Vermont College of Fine Arts
Type | Private non-profit |
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Established | 2008 |
President | Thomas Christopher Greene |
Academic staff | approx. 60 |
Postgraduates | about 360 |
Location | Montpelier, Vermont, United States |
Colors | Green and white |
Affiliations | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
Website |
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Coordinates: 44°15′19″N 72°34′3″W / 44.25528°N 72.56750°W Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) is a graduate-level college in Montpelier, Vermont. VCFA is a national center for graduate fine arts education with a unique practice-based learning model, internationally renowned faculty, and a range of delivery models — including low residency, intensive conference retreats, and fully residential programs. VCFA educates emerging and established artists through the offering of six low residency Master of Fine Arts degrees in the following fields: Writing, Writing for Children & Young Adults, Visual Art, Music Composition, Graphic Design and Film; a residential Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing and Publishing; low residency Master of Arts in Teaching in Art and Design Education; and a low residency Master of Arts in Art and Design Education. Its faculty includes Pulitzer Prize finalists, National Book Award winners, Newbery Medal honorees, Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Program fellows, and Ford Foundation grant recipients.
Academics
high-residency
The high-residency structure allows students get their graduate degrees through brief, on-campus residencies, self-designated study, flexible scheduling, and personalized attention through one-on-one guidance with a faculty mentor. The five ten-day on-campus residencies consist of workshops, lectures, readings, panel discussions, student-teacher conferences and critiques, presentations of works in progress."[1] A faculty member works with five or fewer students through written correspondence, electronic/video/telephone communication in between residencies.
All programs feature writers-in-residence, artists-in-residence, and artist/scholars who give lectures, readings, and workshops. Artists and writers-in-residence have included Jean Valentine, Richard Russo, Claudia Emerson, M. T. Anderson, Susan Cooper, Gregory Maguire, Holly Black, Jane Yolen (the inaugural writer-in-residence in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program), Wu Tsang, and Stephen Drury.
MFA in Writing
Established in 1981, the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts was one of the first low-residency programs in the country. The Atlantic named it one of the top five low-residency programs nationwide.[2] The program's 1200+ alumni/ae have published over 650 books and received nearly every literary award in the country. The MFA in Writing offers concentrations in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. A dual-genre option in Writing for Children & Young Adults is available. Residency abroad options include a summer residency in Slovenia and a winter residency in Puerto Rico.
The MFA in Writing requires 2 theses: a critical thesis and a creative thesis in addition to a giving a lecture and public reading.[10] Each faculty member supervises five writers through semester-long communication. During the 10-day on-campus residencies, students participate in small, faculty-guided workshops, daily seminars, lectures, and discussions, as well as readings by faculty, graduating students, and visiting writers.
The faculty of the MFA in Writing Program have published more than 300 books and have won almost every major literary award. More than two-thirds of the faculty teach at other universities.[11]
MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults
Established in 1997, the MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts was the nation's first MFA program focusing on writing for young readers. In the program students pursue studies in the writing of picture books, middle-grade or young adult literature and come to campus twice a year for 10-day residencies. After the residencies students begin faculty-guided independent-study projects. During the independent study project students are supervised and maintain a correspondence with faculty and peers.
The MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults requires 2 theses: a critical thesis and a creative thesis in addition to giving a lecture and public reading.[10] Candlewick Press, Houghton Mifflin/Clarion, and Harcourt Trade Publishers have established scholarships and prizes for students in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program.[1]
MFA in Visual Art
The Master of Fine Art in Visual Art Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts allows students to earn a 60-credit MFA degree over a period of two years through a combination of ten-day, on-campus residencies followed by six-month semesters of self-designed artistic practice. Students work in their home studios in between residencies. Whether on campus or at home, students participate in a discourse structured around their visual culture research and studio projects. Through this process of exchange, students explore their interests and make connections that help position their work within broader social, historical, and intellectual debates.
