Press
*Announcing!*
I have won a month-long Writing Retreat at Art Farm Nebraska!
I am super excited ~ Thank you, Art Farm!
I'll be working on my upper middle grade novel, Naughtia & the Trouble She's In,
at the lovely space provided by Art Farm. I can't wait!
Another Update: I won an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for my speculative fiction short story, Wisp!
I have won a month-long Writing Retreat at Art Farm Nebraska!
I am super excited ~ Thank you, Art Farm!
I'll be working on my upper middle grade novel, Naughtia & the Trouble She's In,
at the lovely space provided by Art Farm. I can't wait!
Another Update: I won an Honorable Mention in the Writers of the Future Contest for my speculative fiction short story, Wisp!
I won Midwest Writing Center's Great River Writers' Retreat! I am so, so excited to meet the people at MWC, and to use the time they're giving me to finish my first draft of
Naughtia & the Trouble She's In. THANK YOU Midwest Writing Center!
here's the announcement link:
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Great River Writers Retreat
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Great River Writers Retreat, Jo Ivy Young! Young is currently working on her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Northern Iowa. She has won the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award, and placed as a nonfiction research finalist for SCBWI. She recently won Author Mentor Match. She is a former archaeologist who loves birds, bugs, and books. Jo’s also a verified tree hugger (just ask the trees in her neighborhood).
I won Midwest Writing Center's Great River Writers' Retreat! I am so, so excited to meet the people at MWC, and to use the time they're giving me to finish my first draft of
Naughtia & the Trouble She's In. THANK YOU Midwest Writing Center!
here's the announcement link:
Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Great River Writers Retreat
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the Great River Writers Retreat, Jo Ivy Young! Young is currently working on her master’s degree in creative writing at the University of Northern Iowa. She has won the Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award, and placed as a nonfiction research finalist for SCBWI. She recently won Author Mentor Match. She is a former archaeologist who loves birds, bugs, and books. Jo’s also a verified tree hugger (just ask the trees in her neighborhood).
. . . And here is my TV interview!
2022 Annual Writing Retreat with my Writing Group in Michigan!
Yay! I recently placed in the top 10% of Tall Poppy Writers' Popstars Writing Contest, and won judges' critiques on my MG novel manuscript, Corn on a Stick! Thank you, Tall Poppies! https://tallpoppies.org/
More Awesome News!
I've won a spot on Author Mentor Match!!!!!!
https://amm-4ddff9.easywp.com/blog/round-6-mentor-picks/
I'll be working with Beth Turley, https://twitter.com/beth_turley author of If This Were A Story https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/If-This-Were-a-Story/Beth-Turley/9781534420618
I am SO excited to work with Beth, and I'm ready to work hard on my MG novel, Corn on a Stick!!!
Hooray, hooray! One of my manuscripts has won this year's Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Award! I am so excited! Thank you, SCBWI!
October 1, 2018
SCBWI Announces Work-in-Progress Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Work-in-Progress Grants and Don Freeman Illustration Grants! Both awards are part of SCBWI's program to assist children's book writers and illustrators who are in the process of completing a specific project currently not under contract. The recipients will have their work posted on a special site which will be made available to a hand-selected list of agents and editors.
Work-in-Progress Grants
Young Adult Fiction:
Nadia's War by Teddi Ahrens
Nonfiction:
Growing Up Darwin by April Jo Cervetti
Multicultural Fiction/Nonfiction:
Soledad Strikes Back by Lupe Ruiz-Flores
Picture Book Text:
Taking Up Space: Yoga Shape Poems by Joanne Durham
Middle Grade Fiction:
Master Mo: The Book of Joy by Angie Chan
Chapter Books/Early Fiction:
Jules and Diamond by Stacy Allen
Don Freeman Illustration Grants
Published Award: Sandra Salsbury
Pre-published Award: Cristina Lalli
