I'm pleased to announce that our Awards committee has decided to recognize three exceptional papers for the Children's Literature Paper Prize competition in 2019:
1st Place ($300): Kate Eldridge for "Creating the White- and Euro-Centric Children's Literary Canon: A Case Study of Clifton Fadiman's Reception to The Black Arts Movement in Children's Literature." Written for Englit 1645: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature with Dr. Courtney Weikle-Mills. Kate also worked with Clare Withers, Liason Librarian in Children's Literature, on this paper, as part of an Archival Scholars project.
2nd Place ($100): Laura Condon for "Bastard, Orphan, Playboy, Philanthropist: Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton as a 21st Century Orphan Story." Written for Englit 1645: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature with Dr. Courtney Weikle-Mills.
3rd Place ($50): Sara Kraus for "'Africanfuturism': Imagining New Futures in The Shadow Speaker." Written for Englit 1645: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature with Dr. Courtney Weikle-Mills.
Congratulations to these students!
Courtney