| National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Honoring books written and illustrated by young people |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Landmark House |
| First awarded | 1985 |
| Last awarded | 2007 |
The National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students is a literary competition held by Landmark House (formerly Landmark Editions) of Kansas City, Kansas. It was launched by David Melton, one of the publisher's staff members.
History
Landmark inaugurated the program in the mid-1980s as The National Written and Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students, and ran it until 1999. A year later, future awards were canceled indefinitely, due to falling sales of their titles caused by "the financial crunch in many schools and libraries". In 2006 and 2007, the company revived it as the David Melton Memorial Written and Illustrated by... Contest for Students, before rebranding it under the current name.
Winners
| Year | Winner by category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ages 6–9 | Ages 10–13 | Ages 14–19 | Gold Award | |
| As the National Written and Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students | ||||
| 1985 | ||||
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| As the David Melton Memorial Written and Illustrated by... Contest for Students | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
| As the National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students | ||||
| 2008– | No known awards given yet | |||
See also
- Lune Spark Young Writers' Short Story Contest
- PBS Kids Writers Contest
- National Novel Writing Month
- Three-Day Novel Contest
References
- ^ "The National Written & Illustrated by... Awards Contest for Students® Winners". Landmark House. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Home Page". Landmark House. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "The 2009 National Kids-in-Print Book Contest for Students: Rules and Guidelines". Landmark House. 2008. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- "Contest Notice". Landmark House. Archived from the original on October 10, 2004. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ Landmark House (2009). "Landmark Books: David Melton Memorial Written & Illustrated by... Contest". Homeschool Buyers Club Inc. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- "Resolution No. 900773". City of Kansas City, Missouri. December 6, 1990. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- "Feature photo (032597)". The Augusta Chronicle. March 25, 1997. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- Russell, Ruth (March 24, 2000). "Prize-winning teen author sticks with book ideas until the big one bites her". Hard News Cafe. Utah State University Communications Department. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
