Kontis Wins Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Grant

Alethea Kontis and non-genre author Tanuja Desai Hidier have won the 2019 Jane Yolen Mid-List Author Grant. The $3,000 annual grant, created and funded by Jane Yolen, honors mid-list authors “and aims to help raise awareness about their current works-in-progress.”

For more information, including how to apply for the grant, see the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) official website.

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