Since its founding in 1991, the MFA in Visual Art Program has been based on the principle of individualized learning. While in the program, students complete a series of interdisciplinary writing projects supervised by faculty members and pursue their studio work with guidance from local artists chosen in collaboration with the program.
The MFA in Visual Art Program’s pedagogy is based on the understanding that art does not exist in a void but within a social context, and that process is integral to the product.
MFA in Graphic Design
The MFA in Graphic Design—one of the nation’s first low-residency programs in graphic design—at Vermont College of Fine Arts educates students towards the broader context of design in order to investigate and reveal relationships, seeing Graphic Design as a social tool and design education as a process of social transformation.
In the tradition of VCFA’s graduate programs in other fields, this program requires one week of campus residence for each six-month semester and matches each student with a faculty mentor for one-on-one independent study. The MFA in Graphic Design allows design professionals to work closely with faculty who are leading practitioners in the field, students merge practice with design theory and research to expand their fluency in visual culture.
MFA in Music Composition
The MFA in Music Composition at Vermont College of Fine Arts carves out space in the lives of professional musicians and music teachers for inquiry and experimentation as well as research and critique, making room for both the exploration and the refinement of their craft. Students not only produce work but also hear and share the music they write with an engaged community of peers and faculty. Through the program’s low-residency, self-designed study model, students define their own paths in Contemporary Composition, Electronic Music, Jazz, Scoring for Media, or Songwriting, simultaneously engaged in their working lives and their artistic practice.
MFA in Film
The MFA in Film at Vermont College of Fine Arts is uniquely designed for independent filmmakers and screenwriters, who wish to refine their craft, develop a body of work, explore new approaches and technologies, and build professional relationships through an individualized curriculum. The program focuses on three distinct modes of film: narrative, documentary, and animation, emphasizing the strategic use of affordable emerging technologies. Each student gains aptitude in the disciplines of screen writing, producing, directing, editing, sound design and recording, lighting, camera operation and cinematography, and will have mastered one or more of these disciplines. Students collaborate on some projects and work independently on others.
MFA in Writing & Publishing
On April 23, 2014, VCFA announced the acquisition of the former Master of Professional Writing from the University of Southern California to begin enrolling full-time graduate students for fall 2015.[3] Writer Trinie Dalton, a faculty member at both VCFA and USC, will be the first program director. Building on VCFA’s long tradition of excellence as a top graduate college for arts education, the MFA in Writing & Publishing now combines the best of VCFA and USC to create a two-year residential MFA program focused on artistic innovation, industry-facing pedagogy, cross-discipline and cross-genre opportunities, and a diverse and renowned faculty with multi-genre publishing experience.
Graduate Studies in Art & Design Education
The department of Graduate Studies in Art & Design Education at VCFA houses the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) and Master of Arts in Art & Design Education (MAADE) degrees, as well as Professional Development programs for practicing educators and administrators. The programs are specific to the needs of arts educators in the 21st century. They offer a rigorous course of study that connects students with leading educators and mentors in the field. VCFA’s MAT/MAADE programs incorporate summer residencies on the historic VCFA campus with fall and spring semesters in our students’ home communities. Professional Development offerings are available during our summer residencies and throughout the academic year. Students in the programs are artists and designers who want to teach PK-12 students, or they are PK-12 art and design teachers interested in advancing their practice. The students have diverse artistic backgrounds—from graphics, web design, film, industrial design, furniture design, and architecture, to more traditional and experimental visual and fine arts disciplines. What the students have in common is a deep desire to educate, a belief in the transformative power of the arts, and the need for flexibility to stay in their home environment while they progress academically and professionally, building personal, local, and national communities that continue to thrive well beyond graduation.
