{"id":196,"date":"2011-01-12T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T16:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=196"},"modified":"2011-06-19T09:07:30","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T14:07:30","slug":"glbtrt-awards-book-lists-in-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/196","title":{"rendered":"2011 GLBTRT Stonewall Awards &#038; Book Lists Garner Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you see our awards or books lists mentioned in the news, let us know at glbtrt@gmail.com. \u00a0We will link to all mentions here as we hear about them.<\/p>\n<h2>References to Stonewall Book Awards in News &amp; Blogs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Kirkus Reviews: The Oscars of Teen Lit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/blog\/young-adult\/oscars-teen-lit-ya-stfu\/\">Kirkus Reviews: The Oscars of Teen Lit (3\/7\/2011) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"San Diego G&amp;L News on Almost Perfect\" href=\"http:\/\/sdgln.com\/causes\/2011\/01\/27\/inspiring-novel-about-transgender-teenage-girl-receives-2011-ala-stonewall-award\">San Diego G&amp;L News: Inspiring novel about transgender teenage girl receives 2011 ALA Stonewall Award (1\/27\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"San Diego G&amp;L News on Almost Perfect\" href=\"http:\/\/sdgln.com\/causes\/2011\/01\/27\/inspiring-novel-about-transgender-teenage-girl-receives-2011-ala-stonewall-award\"><\/a><a title=\"GLAAD Article about Almost Perfect, winner of the Stonewall Children's &amp; Young Adult Award\" href=\"http:\/\/glaadblog.org\/2011\/01\/26\/touching-teen-novel-about-transgender-girl-wins-2011-ala-stonewall-award\/\">GLAAD Article: Touching Teen Novel About Transgender Girl Wins 2011 ALA Stonewall Award (1\/26\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"GLAAD Article about Almost Perfect, winner of the Stonewall Children's &amp; Young Adult Award\" href=\"http:\/\/glaadblog.org\/2011\/01\/26\/touching-teen-novel-about-transgender-girl-wins-2011-ala-stonewall-award\/\"><\/a><a title=\"Let's Get Beyond Tolerance blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/letsgetbeyondtolerance.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/importance-of-lgbt-book-award.html\">Let&#8217;s Get Beyond Tolerance blog: The Importance of an LGBT Book Award (1\/25\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Let's Get Beyond Tolerance blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/letsgetbeyondtolerance.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/importance-of-lgbt-book-award.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Bibrary Bookslut blog\" href=\"http:\/\/bibrary.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/review-almost-perfect-by-brian-katcher.html\">Bibrary Bookslut blog: Review of Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher (1\/24\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bibrary Bookslut blog\" href=\"http:\/\/bibrary.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/review-almost-perfect-by-brian-katcher.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Interview on Carpe Keyboard\" href=\"http:\/\/carpekeyboard.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/talking-with-award-winning-writer-brian.html\">Carpe Keyboard blog interview with Award Winning Writer Brian Katcher, and a Give Away of Almost Perfect (1\/23\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Interview on Carpe Keyboard\" href=\"http:\/\/carpekeyboard.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/talking-with-award-winning-writer-brian.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Wicked Local of Harwich, Mass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedlocal.com\/harwich\/topstories\/x104379186\/At-Your-Library-And-the-children-s-book-winners-are\">Wicked Local of Harwich, Massachusetts notes Youth Media Awards and Stonewall Awards (1\/22\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Wicked Local of Harwich, Mass\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wickedlocal.com\/harwich\/topstories\/x104379186\/At-Your-Library-And-the-children-s-book-winners-are\"><\/a><a title=\"Teens @ Corvallis-Benton County Public Library note new Stonewall winners\" href=\"http:\/\/corvallisbentonteens.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/stonewall-award-winners-best-glbtq.html\">Teens @ Corvallis-Benton County Public Library: Stonewall Award Winners: Best GLBTQ Books (1\/18\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Teens @ Corvallis-Benton County Public Library note new Stonewall winners\" href=\"http:\/\/corvallisbentonteens.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/stonewall-award-winners-best-glbtq.html\"><\/a><a title=\"St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on Stonewall Book Award winning book &quot;Almost Perfect&quot; by Brian Katcher, Delacourte Press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/entertainment\/books-and-literature\/article_b36b7677-ceed-5d82-8b3c-d1fe69e84d85.html\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on &#8220;Almost Perfect&#8221; by Brian Katcher, Delacourte Press (1\/16\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on Stonewall Book Award winning book &quot;Almost Perfect&quot; by Brian Katcher, Delacourte Press\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/entertainment\/books-and-literature\/article_b36b7677-ceed-5d82-8b3c-d1fe69e84d85.html\"><\/a><a title=\"Windy City Media Story on Stonewall Book Award winner and honor books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitymediagroup.com\/gay\/lesbian\/news\/ARTICLE.php?AID=30106\">Windy City Media on Stonewall Book Award winners and honor books (1\/11\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Windy City Media Story on Stonewall Book Award winner and honor books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitymediagroup.com\/gay\/lesbian\/news\/ARTICLE.php?AID=30106\"><\/a><a title=\"Interview with &quot;Almost Prefect&quot; author Brian Katcher\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.riverfronttimes.com\/dailyrft\/2011\/01\/missouri_author_wins_award_for.php\">River Front Times of Missouri interview with &#8220;Almost Prefect&#8221; author Brian Katcher (1\/11\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Interview with &quot;Almost Prefect&quot; author Brian Katcher\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.riverfronttimes.com\/dailyrft\/2011\/01\/missouri_author_wins_award_for.php\"><\/a><a title=\"Star Tribune story on Minnesotan winners of ALA book awards.