{"id":15384,"date":"2017-04-07T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=15384"},"modified":"2017-03-31T23:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T03:28:21","slug":"call-suggestions-2018-newbery-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/call-suggestions-2018-newbery-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Suggestions \u2013 2018 Newbery Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Newbery.jpg\" alt=\"John Newbery Medal\" width=\"200\" height=\"202\" \/>Books are arriving and the 2018 Newbery committee is busily reading but we need your help in ensuring we are identifying the very best in children\u2019s literature published in 2017.\u00a0 Please consider suggesting a title to the committee for consideration.\u00a0 <!--more-->Visit the Newbery Medal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/newberymedal\/newberymedal\">page<\/a>, log into your ALA account and fill out the suggestion form.\u00a0 It\u2019s that easy!<\/p>\n<p>The Newbery Medal is presented annually to the author of the most <strong>distinguished<\/strong> contribution to American literature for children published during the preceding year. Honor books may be named.<\/p>\n<p>Distinguished is defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>marked by eminence and distinction: noted for significant achievement<\/li>\n<li>marked by excellence in quality<\/li>\n<li>marked by conspicuous excellence or eminence<\/li>\n<li>individually distinct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information can be found on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/newberymedal\/newberyapp\/newberyapplication\">Submission Process<\/a> and FAQ\u2019s about ALSC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/aboutalsc\/alscfaqs\">Book &amp; Media Awards<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurry \u2013 suggestions close on October 15, 2017!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s guest blogger is Cecilia P. McGowan, 2018 Newbery Committee Chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books are arriving and the 2018 Newbery committee is busily reading but we need your help in ensuring we are identifying the very best in children\u2019s literature published in 2017.\u00a0 Please consider suggesting a title to the committee for consideration.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[12,210,22,25,134],"tags":[520],"class_list":["post-15384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-scholarships","category-books-2","category-childrens-literature","category-evaluation-of-media","category-guest-blogger","tag-newbery-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}