History
The focus of Vermont College has changed since its beginnings as Newbury Seminary in 1831. After existing in several forms including a Wesleyan Seminary and a Methodist Seminary, it became Vermont Junior College in 1941.[1] In 1958 it became Vermont College. In 1972 Vermont College merged with Norwich University; the two schools became fully integrated in 1993. Union Institute acquired Vermont College in 2001. The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in writing program was established in 1981 and the MFA in visual art in 1991. The MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, the first "MFA program in writing for young readers," began in January 1997. In 2008 Vermont College of Fine Arts became an independent fine arts institution.[1] In 2011 it launched an MFA program in Music Composition and one in Graphic Design[4] The MFA in Film program was established in 2013. In 2014 the MFA in Writing and Publishing, and the MAT/MA in Art & Design Education were established with first classes starting in 2015.
College Hall, the central building on campus, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was completed in 1872 and includes a two-story high chapel and a pipe organ from 1884.[5]
People
Student profile
The average student age is 35 years old. Students live all over the world and continue working in their current careers while attending Vermont.
Faculty profile
Approximately 60 authors and artists teach at Vermont College. All have terminal degrees in their specialty.[1]
Name | Award | Book | Year |
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Rigoberto González | Shelley Memorial Award[6] | 2011 | |
David Wojahn | O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize[6] | poet's teaching and art | 2007 |
Jean Valentine | National Book Award[7] | Door In the Mountain | 2004 |
Diane Lefer | Mary McCarthy Prize for Short Fiction[8] | California Transit | 2005 |
Sascha Feinstein | Pennsylvania's Governor's Award for Artist of the Year | 2008 | |
Sascha Feinstein | Hayden Carruth Award | poetry collection Misterioso | 2008 |
David Wojahn | O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize[6] | poet's teaching and art | 2007 |
Douglas Glover | Governor-General's Award for Fiction | Elle | 2003 |
Douglas Glover | Writers' Trust of Canada Timothy Findley Award | 2006 | |
David Wojahn | The Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry | 2008 | |
David Wojahn | Pulitzer Prize finalist | Interrogation Palace: New and Selected Poems 1982–2004 | 2007 |
David Wojahn | O. B. Hardison Award from the Folger Shakespeare Library | 2007 | |
Natasha Sajé | Fulbright fellowship | ||
Natasha Sajé | Robert Winner and Alice Fay di Castagnola Awards from the Poetry Society of America | ||
Natasha Sajé | Campbell Corner Poetry Prize | ||
Betsy Sholl | Poet Laureate of Maine | 2009 | |
Domenic Stansberry | Edgar Award Best Paperback Original | The Confession | 2005 |
Mary Ruefle | National Endowment for the Arts fellowship | ||
Mary Ruefle | Whiting Award | ||
Mary Ruefle | Guggenheim Fellowship | 2002 | |
Mary Ruefle | Award in Literature from The American Academy of Arts and Letters | ||
Robin Hemley | Pushcart Prize | "The Big Ear" | 1994 |
Robin Hemley | Pushcart Prize | "Installations" | 1990 |
Robin Hemley | First Prize Nelson Algren Award for Fiction from The Chicago Tribune | 1996 | |
Robin Hemley | Editor's Choice Award for Nonfiction from The American Library Association. | Invented Eden | 2003 |
Robin Hemley | Guggenheim Fellowship | 2008 | |
Xu Xi | O. Henry Prize Story Collection, shortlist for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize | 2006 | |
Xu Xi | New York State fiction fellowship | ||
Xu Xi | Ploughshares Cohen Award | 2005 |
Name | Award | Book | Year |
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Kathi Appelt | National Book Award finalist | The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp | 2013 |
Franny Billingsley | National Book Award Finalist[9] | Chime | 2011 |
A.S. King | Michael L. Printz Award Honor | Please Ignore Vera Dietz | 2011 |
