[WLA-CYA] Free tickets to the Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet at ALA Annual: Apply Now

[Scott & Erin Kinney]

>Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:18:41 -0700
>From: "Shippert, Linda" <lshippert at wsu.edu>
>
>Free tickets to the Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet at ALA Annual: Apply Now!
>
>AWARD and AWARD CRITERIA
>
>Thanks to the generous support of Marshall 
>Cavendish, NMRT is able to offer three tickets 
>to the Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet at the 
>ALA 2008 Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. 
>Tickets are $89 each, which would be out of the 
>financial reach of most NMRT members if it 
>weren't for the generosity of Marshall Cavendish.
>
>Any NMRT member who is not currently serving on 
>the Marshall Cavendish Award Committee may 
>enter. Just write a short essay (around 250 
>words) telling us why you want to attend the 
>Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet and how you 
>feel you would benefit. For more information 
>about Newbery, Caldecott and Wilder honorees, go 
>to 
><http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.htm>http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.htm
>
>THE BANQUET
>
>Newbery-Caldecott Awards Banquet, Sunday, June 29, 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
>Join us for this gala evening to celebrate the 
>Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honorees, 
>authors and illustrators of the year’s most 
>distinguished books for children. Cocktails 
>(cash bar) available prior to dinner; doors open 
>at 6:45 pm. Tickets are $89 and will be 
>available at the Online Registration Counter 
>until the event is sold out, or noon Friday, 
>whichever occurs first. No tickets will be available at the door.
>
>TO SUBMIT AN ENTRY
>
>Write a short essay (around 250 words) telling 
>us why you want to attend the 
>Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Banquet and how you 
>feel you would benefit. Send it via email to the 
>chair of the Marshall Cavendish Award Committee, 
><mailto:lshippert at wsu.edu>lshippert at wsu.edu, by 
>May 31, 2008. For more information, contact the 
>award committee chair, Linda Shippert, at 
><mailto:lshippert at wsu.edu>lshippert at wsu.edu.
>
>ENTRY EVALUATION
>
>The Award Committee will review the entries and 
>select the winners based on their essays.
>
>NOTIFICATION
>
>All nominations will be acknowledged. The 
>winners will be notified by email no later than 
>June 15, so that they may attend the reception at the ALA Annual Conference.
>The 2007/08 Marshall Cavendish Award Committee,
>Linda Shippert, Chair
>Laura Carscaddon
>Inger Krueger
>Jenny Oleen
>Amanda Piegza
>Corrine Syster
>Kristin Whitehair
>Merideth Willett
>
>
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