awards, grants and fellowships

The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship
- Previous Keats Fellowship Winners

The Kerlan Award
- Previous Kerlan Award Winners

Marilyn Hollinshead Visiting Scholars Fund for Travel

The Kerlan Essay Award

The Friends of the Kerlan Collection are pleased to announce the 14th annual award to be presented in 2008 for an outstanding paper written during the preceding school year by a college or university student using the resources of the Children's Literature Research Collections. This award will consist of a citation and the sum of three hundred dollars. The purpose of the award is to promote the use of the Kerlan Collection, and it is given in recognition of outstanding research utilizing original resources available in the Kerlan Collection.

In evaluating the papers, judges will emphasize the formulation of a research topic that provides a contribution to knowledge and utilizes original resources, especially manuscripts and illustrations in the CLRC. The writing style and organization of the paper are also important. Call 612-624-4576 for specific instructions on submissions.

The deadline for entries is June 1, 2010.

Criteria and Rules for Entering
- Manuscripts of any length will be considered. They must have been completed between June 1, 2008 and June 1, 2009.

- Three copies of the essay must be submitted the Kerlan Essay Award, 113 Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minnesota, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Postmarked by June 1, 2009.

- If previously published, submit the final publication; if unpublished, the paper should be word processed, double spaced on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, and include full references, including the Children's Literature Research Collections resources used. Prepare a cover sheet which includes name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and origin of the paper (e.g., prepared for a course at X college, prepared for Y publication). The author's name should not appear on the manuscript itself in order to insure a blind review.

-Three Kerlan Friends serve as judges, and their decision is final. They will consider: 1) description of the nature and use of unique Children's Literature Research Collections resources; 2) scholarship in the execution of the study; 3) clarity of the writing style; and 4) significance of the research topic in advancing understanding of children's literature, the writing process, the publication process, the nature of archival research, or other related disciplines. In any given year, the judges may choose to give no award.

- The award will be announced at the Kerlan Friends Annual Meeting during the summer of 2008.

Past recipients of the kerlan essay award include:

1994 Jane Gulden	“Number the Stars: A Favorite Story.” Based on materials by Lois Lowry.
1995 Diane Prindle	“Meet Caddie Woodlawn.”
1996 No winner
1997 Cheryl Cooke	“Tracing the Writing Process: How Does an Author Begin?” A study of selected works by Katherine Paterson.
1998 No winner
1999 No winner
2000 No winner
2001 Deb Kruse-Field	“Inventing a Voice: Karen Hesse’s Creation of Voice in The Music of Dolphins”
2002 No winner
2003 No winner
2004 Jessica Dockter 2004 Sarah Hansen	“From Dear Me to Dear Reader: Kate DiCamillo’s Evolving Self-Talk in The Tale of Desperaux ” “From Sparks to Fireworks: Barbara Juster Esbensen’s Revision of Cold Stars and Fireflies ”
2005 No winner
2006 Mary Ballsrud	“Truth is as Strange as Fiction in Phyllis Reynolds Naylor’s Novel, The Keeper”
2007 Beth Brendler	"Discovering Billie Jo: Karen Hesse's Journey to Find Her Protagonist in Out of the Dust ."
2008 No winner

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The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship

The Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Memorial Fellowship from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation provides $1,500 to a “talented writer and/or illustrator of children’s books who wishes to use the Kerlan Collection for the furtherance of his or her artistic development.”

This fellowship is intended to provide financial assistance for writers and illustrators who wish to use the original manuscripts, illustrations, and books of the Kerlan Collection in course of their professional development. Special consideration will be given to those who would find it difficult to finance a visit to the Kerlan Collection.

The Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship recipient will receive funds for travel expenses and a per diem allotment. Applications for 2010 must be postmarked by December 31, 2009. The winner will be notified by February, 2010. Study and written report must be completed during the 2009 calendar year.

For paper copies of the application send a request including a large size (6" x 9" or 9" x 12") self-addressed, $.97 postage paid envelope to the address below:

Ezra Jack Keats/Kerlan Collection Memorial Fellowship

113 Andersen Library

222 - 21st Avenue South

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis , MN 55455

Otherwise, download the application here.