Tim Wynne-Jones | Boston Globe – Horn Book Award[10] | Blink & Caution | 2011 |
Franny Billingsley | Boston Globe – Horn Book Honor[10] | Chime | 2011 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | Newbery Honor[11] | One Crazy Summer | 2011 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | Coretta Scott King Award winner[12] | One Crazy Summer | 2011 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | NAACP Image Award finalist[13] | One Crazy Summer | 2011 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | National Book Award Finalist[14] | One Crazy Summer | 2010 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | National Book Award Finalist[15] | Jumped | 2009 |
Tim Wynne-Jones | Governor General’s Literary Award Finalist[16] | The Uninvited | 2009 |
Kathi Appelt | PEN Award | The Underneath | 2009 |
Kathi Appelt | Newbery Honor Book[11] | The Underneath | 2009 |
Shelley Tanaka | Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children[17] | Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator | 2009 |
Kathi Appelt | National Book Award finalist | The Underneath | 2008 |
A. M. Jenkins | Printz Honor Book | Repossessed | 2008 |
Laura McGee Kvasnosky | Theodor Seuss Geisel Award | Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways | 2007 |
Tim Wynne-Jones | Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book[18] | Rex Zero and the End of the World | 2007 |
Sarah Ellis | TD Canadian Children's Literature Award[19] | Odd Man Out | 2007 |
Cynthia Leitich Smith | National Book Festival book[20] | Tantalize | 2007 |
Martine Leavitt | National Book Award finalist[21] | Keturah and Lord Death | 2006 |
Julie Larios | Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book[22] | Yellow Elephant | 2006 |
Julie Larios | Pushcart Prize and Academy of American Poets Prize | Poetry | |
Leda Schubert | NY Times Editor's Choice[23] | Ballet of the Elephants | 2006 |
Margaret Bechard | ALA Best Books for Young Adults[24][25] | Spacer and Rat | 2006 |
Sharon Darrow | Junior Library Guild selection[26] | Trash | 2006 |
Uma Krishnaswami | Notable Book for a Global Society--International Reading Association[27] | Naming Maya | 2005 |
Kathi Appelt | PEN finalist in Children's literature[28] | My Father's Summers | 2005 |
Rita Williams-Garcia | ALA Best Books for Young Adults[29] | No Laughter Here | 2005 |
Margaret Bechard | School Library Journal Best Book of the Year designation, and ALA Best Books for Young Adults[30][31] | Hanging onto Max | 2003 |
An Na | Michael L. Printz Award[32] | A Step From Heaven | 2002 |
An Na | Children's Book Award in YA Fiction-International Reading Association[32] | A Step From Heaven | 2002 |
An Na | National Book Award Finalist[32] | A Step From Heaven | 2001 |
Franny Billingsley | Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book[33] | The Folk Keeper | 2000 |
Franny Billingsley | The Mythopoeic Fantasy Award[33] | The Folk Keeper | 2000 |
Ellen Howard | Christopher Award (Canadian)[34] | The Log Cabin Quilt | 1997 |
Tim Wynne-Jones | Governor General's Award (Canada)[35] | The Maestro | 1995 |
Tim Wynne-Jones | Governor General's Award (Canada)[35] | Some of the Kinder Planets | 1993 |
Sarah Ellis | Governor General's Award (Canada)[35] | Pick-Up Sticks | 1991 |
Marion Dane Bauer | Newbery Honor Award[36] | On My Honor | 1987 |
Name | Award | Book | Year |
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Ashley Hunt | BAK Center for Contemporary Arts, Research-In-Residence, Utrecht, NL | 2008 | |
Ashley Hunt | Ford Foundation Social Justice Grant for Independent Media Production | Documentary: Close Tallulah Now! | 2002 |
Ashley Hunt | New York Foundation for the Arts, Swing Space Fellowship | 2007 | |
Ashley Hunt | Ford Foundation Social Justice Grant for Independent Media Production | Documentary: Close Tallulah Now! | 2002 |
Ashley Hunt | Fellow of the Vera List Center for Art & Politics | 2011 | |
David Deitcher | Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant recipient. | 2006–2007 | |
David Deitcher | Lambda Literary Award | Book: Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840–1918 | 2001 |
