The 2023 CLCSC Awards Ceremony

Saturday, October 21, 2023, 9 am - 12 pm

Our 2023 CLCSC Awards Ceremony took place on a sunny Saturday morning in Monterey Park, in the Luminarias Restaurant’s Posada room. Attendees listened to acceptance speeches by award winners Joe Cepeda, Benson Shum, and Nikki High, as well as video messages from Marie Arnold and Rex Ogle. Caroline Arnold and Masha Dyans, award winners from previous years, also joined us for the book signing portion of the day. Silent Auction bidders also raised over $400 for our cause.

Lastly, we announced the creation of the Caroline Gill Award for Distinguished Volunteer in the Field of Children’s Literature and briefly paid tribute to both Caroline and celebrated children’s author Eve Bunting.

Thanks to Luminarias, Once Upon a Time Bookstore, and photographer Josh Steichmann for their continuing support of our annual event. Our gratitude goes out to our silent auction sponsors: CVS, Mitchell Kamarck, and A Noise Within.

Application to join the CLCSC Board of Directors: https://bit.ly/clc23apply

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