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Sydney
Taylor Manuscript Awards
The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award was established by her husband Ralph
Taylor to encourage aspiring authors of Jewish children's books. It
was first awarded in 1985.
A cash award of $1,000 will be given for the best fiction manuscript
appropriate for readers ages 8-11, written by an unpublished author.
The book must be a work of fiction in English, with universal appeal
of Jewish content for readers aged 8 to 11 years, both Jewish and non-Jewish.
It should reveal positive aspects of Jewish life. Short stories are
not acceptable.
While AJL cannot guarantee publication, the $1000 prize money has been
an incentive for writers with varying experience to try their hands
writing for this genre. The award carries prestige in the publishing
world and several Sydney Taylor Manuscripts have subsequently been published.
Authors desiring to apply for The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award should
read the full rules and complete the
application and release
form.
Aileen Grossberg
204 Park Street
Montclair, NJ 07042-2903
USA
The deadline for submission of manuscripts is December 15.
Interested writers should download the rules and application/release forms
from this website. Questions can be referred to the Sydney Taylor Manuscript
Competition coordinator, Aileen Grossberg
or send a stamped self-addressed #10 envelope to Aileen Grossberg at the
address above.
FINAL DATE FOR SUBMITTING ALL ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION: December
15.
Sydney
Taylor Manuscript Competition Winners
| 2010 |
Joan Schoettler for “On the Run” |
| 2009 |
Nechama Liss-Levinson for “When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans” |
| 2008 |
Margaret Chaiken for “Stealing the Show” |
| 2007 |
Yael Mermelstein for “Getting Rid of Jeremy” |
| 2006 |
No award given |
| 2005 |
No award given |
| 2004 |
Brenda A. Ferber for “Cara's Kitchen”
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as “Julie’s
Kitchen” in 2006 |
| 2003 |
No award given |
| 2002 |
Karen Schwabach for “A Pickpocket's Tale”
Accepted for publication by Random House, 2006 |
| 2001 |
No award given |
| 2000 |
No award given |
| 1999 |
June E. Nislick for “Zayda Was a Cowbo”
Published by Jewish Publication Society in 2005 |
| 1998 |
Linda Press Wulfe for “Devorah”
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as The Night
of the Burning: Devorah’s Story in 2006
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| 1997 |
Tovah S. Yavin for “All Star Brothers”
Accepted for publication by Lerner/Kar-Ben, 2006
Honorable mention:
Vera Propp, for “When the Soldiers Were Gone”
Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in 1999. |
| 1996 |
Donna Brown Agins, for “Passover Promise” |
| 1995 |
Sheila Golburgh Johnson, for “After I Said No” |
| 1994 |
Faye Silton for “Of Heroes, Hooks and Heirlooms”
Published by JPS in 1996. |
| 1993 |
Lilian Fox Ducharme, for “The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin”
Published in 1998 by the Texas Christian University
Press. |
| 1992 |
No award given |
| 1991 |
Lois Roisman, for “Leaving Egypt”
Honorable mention:
David Meir-Levi, for “Garden of the Gentle Giant” |
| 1990 |
Hanna Bandes, for “Rabbi Aaron's Treasure”
Published by Targum/Feldheim in 1993 under a different
title
Aviva Cantor, for “Tamar's Cat”
Second Prize:
Dr. Kirby Rogers, for “Operation Dewey”
Published by Luthers Publishing in 2002. |
| 1989 |
No award given |
| 1988 |
Suzi Wizowaty, for “Borders” |
| 1987 |
Frances Weissenberg for “The Streets are Paved with Gold”
Published by Harbinger House in 1990 |
| 1986 |
Elaine Soloway, for “Cubs of the Lion of Judah” |
| 1985 |
Rosalie Fleisher, for “Spirit” |
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