I Voted!

I voted!  Have you?  Ballots are currently being cast for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kites Awards.  And there isn’t even any controversy about casting your ballot electronically!

If you are an SCBWI member, it is time to cast your vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.  For those of you who have not voted before, the Crystal Kites are voted on by your peers, fellow authors and illustrators.  There is an award for each of the SCBWI regional divisions worldwide.

This is Round 1 in the voting which will continue through April 27.  Cast your vote for one book.  The winners in this Round will move on to the Second/Final round.

To vote, just follow these simple steps.

1. Go to the SCBWI site and log in.  You have to be logged in so this step is important.
2. Once you have logged in and reached your member profile page, scroll to the bottom of the left hand menu and click on “Vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.”
3. This will automatically take you to the correct region, thankfully.  I’m in Kansas-Missouri which is (in SCBWI-land) part of the Mid-South.  You can scroll down the page and click on “More Info” to find out additional information on any given book.  You can sort the books by Title, Author Name, or Illustrator Name.
4. Once you have decided which book you want to vote for, click on the “Vote For This Book” button for the book you have chosen.  You will be asked to confirm you vote and then you simply click “yes” or “no.”

That’s all there is to it.   Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go look over 40 or so different books and cast my vote.  It is so exciting to see so many books that I recognize.

–SueBE

Crystal Kite: Vote in the Second Round!

Round 2 voting for SCBWI’s Crystal Kite awards has begun and will continue through April 30, 5pm PDT. 

If you are an SCBWI member, go to www.scbwi.org and log in.  Then go to your Member Home page. See the left navigation bar? Scroll to the bottom and click “Vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.”  Check out the books in your division and click “VOTE FOR THIS BOOK.”

We want as many members as possible to participate so be sure to blog, tweet and post on Instagram with the tags #SCBWI19CK and #scbwicrystalkites.  Remind people to vote and use the “I VOTED” badge.

But remember that you an encourage people to vote but not to vote for a specific book.  Check out the rules here .

Now, go vote!

–SueBE

Time to Vote: Crystal Kite Awards

If you are an SCBWI member, it is time to cast your vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.  For those of you who have not voted before, the Crystal Kites are voted on by your peers, fellow authors and illustrators.  There is an award for each of the SCBWI regional divisions worldwide.

This is Round 1 in the voting which will continue through April 14.  Cast your vote for one book.  The winners in this Round will become the finalists in the Second/Final round.

To vote, just follow these simple steps.

1. Go to the SCBWI site and log in.  You have to be logged in so this step is important.
2. Once you have logged in and reached your member profile page, scroll to the bottom of the left hand menu and click on “Vote in the Crystal Kite Awards.”
3. This will automatically take you to the correct region, thankfully.  I’m in Kansas-Missouri which is part of the Mid-South.  You can scroll down the page and click on “More Info” to find out additional information on any given book.  You can sort the books by Title, Author Name, or Illustrator Name.
4. Once you have decided which book you want to vote for, click on the “Vote For This Book” button for the book you have chosen.  You will be asked to confirm you vote and then you simply click “yes” or “no.”

That’s all there is to it.   Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go look over 41 different books and cast my vote.  It is so exciting to see so many books that I recognize.

–SueBE

Vote Today: Crystal Kite Voting Ends Today!

Are you an SCBWI member?  If so, have you voted yet for the Crystal Kite Award?  Today is the last day to vote in Round One.  So if you still need to vote, get a move on it! Click here to go directly to the correct page on the SCBWI site.

This one nearly got past me.

Note:  The entire SCBWI membership is divided up into 15 regions for this award.  This means that when you land on the page to take your vote, you may be a little surprised by what Region you are assigned.  This doesn’t correspond directly to your SCBWI region.  Here are the Crystal Kite regions:

• US Division: California, Hawaii
• US Division: West (Washington, northern Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota)
• US Division: Southwest (Nevada, Arizona, Utah, southern Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico)
• US Division: Midwest (Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio)
• US Division: New England (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island)
• US Division: New York
• US Division: Texas, Oklahoma
• US Division: Atlantic (Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Wash DC, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland)
• US Division: Mid-South (Kansas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri)
• US Division: Southeast (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)
• International Division: UK, Ireland
• International Division: Middle East, India, Asia
• International Division: Canada
• International Division: Australia, New Zealand
• International Division: Other International

For the Crystal Kite, I’m in the Mid-South region although my regular SCBWI Region is Missour.  Don’t let this throw you but do hurry over and vote!

–SueBE

Are You Eligible for a Crystal Kite Award?

The Crystal Kite is the member choice award given out by the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators each year.  That means that if you are an SCBWI PAL member with a book published in 2012, you need to make sure that your book has been nominated.

Do this by going to the SCBWI site.

Once there, you will have to update your member profile to include the information on your 2012 book.  To do this:

1. Log in.
2. Click on Manage Profile.
3. Click on the tab labeled Publication.
4. Enter your 2012 book.  When you do, be sure to click the box next to the following.  “Yes, I would like to submit this publication for Crystal Kite Awards nomination.”

NOTE:  Once voting has begun (February 1, 2013) no more books can be nominated.  You have two days to nominate your book!

Good luck to all of you PAL authors.

–SueBE