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By: SCBWI,
on 8/9/2009
Hyewon Yum won the Golden Kite Award for illustration for Last Night, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Winning for picture book illustration, Hyewon Yum spoke of how she wasn't someone who ever lifted her hand to speak in class.
And now she's before almost 1,000 people!
And she gave a very gracious thank you.
Posted by Lee Wind
By: Alice Pope,
on 8/6/2008
The Golden Kite Luncheon & Awards Presentation...
The conference Golden Kite Luncheon took place on Sunday (I'm posting out of order a bit--I used various notebooks that ended up in various places when I packed), during which lots of awards are given out (and I always cry).
After the food (the vegetarian dish was delish) we were entertained a capella by conference-goer Tyler McGroom, who participated in a contest involving singing during last year's event (for which I, as his table mate, got free SCBWI merch from the bookstore) and volunteered to croon once again.
Next SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator Priscilla Burris announced the winners of the portfolio showcase (which, as usual, she did a bang-up job of coordinating). Here they are:
Left to right: Abigail Simoun, editor with Tricycle Press; Laurent Linn, art director at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; my favorite agent, Steven Malk of Writers House; Frieda Gates, coordinator of the annual NY Children's Illustrators Conference; and illustrator Joe Cepeda.
I cried during Susan Patron's closing keynote, too. Of course, when my daughter asked if I was, I denied it.
Hearing her talk about almost giving up writing then getting that phone call from the Newbery committee saying she'd won...it really choked me up. It was as if the universe had found a way to say, to scream: "No--don't give up! Keep writing!"