{"id":27795,"date":"2022-09-20T12:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T16:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=27795"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:29:34","slug":"pura-belpre-call-for-suggestions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2022\/09\/pura-belpre-call-for-suggestions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pura Belpr\u00e9 \u2013 Call for Suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2023 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Selection Committee invites all ALSC members to submit suggestions of titles to be considered for the 2023 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/belpremedal\">Pura Belpr\u00e9 Award<\/a><strong>,<\/strong> presented to a Latino\/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Pura-Belpre-medal.jpg\" alt=\"Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal\" class=\"wp-image-16329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Pura-Belpre-medal.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Pura-Belpre-medal-95x90.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award is co-sponsored by the Association for Library Service to Children (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/\">ALSC<\/a>), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reforma.org\/\">REFORMA<\/a>), an ALA affiliate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Terms &amp; Criteria<\/strong> for the award can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/awardsgrants\/bookmedia\/belpremedal\/belpresubmission\/belprmedaltrms\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Suggestions can be made for Author or Illustrator awards (or both.)<\/li><li>The books must be published in the United States or Puerto Rico during 2022.<\/li><li>Recipients of the Pura Belpr\u00e9 medal must be residents or citizens of the United States or Puerto Rico.<\/li><li>Fiction and nonfiction books for children published in Spanish, English, or bilingual formats are eligible.<\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current REFORMA\/ALSC members can sign in and submit suggestions by completing <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/shrhAgQqRLM1tlOpp\">this form<\/a>.\u00a0 We will give serious consideration to both REFORMA\/ALSC members\u2019 suggestions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We look forward to receiving your suggestions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 <strong>Diane Olivo-Posner<\/strong> and members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/aboutalsc\/coms\/pg5awards\/als-awpbaodd\">2023 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Selection Committee<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Selection Committee invites all ALSC members to submit suggestions of titles to be considered for the 2023 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Award, presented to a Latino\/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"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":[12,210,134],"tags":[525],"class_list":["post-27795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-scholarships","category-books-2","category-guest-blogger","tag-pura-belpre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27795","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\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}