Past recipients of the Ezra Jack Keats Fellowship include:

1985 Ilse Plume	1998 Beth Royalty
1986 Ellen Stoll Walsh	1999 Sandra Ure Griffin
1987 Richard Jesse Watson	2000 Hilary Janeway Smith
1988 No winner	2001 No winner
1989 Loreen Leedy and Jean Gralley	2002 Chip Houser and Lori McElrath-Eslick
1990 Leslie Tryon	2003 Kena Sosa
1991 Andrea Wyman	2004 Daniel Powers
1992 Marjorie Allen	2005 No winner
1993 Constance Bergum	2006 No winner
1994 Marc Harshman	2007 Amanda Sheperd
1995 Paula Nourse-Ragland	2008 Kelly Baptist
1996 David Pelletier	2009 Kathleen Wong Bishop and Leslie Ann Hayashi
1997 No winner

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The Kerlan Award

The Kerlan Award is given “in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children’s literature and in appreciation for generous donation of unique resources to the Kerlan Collection for the study of children’s literature.” Individuals from all areas of children's literature, including authors, illustrators, editors, publishers, and educators, are eligible for this honor.

The Kerlan Award committee invites nominations for the forthcoming Kerlan Award. The Kerlan Award nominations are due in the fall and the award is presented in the spring. You may suggest as many names as you wish, but list them in order of priority, with the highest recommendation first. Submissions for the 2010 Award due October 15, 2009.

For more information, please call 612-624-4576.

Past recipients of the Kerlan Award include:

The Kerlan Awards in Children's Literature 1975 - 2001	1980 Glen Rounds	1990 Madeline L'Engle
	1981 Tomie dePaola	1991 Leonard Everett Fisher
	1982 Jean Craghead George	1992 Barbara Cooney
	1983 Katherine Paterson	1993 Mary Stolz
	1984 Margaret Wise Brown and her Editors and Illustrators	1994 Myra Cohn Livingston
1975 Marie Hall Ets, Marguerite Henry, and Elizabeth Coatsworth	1985 Eleanor Cameron	1995 Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and Margot Tomes
1976 Roger Duvoison	1986 Charlotte Zolotow	1996 Marion Dane Bauer and Paul Galdone
1977 Wanda Gag	1987 Charles Mikolaycak	1997 Theodore Taylor
1978 Carol Ryrie Brink	1988 Jane Yolen	1998 Dahlov Ipcar
1979 Margot Zemach	1989 Gail Haley	1999 Eve Bunting, Lois Lenski, Dr. Edward B. Stanford, and Dr. Norine Odland

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2000 Patricia Lauber	2005 Ted Rand
2001 Jane Resh Thomas and Don Freeman	2006 Karen Hesse
2002 Joan Lowery Nixon and Barbara Esbensen	2007 Karen Cushman and Louis Slobodkin
2003 Nikki Grimes and Gustaf Tenggren	2008 Walter Dean Myers and Robert Kraus
2004 Lois Lowry	2009 Jeanette Winter

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Marilyn hollinshead visiting scholars Fellowship

Marilyn Hollinshead Visiting Scholars Fund for Travel to the Kerlan Collection will be available for research study in 2010. Applicants may request up to $1,500.

Send a letter with the proposed purpose, plan to use specific research materials (manuscripts and art), dates, and budget (including airfare and per diem) to Marilyn Hollinshead Visiting Scholars Fellowship, 113 Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. S. Mpls, MN 55455.

The application deadline is December 31 , 2009. Travel and a written report on the project must be completed and submitted in 2010.

Past recipients of the Marilyn Holinshead Visiting Scholars Fellowship:

2005 Connie Ann Kirk	Conducted research for her forthcoming 3-volume Encyclopedia of American Children’s and Young Adult Literature.
2005 Jean M. Stevenson	Researched material in preparation of a book proposal titled Nurturing the Writer: The Edited Correspondence of Myra Cohn Livingston and Margaret K. McElderry from 1946-1971.
2006 Sandra Imdieke	Researched fiction written in unique structures or formats, sometimes referred to as multi-genre literature.
2007 Fenice B. Boyd	Will investigate the original manuscript materials for Jane Yolen’s Briar Rose and Lois Lowry’s The Giver.
2008 Helen Kopec
2009 Lawrence P. Sipe

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