Entries sought for Tassy Walden Award

Shoreline Arts Alliance is presenting the nineteenth annual Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children’s Literature competition. This contest affords unpublished Connecticut authors and illustrators of children’s books the opportunity to have manuscripts and portfolios reviewed by literary agents and possibly by editors and art directors at some of the major publishing houses for children’s literature.

The Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in Children’s Literature is a Connecticut statewide, juried competition opened to Children’s Literature writers and illustrators who are not published or under contract for publication. Categories are: Picture Book (text only), Illustrated Picture Book (author and illustrator must be same person), Children’s Book Illustrator Portfolio, Middle Grade Novel and Young Adult/Teen Novel. All submitted works that meet the contest guidelines will be sent to literary agents for the first tier of judging. Works deemed outstanding will then be sent on to publishers and editors at major publishing houses for children’s literature. All submissions for this year’s contest must be postmarked by Feb. 1, 2019. Call for Entry may be downloaded at www.shorelinearts.org.

Visit www.ShorelineArts.org or contact the office at 203-453-3890 for 2019 Entry Form and guidelines or for additional information or questions on preparing manuscripts and portfolios for submission. Learn more at www.shorelinearts.org