tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68725217596268506842024-03-12T17:24:43.672-07:00Jenni BielickiJenni Bielickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542802347427533419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872521759626850684.post-59498211429457247972015-04-26T20:14:00.002-07:002017-07-08T15:17:21.627-07:00Starry Kalahari Wins AgainWOW!!! <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/manuscript-award-recipients/" target="_blank">STARRY KALAHARI WON</a> the 2012 SCBWI Promising Picture Book Award!!! Thank you SCBWI!<br />
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"Selected from manuscripts submitted for individual critique at the
SCBWI Annual Conference in Los Angeles, the Promising Picture Book Award
is given to a picture book manuscript deemed most promising for
publication. Critiquers at the Los Angeles conference nominate the
finalists. A three-member panel of writers make the final selection
after the conference. The winner receives $500 to help them finish their manuscript and submit it to publishers."<br />
<br />Jenni Bielickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542802347427533419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872521759626850684.post-68934078783390085732010-08-09T10:38:00.000-07:002012-02-09T09:51:01.089-08:00Expert Review of Starry Kalahari ~ "Wonderful!"I contacted <a href="http://www.brookes.ac.uk/res/experts/profiles/simon_bearder/">Professor Simon Bearder</a> at Oxford Brookes University in the UK who is one of the worlds leading authorities on nocturnal primates. I asked if he would mind reviewing <em>Starry Kalahari</em> for accuracy and he graciously agreed. I can't thank him enough for his review:<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>"You have clearly researched each species and it all seems quite accurate. I look forward to seeing the finished product. It evokes a feeling of the night in the Kalahari - wonderful!" </em></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">~ Simon K. Bearder, BSc MSc PhD ~</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS7rKHxKKyMxd6resbF-qxf0LYNUaI-q0Mx0jrh3oWZ9RQNu0EvbLAz4s828w52xmC4eUTlnD3lY-N-vTo4BbfytPmHkCnP7IBeQmr60VDmWrjpg75SIN_jRK3jBKFegvYaSE0GM-vmiU/s1600/Kalahari+Trees+at+Sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSS7rKHxKKyMxd6resbF-qxf0LYNUaI-q0Mx0jrh3oWZ9RQNu0EvbLAz4s828w52xmC4eUTlnD3lY-N-vTo4BbfytPmHkCnP7IBeQmr60VDmWrjpg75SIN_jRK3jBKFegvYaSE0GM-vmiU/s320/Kalahari+Trees+at+Sunset.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Jenni Bielickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542802347427533419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872521759626850684.post-39271774631364877152010-07-02T10:07:00.000-07:002010-07-20T15:12:02.081-07:00SCBWI Barbara Karlin GrantI just found out that <em>Starry Kalahari</em> won the SCBWI 2010 <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/Grant-Winners">Barbara Karlin Runner-Up Grant</a>. What an honor! Thank you to the SCBWI Barbara Karlin Grant Committee and a special thanks to Ann Whitford Paul for making the Runner-Up Grant possible.Jenni Bielickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542802347427533419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872521759626850684.post-62091361610916605352010-05-30T20:32:00.000-07:002010-07-02T14:43:06.172-07:00Starry Kalahari wins First PlaceJenni's manuscript, <a href="http://www.scbwisocal.org/htmls/Writers/contest_winners.html"><em>Starry Kalahari</em> won</a> the nonfiction category at the SCBWI-LA Writers Day.Jenni Bielickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01542802347427533419noreply@blogger.com5