David Deitcher | Canada Council, Independent Critics and Curator Award | 2004–2005 | |
David Deitcher | Canada Council, Independent Critics and Curator Award | 2006–2007 | |
David Deitcher | Fellow Swann Foundation for Cartoon and Caricature | 1982 | |
Don't Rhine | Mid-Career Artist Award: California Community Foundation, Los Angeles | 2007 | |
Don't Rhine | Individual Research Residency: Interface Centre, University of Ulster, Belfast | 2006 | |
Don't Rhine | Individual Studio Residency: Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada | 2005 | |
Faith Wilding | Guggenheim Foundation Fellow | 2009 | |
Faith Wilding | Creative Capital Emerging Fields Grant (with subrosa) | 2004–2006 | |
Lana Lin | New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship | 2001 | |
Lana Lin | Fulbright Foundation Fellowship | 2003–2004 | |
Lana Lin | Jerome Foundation Media Arts Grant | 1996 | |
Marie Shurkus | Doctoral Award of Excellence, Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, Montreal | 2001–2003 | |
Marie Shurkus | Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pomona College | 2007–2009 | |
Michael Minelli | Wexner Center for the Arts Commission | Exhibition: Shiny | 2006 |
Sowon Kwon | Book: Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840–1918 | 2005 | |
Sowon Kwon | New York Foundation for the Arts in Sculpture | 1995 |
Alumni
Alumni and students are published with major publishing houses. They work as "librarians, editors, freelance writers, teachers, directors of arts organizations, illustrators, and publishers."[37]
Name | Award | Work | Year |
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Elizabeth Powell | Anhinga Press Winner Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize [38] | Literature | 2015 |
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke | Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Winner, Lifetime Achievement Award[39] | Literature | 2015 |
Allison Adelle Hedge Coke | Wordcraft Circle Winner Wordcrafter of the Year Award, Writer of the Year Awards (x3), Editor of the Year Awards (x2), Mentor of the Year Award [40] | Literature | 2015 |
LeAnne Howe | Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Winner[41] | Literature | 2012 |
LeAnne Howe | Ford Foundation Fellowship [42] | Literature | 2012 |
Debby Dahl Edwardson | National Book Award Finalist[43] | My Name Is Not Easy | 2011 |
Kekla Magoon | Nominee NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work Youth/Teens[44] | The Rock and the River | 2010 |
Kekla Magoon | Coretta Scott King Award John Steptoe New Talent Author Award[45] | The Rock and the River | 2010 |
Sundee T. Frazier | Coretta Scott King Award John Steptoe New Talent Author Award[46] | Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It | 2008 |
April Pulley Sayre | Geisel Honor Book Award[47] | Vulture View | 2008 |
Ann Parr | National Council of Social Studies Honor Award for ethnicity[48] | Gordon Parks: No Excuses | 2007 |
Robin Oliveira | James Jones First Novel Fellowship[49] | My Name is Mary Sutter | 2007 |
Martine Leavitt | National Book Award finalist[21] | Keturah and Lord Death | 2006 |
Stephanie Greene | ALA Notable Book[50] | Queen Sophie Hartley | 2006 |
Deborah Wiles | National Book Award finalist[51] | Each Little Bird That Sings | 2005 |
Ed Briant | Publishers Weekly Flying Start[52] | Paper Parade | 2004 |
An Na | Printz Award[53] | A Step From Heaven | 2002 |
Deborah Wiles | Coretta Scott King Award John Steptoe New Talent Author Award[54] | Freedom Summer | 2002 |
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of the program include:
- W.E. Butts
- Marcus Cafagna
- Mary Clyde
- Mark Cox (poet)
- Olena Kalytiak Davis
- Alison Hawthorne Deming
- Ted Deppe
- Alicia Erian
- Clark T. Hinman
- Henry Sanborn Noyes
- Frank Giampietro
- Gail Gregg
- Pamela Harrison
- Katherine Hastings
- Allison Hedge Coke
- Lolita Hernandez
- LeAnne Howe
- Patricia Spears Jones
- Darrell Kipp
- Nancy Lagomarsino
- Wally Lamb
- Martine Leavitt
- Moira Linehan
- Jo-Ann Mapson
