vera Makes a Deal," was published by Spider, June 1995; her first book,IF I ONLY HAD A HORN: YOUNG LOUIS ARMSTRONG, a picture book biography illustrated by Leonard Jenkins, was published in 1997 by Houghton Mifflin, and was chosen as a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies by the National Council on the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council. SHOUT, SISTER, SHOUT: TEN GIRL SINGERS WHO SHAPED A CENTURY, published by Margaret McElderry in January 2001, is on the American Library Association's list of Best Books for Young Adults 2002 and also received a Parent's Guide 2001 Children's Media Award. Her third book, MAHALIA: A LIFE IN GOSPEL MUSIC, published in 2002 by Candelwick Press in 2002, earned a starred review in Booklist. Her GO-GO BABY! , illustrated by Steven Salerno, is published by Marshall Cavendish in March, 2004. Coming soon are FOOTWORK: FRED AND ADELE ASTAIRE, a picture-book biography, and SKIT SKAT RAGGEDY CAT: YOUNG ELLA FITZGERALD, both from Candlewick |
| Cece
Peri .....has had two short pieces and several poems published by Once Upon a Time... . |
| Carol Paulson
Perks .....contributing writer to the Sensational Centers book; contributing writer to Mailbox magazine with dozens of ideas published; has published several articles in TeachingK-8 magazine on classroom management strategies. |
| Marie C.
Petersburg .....had her poems published in Once Upon a Time.... and B. A. W. L. Point Pen. |
| Susanna
Pitzer .....Published GRANDFATHER HURANT LIVES FOREVER, illustrated by Kyra Teis, with Centering Corporation Books, 2001. Grosset & Dunlap bought BUG BITE, a book read in the workshop. They are also interested in other of her projects. |
| Bev
Proctor .....her story, "Relay Race," is being published a chapter a day every day from December 11th through the 15th, 2006, as a serial in the LA Times Kid's Reading Room. Check it out at the website: http://www.latimes.com/features/kids/readingroom/ |
| Shirley
Ramelay .....her article, "Eight Hairy Legs," about tarantulas, which was critiqued at the Manuscript Workshop online, was bought by Cricket magazine. Several stories have been published in publications including Discovery Trails, Primary Treasure, Kidz Ch@t, and Children's Playmate. An article for children's writers, "A Day With the Editors," was published in Once Upon a Time.....; One of her published articles was purchased for use in the Maryland school system. |
| Lynne
Remick .....had article, "That First Cup of Inspiration," published in Children's Writer, January 2003. |
| Roberta
Pantal Rhodes .....Has published adult stories in literary reviews, as well as BEAUREGARD THE CAT, a children's book published by Mondo. Won first prize for a short story from YWCA Writer's Workshop and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. |
| Rosemarie J.
Riley .....Articles, poems and stories have been published in magazines such as WeeOnes, Parents and ChildrenTogether and Living. Published THE BUBBLE GUM CONTEST, 1997. and her first easy reader, in New Zealand, in 2001. Had a story accepted for CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE VOLUNTEER'S SOUL and another by an online publisher. |
| Diane
Roberts .....had her first book, a middle-grade chapter book, MADE YOU LOOK, published by Delacorte Press in 2003, and it is now in its third reprinting. The sequel, PUPPET PANDEMONIUM, is scheduled for November of 2006. Diane was invited to speak at the Texas Library Association Convention, and will be there again in 2007. Diane has also had her work appear in Once Upon a Time... magazine. Her website: http://www.dianeroberts.com/ |
| Sharron M.
Rochow .....TENDER PAIN: After Daddy's Suicide...a poetic journey, published under pen name S. Marie Hugo, self-published, 2000; ?Snow Stars," published in Whimsy, winter 2001 issue; "Music in May," published in Whimsy, spring 2002 issue. |
| Jeanne R.
