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Begun in 2001, this program
for New Voices in Children’s Literature
is a statewide juried competition offering awards in
five categories for writers and illustrators of children’s
books. Its goals are to encourage and nurture
the creation and publication of exceptional quality
books for children.
Guidelines for the Tassy
Walden Awards for 2010 will be available in the fall. Check back in late September 2009 for the downloadable Call for Entries.
Download the PDF Form
Tips and Information:
Sample First Manuscript Page: Download PDF | Download MS Word File
Tips on Getting Started: Download PDF | Download MS Word File
Helpful Tips for Illustrators: Download PDF | Download MS Word File
DEADLINE for Submissions for 2010 Tassy Walden Awards TBA.
Tassy Walden Awards Ceremony 2009
Winners and finalists of the
Tassy Walden Awards will be presented in May 20, 2009 at the Blackstone Memorial Library in Branford
at 7pm. Book sale beginning at 6:30pm.
The Tassy Walden Awards program is sponsored by Barnes & Noble Booksellers and Evergreen Woods with additional support from Helen H. and J. Sanford Davis.
Workshops for Writers & Illustrators:
We will be offering workshops in the Fall of 2009 in preparation for the 2010 Tassy Walden Awards. If you wish to submit a manuscript or portfolio for the 2010 contest and have questions regarding the submission guidelines please contact the Shoreline Arts Alliance at 203-453-3890 or info@shorelinearts.org.
We wish to thank the following Barnes and Noble stores and the New Haven Free Public Library for hosting our workshops in October and December: Westport,West Hartford, North Haven ,Stamford and New Haven Free Public Library . We would like to thank the Community Relations Managers at the above B & N locations for their help in publicizing and setting up for the workshops. Thank you Erika, Alicia, Trish and Maria. We thank Carol Brown, Adult Programming Supervisor at the NHFPL for collaborating with us.
2009 Tassy Walden Award Winners: Seated: Faith Hough & Nina Nelson
Standing (L to R): Rex Walden - Tassy's son, Betsy Devany MacLeod, Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins, Lindsay Broderick
Photo Credit: John MacLeod
2009 Winners:
- Picture Book (Text Only) - Waltrina Kirkland-Mullins, New Haven
- Illustrated Picture Book - No winner
- Illustrator's Portfolio -No winner
- Middle Grade Fiction -Faith Hough, Guilford
- Young Adult Fiction -Nina Nelson, Fairfield
 The
winner in each category receives: a $250 prize; publicity
including a press release sent to 5-10 selected publishers,
and local and regional newspapers. Many of our past winners
and finalists are currently published or under contract
to be published.
2009 Honorable Mention and Finalists:
Picture Book (Text Only):
Betsy Devany MacLeod, Ledyard; Bonnie Goldberg, North Haven; Karen Jordan, Westport
Illustrated Picture Book: Doug Armistead, Branford; Carol Czeipel-Morrison, West Haven; Sarah French, Rowayton; Marilyn Thrall, Canton
Illustrator's Portfolio: Lindsay Broderick, Newtown (Honorable Mention); Martha Lewis, New Haven; Phillip Youker, Wallingford; Kristy Orr, Westport; Lois Kennedy, East Hampton
Middle Grade Novel: Betsy Devany MacLeod, Ledyard (Honorable Mention); Pamela Foarde, Fairfield; Jeanne Zulick, Ellington; Stacy Barnett Mozer, Stamford; Erica Davis, Woodbridge
Young Adult Novel: John Hastings, Durham; Naomi Panzer, Fairfield; Kimberly Steffen, Guilford; Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Marlborough
In 2004 Nina Nelson of Fairfield was the Middle Grade Novel finalist with her story Two Days. In July 2008 Bringing Home the Boy, based on the original manuscript, was released by Harper Collins. This is Nina’s debut novel and it was the winner of the Ursula Nordstrom Fiction Contest. It has received critical praise from Kirkus Reviews and described as “…a richly hued novel about the winding turns of destiny and the bonds between father and son, tribe and family.” Congratulations to another Tassy Walden Award winner on being published.
Published Tassy Award Winners:
Here is a list of Tassy award winning writers and illustrators now published.
Alice C. Bauer, Leslie Bulion, Leslie Connor, Frank Dormer, Julia Denos,Deborah Freedman, Rolandas Kiaulevicius, Jason Marchi, Amanda Marrone, Nina Nelson.
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