Tu Books Announces Winner of First Annual New Visions Contest for Writers of Color

April 11, 2013 – 1:26 pm

[from the press release] New York, NY—April 11, 2013—Tu Books, the science fiction, fantasy, and mystery imprint of respected multicultural children’s publisher LEE & LOW BOOKS, is thrilled to announce that author Valynne Maetani has won its first annual New Visions Award for her young adult mystery novel, Remnants of the Rising Sun. The New […]

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part V: Diversity in Genre Fiction

March 12, 2013 – 12:54 pm

New Visions Award writing contest finalists share their thoughts on diversity in science fiction and fantasy for young readers.

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part IV

March 5, 2013 – 1:14 pm

In January we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting these talented finalists on our blog as they answer questions about what inspires them, the writing […]

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part III

February 26, 2013 – 11:00 am

New Visions Award writing contest finalists answer the question: What has been your experience writing from a different cultural background that may be unfamiliar to most young readers?

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part II

February 20, 2013 – 5:41 pm

Last month we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting these talented finalists on our blog as they answer questions about what inspires them, the […]

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists

February 19, 2013 – 2:05 pm

Our New Visions Writing Contest finalists share why they began writing their novels and submitted them to the contest.

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Announcing our New Visions writing contest finalists

January 24, 2013 – 1:09 pm

This year our Tu Books imprint established the New Visions Award, an annual writing contest for a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. The award was started to encourage new voices of color in genre fiction, in response to the low number of writers of […]

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Hurricane Sandy Update: We’re Here

November 5, 2012 – 4:53 pm

Hi all, just a quick note to let you know everything’s back up and running here at the Lee & Low offices following last week’s blackout. We were very lucky: not only is our office building okay, but no one on the Lee & Low staff suffered any real damage – just a few days […]

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Hurricane update: New Visions Award deadline extension

October 31, 2012 – 11:55 am

If you’ve been stuck at home from the hurricane and spending your time polishing your young adult novel, good news: due to Hurricane Sandy, we will be extending the deadline for our first annual New Visions Award. Entries should now be postmarked by November 14. The New Visions Award will be given to a middle […]

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Announcing the New Visions Award!

July 26, 2012 – 1:20 pm

Calling all aspiring authors! We are thrilled to announce the establishment of the New Visions Award, which will be given to a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. Established by Lee & Low’s fantasy, science fiction and mystery imprint, Tu Books, the award is a […]

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