{"id":1257,"date":"2015-01-23T01:56:06","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2015-01-23T01:56:06","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T00:56:06","slug":"lee-lows-new-voices-awards-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/lee-lows-new-voices-awards-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee &#038; Low&#8217;s New Voices Awards Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leeandlow.com\/uploads\/article_category_hero_image\/3437\/NVoices-hero.jpg\" alt=\"Lee &amp; Low New Voices Award\" width=\"762\" height=\"217\" \/><br \/>\nCongratulations to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Andrea J. Loney<\/strong> of Inglewood, California, winner of <strong>Lee &amp; Low&#8217;s 2014 New Voices Award<\/strong> for her manuscript, <em>Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee<\/em>. This sounds as though it&#8217;s going to be a very special book &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-808\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_open_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/>a picture book biography of James Van Der Zee, an African American photographer best known for his portraits of famous and little known New Yorkers during the Harlem Renaissance. From a young age, James Van Der Zee longed to share his vision of the world with others. When he discovered photography, this dream became a reality. Over many years, James worked hard to build his own business, where he specialized in highlighting the black middle class of Harlem, an aspect of American society rarely showcased at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea J. Loney is a writer and software trainer for corporations and non-profits, where her students range from Korean War veterans to at-risk teens. Her mother is African American, and her father is Panamanian-Jamaican. Her family was one of very few black families in her New Jersey town, and this confluence of cultures has inspired her \u201cto write about unusual characters finding or creating their own places in the world.\u201d\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-809 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_close_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and also to Hoor winner\u00a0<strong>Kara Stewart<\/strong> of Durham, North Carolina, \u00a0for her manuscript <strong>Talent<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-808\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_open_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/>about a young girl who goes to Sappony summer camp and is worried that she has nothing to perform at the camp talent show. With a passion for science and help from her friends, Alice Ruth finds her own strength and learns to be comfortable with who she is.<\/p>\n<p>A first time author and member of the Sappony tribe, Stewart is an Elementary School Literacy Coach and serves on the North Carolina State Advisory Council on Indian Education. She believes that it is vital for Native people to be reflected in an accurate, contemporary, and non-stereotypical way, and she wrote this story to honor her Sappony family, their resilience, and determination to keep their heritage alive. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-809 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/QuotationMark_close_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"51\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can read all about the Award, and how to enter , on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leeandlow.com\/writers-illustrators\/new-voices-award\" target=\"_blank\">Lee and Low site <\/a>(where these quotations also come from).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leeandlow.com\/uploads\/article_category_hero_image\/3437\/NVoices-hero.jpg\" alt=\"Lee &amp; Low New Voices Award\" width=\"762\" height=\"217\" \/><br \/> Congratulations to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong> Andrea J. Loney<\/strong> of Inglewood, California, winner of <strong>Lee &amp; Low&#8217;s 2014 New Voices Award<\/strong> for her manuscript, <em>Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee<\/em>. 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