- Alyce Miller
- David Mura
- An Na
- Sandra Novack
- April Ossmann
- Jamie Parsley
- Elizabeth Powell
- Melissa Pritchard
- Bill Rasmovicz
- Tim Seibles
- Betsy Sholl
- Janaka Stucky
- Don Swartzentruber
- Jennifer K. Sweeney
- Kali Vanbaale
- Marjorie Welish
- Deborah Wiles
- Valerie Wohlfeld
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Vermont College of Fine Arts, Progress Report: January 2007-January 2008 (Montpelier., Vermont, 2008)
- ↑ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/08/the-best-of-the-best/306049/
- ↑ Press Release
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- 1 2 3 <http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/frost_and_shelley/shelley_winners/2011a
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- ↑ Sarabande Books - Prize Winners
- ↑ "Franny Billingsley, Chime - National Book Award YPL Finalist, The National Book Foundation". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- 1 2 http://www.hbook.com/bghb/current.asp
- 1 2 "Welcome to the Newbery Medal Home Page!". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Literature - Nominees and Winners- The 45th NAACP Image Awards Show". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "2010 National Book Awards, National Book Foundation, Presenter of the National Book Awards". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "2009 National Book Awards Winners and Finalists, The National Book Foundation". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2009/wi128999467161854957.htm
- ↑ "NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards
- ↑ CCBC | News and Events | Winners Announced for $53,500 Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards
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- 1 2 The National Book Foundation
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- ↑ 'Ballet of the Elephants,' by Leda Schubert - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times
- ↑ ALA | 2006 Best Books for Young Adults
- ↑ Margaret Bechard (1953-) Biography - Personal, Career, Member, Honors Awards, Writings, Sidelights
- ↑ http://archive.is/20130103150426/http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/ pdfs/06F_FA.pdf+%22Sharon+Darrow%22+junior+library&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a
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- ↑ PEN Center USA | 2005 Literary Awards Winners
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- ↑ ALA | 2003 Best Books for Young Adults
- ↑ ALA | 2003 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
- 1 2 3 "Awards: A Step from Heaven by An Na". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- 1 2 Franny Billingsley
- ↑ Christopher Awards - Books for Young People
- 1 2 3 Governor-General's Awards for Children's Literature
- ↑ ALA | Newbery Medal & Honor Books, 1922-Present
- ↑ Vermont College of Fine Arts
- ↑ http://www.jsc.edu/news/story/professor-wins-top-poetry-award
- ↑ http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/allison-adelle-hedge-coke
- ↑ http://www.wordcraftcircle.org/honors-awards/
- ↑ http://www.ais.illinois.edu/news/current/howe_award.html
- ↑ "LeAnne Howe". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Debby Dahl Edwardson, My Name Is Not Easy - National Book Award YPL Finalist, The National Book Foundation". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Nominees & Winners". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "John Steptoe New Talent Award". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ ALA | Coretta Scott King Book Award
- ↑ ALA | 2008 Media Award Winners
- ↑ "Carter G. Woodson Book Awards". National Council for the Social Studies. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ "Links Concerning Our Contribution to Modern Literature: The James Jones First Novel Fellowship". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ↑ ALA | 2006 Notable Children's Books
- ↑ The National Book Foundation
- ↑ Flying Starts - 6/28/2004 - Publishers Weekly
- ↑ ALA | 2002 Michael L. Printz Award Winner
- ↑ ALA | Coretta Scott King Book Award