2021 Virtual Fall Gala
Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 10 am
A ticket to the gala includes a link to the live Zoom event on Sat., Nov. 13, 2021 from 10 am to 1 pm, and signed bookplates from all of the authors.
Discounts are available for CLCSC active members. Early Bird Pricing has been extended to November 12, 2021.
For an additional $10 per ticket, receive a Fall Gala swag pack including a CLCSC mini-tote bag and other surprises (US only, while supplies last).
CLCSC Member $20 | Non-Member $25
CLCSC Member with Party Pack $30 | Non-Member with Party Pack $35
Get your ticket here!
Ticket sales end on Friday, November 12, 2021.
Gala Program
9:55 am - Virtual waiting room opens
10:05 am - Welcome from CLCSC President, Jennifer Driscoll
10:10 am - Keynote Speaker Oge Mora
10:55 am - Q&A with Oge Mora
11:10 am - 5-minute Intermission
11:15 am - Award Winners Ceremony and Speeches
12:10 pm - 5-minute Intermission
12:15 pm - Panel and Q&A with all attending authors/illustrators*, moderated by Andrea Loney
Learn about the award winners and keynote speaker below.
* Winners Carly Lake and Jordan Ifueko are unable to attend the gala event
Support CLCSC by shopping from our Bookshop.org link!
Purchase any books by the 2021 Award Winners and Keynote Speaker Oge Mora from our Bookshop.
2021 Award Winners
Exemplary Work of Creative Non-fiction
Masha D’yans
A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut
Masha D'yans on Facebook
@MashaDyans on Twitter
@MashaDyans on Instagram
Website masha.com
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Excellence in a Picture Book of Cultural Significance
Cindi M. Alvitre and Carly Lake
Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun
Cindi M. Alvitre (Tongva) on Heyday Books
Carly Lake @sea.lake on Instagram
Carly Lake Website carlylake.com
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Most Magnificent Middle-Grade Mystery
Keith Calabrese
Connect the Dots
Keith Calabrese on Facebook
@notMrCalabrese on Twitter
Website keithcalabrese.com
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Excellence in Juvenile Fiction by a Debut Author
Ernesto Cisneros
Efrén Divided
@Author_Cisneros on Twitter
Website ernestocisneros.com
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Peggy Miller Award for Young Adult Literature
Jordan Ifueko
Raybearer
@jifueko on Twitter
@jifueko on Instagram
Website jordanifueko.com
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Dorothy C. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Children's Literature
Alana Weisberg
Founder, Bookworm Global
@BookwormGlobal on Twitter
@bookwormglobal on Instagram
Website bookwormglobal.com
Oge Mora
Keynote Speaker
Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner, and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award recipient. Her second book, Saturday won the 2020 Boston Globe—Horn Book Picture Book Award. Oge’s artwork has been applauded by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe. She also recently made the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 list in Arts & Style.
Oge grew up in Columbus, Ohio but resides in Providence, RI. She is a fan of all things colorful, patterned, or collaged, and enjoys creating warm stories that celebrate people coming together.
@OgeMora on Twitter | @Oge_Mora on Instagram
Find out more about the author/illustrator at ogemora.com.
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