Rondoe .....Published several short stories and how-to pieces for children in the Christian Science Monitor, Family Fun Magazine and Spider. |
| Pamela
Ross .....published two books,THE CHINOOK PEOPLE and THE PUEBLO INDIANS, for Capstone Press, a children's educational publisher, for their Native American Series. Poem published in Once Upon a Time..., January 1999. Also had a greeting card caption bought and published by OATMEAL STUDIOS. |
| Joan
Rothenberg .....INSIDE OUT GRANDMA: A HANUKKAH STORY, published as a picture book by Hyperion, 1995; originally appeared in the magazine Family Fun, 1993; YETTELE'S FEATHERS, picture book published by Hyperion, 1995. MATZAH BALL SOUP, published by Hyperion in 1999. |
| Michael
Rothschild .....SARAH'S FIRST DAY, published by his own press, Tea Kettle Press, April 2000, won an award for excellence in the Parenting category from the Parent's Guide To Children's Literature. |
| Vicki
Rubin .....had a poem published in Cricket (August 1997) that was selected to be part of a Maryland public school reading/language arts curriculum for 10 years; had a poem published in the June 2000 issue of Spider magazine. |
| Susan
Schorr .....Story, "Nikki's Sitter," bought by Highlights for Children 2002; "A Name for a Princess," previously winner of Honorable Mention in 2000 Writer's Digest Writing Competition, now published on eBooksonthe.net. |
| Patty Lyman
Schremmer .....Published article in Once Upon a Time... and a story in Cricket, March, 2000. Chaired 1999 SCBWI Conference in NH and was Registrar for the NE SCBWI Annual Conference, 2000; received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College in January, 2003. |
| Martin
Schwabacher ..... MAGIC JOHNSON, biography published by Chelsea House, 1993; THE CHUMASH INDIANS and THE HURON INDIANS , also published by Chelsea House, for a series on Native Americans. Wrote JURASSIC FARTS for the Barf-O-Rama series. Wrote one Sweet Valley High story and was asked to do another. Published a story on the internet, "Chilling With a Robot," at http://www.spacekids.com/spacenews/hotnews/nomad_000208.html. |
| Vesta-Nadine
Severs ..... published young reader biography, JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT with Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2000. |
| Marilyn
Shannahan .....published in Cricket magazine, 1993; story reprinted in Discovery magazine in Braille. |
| Loren
Spiotta-DiMare ....."How Seeing Eye Pups Grow Up," her first children's article, was published in 1995 in Child Life; CAESAR: ON DEAF EARS, a picture book, was published in 1997 by The Benefactory, Inc.; THE SPORTING SPANIEL HANDBOOK was published by Barron's Educational Series in 1999, and received a First Place Dog Writers Association of America award in the reference book category; CHELSEA AND THE NEW PUPPY, a picture book, was published in 2001, and featured in an article in the NY Times in June, 2002; picture book, NORMAN TO THE RESCUE published byThe Benefactory in 2000 was included in a special humane education program sponsored by the Doris Day Animal Foundation. |
| Michele
Spirn .....published THE KNOW-NOTHINGS series for HarperCollins; two young adult novels, RACING TO THE LIGHT and WAIT TILL THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, and AGAINST ALL ODDS: JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE, were published with AMSCO; she also did a retelling of THE NUTCRACKER for Abrams and three books for another series: THE BRIDGES IN LONDON, THE BRIDGES IN PARIS and THE BRIDGES IN EDINBURGH. She published RACE TO THE SEA with Simon Spotlight (2001), and NEW YEAR (WORLD CELEBRATIONS AND CEREMONIES, and BIRTH (WORLD CLEBRATIONS AND CEREMONIES) for Blackbirch Marketing. |
| Noreen
Stack .....Her poem, "Words" was published in the summer '99 issue of Once Upon a Time...." |
| Ann Shepard
Stevens .....Published THE ROMPER ROOM BIRTHDAY WORD BOOK, Doubleday, and STRANGE NESTS with Millbrook Press in 1998. |
| Katherine
Stine .....Manuscript Workshop in New York .....Delacorte Press will be publishing her YA book, REFUGEES, in February, 2005. Earlier, she ghostwrote END OF THE RACE for the mid-gradeWild at Heart series for Pleasant CompanyAmerican Girl. She recently earned an MFA in ceative writing from the New School in New York City. Also an illustrator, Catherine painted interior spots for BUILDING YOUR BABY'S BRAIN: A GUIDE TO THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, by Diane Dodge and Cate Heroman, published by Learning Strategies, and book covers for Perigee-Penguin. |
| Bettye
Stroud, Manuscript Workshop in Vermont .....first picture book DOWN HOME AT MISS DESSA'S published by Lee & Low, 1996; THE LEAVING and DANCE Y'ALL followed from Cavendish Children's Books, 2001. A poetry anthology, THE WORLD'S WIDE OPEN, is scheduled for 2003 from Simon and Schuster, and RECONSTRUCTION: SUCCESS AND FAILURE is due from Cavendish, 2003. Bettye serves as a Contact Person for SCBWI, teaches classes in Writing For Children at the Univ of GA, and reviews books for the prestigious journal, Multicultural Review. |
| Steven R.
