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Writers, Send Us Your Manuscripts!
The submission deadline is fast approaching for Lee & Low Books’ tenth annual NEW VOICES AWARD. Manuscripts will be accepted through September 30, 2009, and must be postmarked within that period....
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Announcing the 2009 New Voices Award Honor winner!
This fall, we read over 100 picture book manuscripts submitted to the New Voices Award, our annual contest for unpublished writers of color. Thank you to everyone who submitted, and congratulations to...
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Your New Voices Award questions answered
Hi, friends! The deadline grows near for our annual New Voices Award, so first off is a reminder to send us your stories by September 30, 2010 if you are planning to submit. In case you’re not familiar...
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2010 New Voices Award winners!
The time has finally come to announce this year’s winners of our very own New Voices Award! As you may know, the annual New Voices Award is given out each year by Lee & Low to an unpublished author...
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Announcing the New Visions Award!
Calling all aspiring authors! We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the New Visions Award, which will be given to a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by...
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Announcing our New Visions writing contest finalists
This year our Tu Books imprint established the New Visions Award, an annual writing contest for a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. The award...
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New Voices Award Winners: “How I Started Writing”
This year marks our 14th annual New Voices Award writing contest. Every year, LEE & LOW BOOKS gives the New Voices Award to a debut author of color for a picture book manuscript. Did you know that...
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ALA Recap: Lee & Low and Cinco Puntos Discuss Multicultural Publishing
This year in Chicago, we hosted a joint book buzz session with Cinco Puntos Press entitled, “Talk is Cheap: A Conversation With Two Multicultural Book Publishers.” The idea was to bring people together...
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Advice for New Writers from our New Voices Award Winners
Last month we brought together past New Voices Award winners to see how they got their start writing picture books. Today, in our next installment in the series, we ask these talented authors to share...
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Lee & Low’s New Voices Award Writing Contest Deadline is September 30
The 2013 New Voices Award deadline is rapidly approaching! Manuscripts must be postmarked by September 30, 2013 to be eligible for this year’s award. Established in 2000, the New Voices Award...
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New Voices Award Winners: Where Are They Now?
Last month we brought together past New Voices Award winners to see what it was like to publish their first books. Today, in our final installment in the series, we ask these talented authors to share...
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Announcing our 2013 New Voices Award Winner
Now in its fourteenth year, our New Voices Award is given to an unpublished author of color for a picture book manuscript. We’re excited to announce the winner of this year’s New Voices Award: Sylvia...
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Submitting to our New Voices Award: Tips from an Editor
In this blog post, our editorial assistant Samantha shares her thoughts on the New Voices Award and what she’s looking for from this year’s submissions. The beginning of summer is my favorite time of...
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How to Find Time to Write When You Have 11 Children
Pamela M. Tuck is the author of As Fast As Words Could Fly, winner of our New Voices Award and named to the International Reading Association’s Teacher’s Choices list. Tuck lives in Boyerstown,...
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Announcing our 2014 New Voices Award Winner
LEE & LOW BOOKS is proud to announce that Andrea J. Loney ofInglewood, California, is the winner of the company’s fifteenth annual New Voices Award. Her manuscript, Take a Picture of Me, James Van...
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Five Authors Share Their Favorite Writing Prompts
This year marks our sixteenth annual New Voices Award, Lee & Low’s writing contest for unpublished writers of color. In this blog series, past New Voices winners gather to give advice for new...
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Two Authors Share Their Favorite Tools to Plot a Story
This year marks our sixteenth annual New Voices Award, Lee & Low’s writing contest for unpublished writers of color. In this blog series, past New Voices winners gather to give advice for new...
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Two Authors Share What “Voice” Means To Them
This year marks our sixteenth annual New Voices Award, Lee & Low’s writing contest for unpublished writers of color. In this blog series, past New Voices winners gather to give advice for aspiring...
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New Voices Award Winners on Revising Your Story
This year marks our sixteenth annual New Voices Award, Lee & Low’s writing contest for unpublished writers of color. In this blog series, past New Voices winners gather to give advice for new...
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Announcing our 2015 New Voices Award Winner
New York, NY—January 19, 2016—LEE & LOW BOOKS is proud to announce that Lisa Brathwaite of Stone Mountain, Georgia, is the winner of the company’s sixteenth annual New Voices Award. Her manuscript,...
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