T
hanks so much to Olga Livshin at The Jewish Independent for her coverage of the Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey Funniest Children’s Book Award. Read the article here.
Press Release
Announcing the Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award!
Joan Betty Stuchner, beloved children’s author and teacher, passed away unexpectedly in 2014. Joan was many things — brave, gracious, warm, generous, kind and absolutely hilarious to boot. (“Oy vey!” she’s probably saying now…) With this award we honour Joan’s life-affirming humour and encourage other children’s writers to laugh it up on the page the way she did.
The $1000 Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award will be presented biannually to a Canadian author or illustrator of the work of juvenile fiction that had the jury most: buckled over with guffaws, incapacitated with giggles, and/or rib-ticklingly, side-splittingly, thigh-slappingly entertained.
Eligible works:
- board books
- picture books
- chapter books
- graphic novels
- juvenile fiction (suitable for readers up to grade 7)
- created by Canadian authors and/or illustrators permanently residing in Canada
- published between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016
- written in English
Ineligible works:
- non-fiction
- young adult fiction
- self-published titles
Submission requirements:
Please send 3 copies of the work along with the attached application form to:
The Joan Betty Stuchner OyVey Funniest Children’s Book Award
11731 Fourth Avenue, Richmond, BC V7E 3H5
Please include a $25 submission fee per title by PayPal or a cheque payable to [coming]
Submission deadline:
1 January 2017
The first Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey Funniest Children’s Book Award will be presented at a special ceremony in Spring 2017.
Sincerely,
The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award Committee
Caroline Adderson, Silvana Goldemberg, Cindy Heinrichs, Kathryn Shoemaker
For more information please visit the website: www.joanbettystuchneraward.org