The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee has an opening for the coming year. The term is 5 years, beginning in July 2011 and ending in June 2016.
Those interested in serving on the Committee should have some background in book reviewing or similar experience and a familiarity with the goals and constructs of children's literature. The committee's duties consist of reading unpublished manuscripts and writing evaluations of those manuscripts. The committee then deliberates via email to choose a successful candidate and winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award. Committee members must be able to meet deadlines and must commit to thoughtful, detailed written evaluations. Manuscripts for consideration are accepted until December 15; a decision is reached by March 15. Members will receive the manuscripts either on discs or as attachments to email. Anyone who wants to be part of this exciting committee should submit a resume and sample reviews to Aileen Grossberg, Chair, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee, 204 Park Street, Montclair, NJ 07042. Potential committee members may also email the requested material to stmac...@aol.com. Please respond As soon as possible as there will be an organizational meeting held during the convention. Feel free to contact me by email or phone (973-744-3836) with any questions about the committee. Aileen Grossberg Chair Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