Swinburne .....Has published articles in children's magazines as well as many books on nature subjects for Sierra Club, Millbrook Press, Harcourt Brace, Houghton Mifflin, Boyds Mills Press, and Henry Holt. Titles include: SWALLOWS IN THE BIRDHOUSE (1996); IN GOOD HANDS (Sierra Club), chosen for the John Burroughs Nature Books for Young Readers award in 1998 by the American Museum of Natural History in NYC; MOON IN BEAR'S EYES (1998); LOTS AND LOTS OF ZEBRA STRIPES; PATTERNS IN NATURE (1998); WATER FOR ONE, WATER FOR EVERYONE: A COUNTING BOOK OF AFRICAN ANIMALS (1998); IN GOOD HANDS: BEHIND THE SCENES AT A CENTER FOR ORPHANED AND INJURED BIRDS (1998); SAFE, WARM AND SNUG; GUESS WHO'S SHADOW (1999); UNBEATABLE BEAKS (1999); COYOTE: NORTH AMERICA'S DOG (1999); WHAT'S A PAIR? WHAT'S A DOZEN? (2000); WHAT'S OPPOSITE? (2000); NCE A WOLF: HOW WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS FOUGHT TO BRING BACK THE GRAY WOLF (2001); BOBCAT: NORTH AMERICA'S CAT (2001); I AM A BUTTERFLY (2002); GO GO GO: KIDS ON THE MOVE (2002); THE WOODS SCIENTIST (2002); WHAT COLOR IS NATURE? (2002); BOXING RABBITS, BELLOWING ALLIGATORS AND OTHER ANIMAL SHOWOFFS (2002). |
| Dixie
Sylvester .....published in Falling Star Magazine in Thousand Oaks, California (their first issue). See www.geocities.com/mcgee4468. |
| Chris
Tebbetts, .....Books One and Two of "The Viking" are scheduled for Spring 2003 from Penguin; Book Three and Four are scheduled for Summer. His first magazine sale -- a story called "Michael Spreckle, Where Have You Been?" -- was made to Highlights for Children. |
| Beth
Teitelman .....her first book, WONDERPLAY, a book on parenting, co-authored by Fretta Reitzes, was published by Running Press, 1995; she is now planning another book. |
| Charles
Temple .....SHANTY TOWN, a picture book, was published in 1994. |
| Laurie
Toupin .....Has sold several pieces to Odyssey magazine since October 2001; published a piece on Nanotechnology in KidsSpace for the Christian Science Monitor; has a contract with Franklin Watts for a non-fiction book on Freshwater that will be published in 2004. |
| Kathy
Umbarger .....won over 35 writing awards in 8 states in the last 6 years, mostly in children's fiction, including First at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference in Tacoma for her middle grade novel and First at the Willamette Writers Conference in Portland for a children's short story; two stories published by FOTH's Clubhouse magazine, and a word puzzle in Clubhouse Jr. |
| Jack
Vaughant .....won third place in a contest run by Children's Writer, published by the Institute of Children's Literature, for his story "Slow Down Jack." It was discussed in the March 2003 issue. |
| Becky
Ward .....Story, "Hawk and Redwing" took First Place in Juvenile/YA at the Kay Snow Competition in Portland, OR, and Second in Children's Short Story at the Southwest Writers Workshop in Albuquerque, NM. "The Ghee" was published in Clubhouse Magazine, December 2000. |
| Sue Marshall
Ward .....TEXAS MOTHER GOOSE, written by David Davis and illustrated by Sue was published by Pelican Publishing Company in the fall of 2006 to favorable reviews. She also did the illustrations for Davis's TEN REDNECK BABIES: A Southern Counting Book, published by Pelican in 2004. Her web site: http://www.childrensillustrators.com/illustrator.cgi/suebward. |
| Meg
Weakley .....stories sold to Hopscotch, Spider and Ladybug. |
| Vicki
Wittenstein .....Published "Shannon Lucid, Space Pioneer" in January 1998 Highlights for Children; "Driving on Mars", December 1998 Highlights for Children; "Microbes on Mars?" February 1999, Highlights for Children, republished in The Institute of Children's Literature anthology, Best of the Children's Market.); "Finding the Moon's Gold", Odyssey, April 1999; "Dr. Alastair Glass - Laser Visionary", Odyssey, May 1999; "Anne of Green Gables: The World's Favorite Redhead," winner of the 1999 SCBWI Magazine Merit Honor Certificate; "An Ocean on Europa?" Highlights for Children, September 2000; "Robert Louis Stevenson: Samoan Hero," Faces, May 2002; and wrote several articles for SCBWI Metro Newsletter. Is currently working on a book about searching for life on other planets, and a middle-grade novel. Vicki is in her first year of studies for an MFA with Vermont College. |
| Susan
Schaalman Youdovin .....Published a picture book, WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON SUKKOT?, for Albert Whitman, 1990, and MAGELLAN, a biography, commissioned by Chelsea House, 1995.
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