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/entertainment\/books\/113251724.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUoD3aPc:_27EQU\">Star Tribune of\u00a0Minneapolis-St. Paul notes\u00a0Minnesotan\u00a0ALA book award winners, including author of Stonewall honor book (1\/11\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Star Tribune story on Minnesotan winners of ALA book awards.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/entertainment\/books\/113251724.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUoD3aPc:_27EQU\"><\/a><a title=\"Pioneer Press story on Minnesotan winners of ALA book awards.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/entertainment\/ci_17058521?nclick_check=1\">Pioneer Press of Minneapolis-St. Paul notes\u00a0Minnesotan\u00a0ALA book award winners, including author of Stonewall honor book (article behind pay wall now &#8211; (1\/11\/2011))<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Pioneer Press story on Minnesotan winners of ALA book awards.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/entertainment\/ci_17058521?nclick_check=1\"><\/a><a title=\"NPR Story about ALA's Young Adult &amp; Children's Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=132808887\">NPR Story about ALA Young Adult &amp; Children&#8217;s Awards notes Stonewall Winner (article already down &#8211; can&#8217;t locate it in site search tool)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NPR Story about ALA's Young Adult &amp; Children's Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=132808887\"><\/a><a title=\"New York Times Article About ALA's Young Adult \/ Children's Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/11\/books\/11stonewall.html?_r=2\">New York Times article about ALA Young Adult &amp; Children&#8217;s Awards (1\/10\/2011)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"New York Times Article About ALA's Young Adult \/ Children's Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/01\/11\/books\/11stonewall.html?_r=2\"><em>(top image is of the Stonewall winner w\/award seal\u00a0clearly\u00a0viable. \u00a0Stonewall Children&#8217;s Award is noted in middle paragraph.)<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>References to GLBTRT Book Lists in\u00a0News &amp; Blogs: Rainbow Project &amp; Over the Rainbow<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Band of Thebes post, ALA's Rainbow List 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/bandofthebes.typepad.com\/bandofthebes\/2011\/06\/alas-rainbow-list-2011.html\">Band of Thebes &#8211; ALA&#8217;s Rainbow List 2011 (6\/1\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Provincetown Public Library Reading Room notes Over the Rainbow Books\" href=\"http:\/\/ma-provincetown.civicplus.com\/index.aspx?nid=780\">Provincetown Public Library &#8211; Reading Room (Spring 2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mombian Blog: Rainbow Bibliography to Help LGBTQ Yout\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mombian.com\/2011\/03\/02\/rainbow-bibliography-to-help-lgbtq-youth\/\">Mombian Blog &#8211; Rainbow Bibliography to Help LGBTQ Youth (3\/2\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"I'm Here, I'm Queer, What the Hell Do I Read?: Notes the 2011 Rainbow Project List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leewind.org\/2011\/02\/rainbow-projects-2011-rainbow-list-is.html\">I&#8217;m Here, I&#8217;m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read?: The Rainbow Project&#8217;s 2011 Rainbow List Is OUT&#8230; How many have YOU read so far?! (2\/25\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ala-publishing.informz.net\/ala-publishing\/archives\/archive_1300097.html\">ALA&#8217;s Book List Online &#8211; Read Alert included Rainbow Books and Over the Rainbow in their &#8220;ALA&#8217;s Best Lists&#8221; (2\/17\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Booklist announces 2011 Rainbow Book List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4654577\">Booklist announces 2011 Rainbow Book List (2\/15\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Michael Cart on rainbows and lists on Booklist.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4657413\">Booklist\u2019s Carte Blanche (Michael Cart): Of Rainbows and Lists (2\/15\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Booklist announces 2011 Over the Rainbow Book List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/ProductInfo.aspx?pid=4662155\">2011 Over the Rainbow Book List (2\/15\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mombian Blog Post: Gay Author Wins Prestigious Children\u2019s Literature Award\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mombian.com\/2011\/02\/10\/gay-author-wins\/\">Mombian Blog &#8211; Gay Author Wins Prestigious Children\u2019s Literature Award (2\/10\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"kickedoutanthology.com nod to the GLBTRT Newsletter for Nel Ward's article.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickedoutanthology.com\/2011\/01\/31\/mention-in-the-glbtrt-newsletter\/\">kickedoutanthology.com notes the GLBTRT Newsletter story, &#8220;Kid Stuff About young readers for people who care&#8221; by Nel Ward (1\/30\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mombian blog notes the 2011 Rainbow Project Book List.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mombian.com\/2011\/01\/26\/rainbow-bibliography-helps-librarians-help-lgbtq-youth\/\">Mombian Blog notes Rainbow Proj &amp; Over the Rainbow: Rainbow Bibliography Helps Librarians Help LGBTQ Youth (1\/26\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mombian article in Windy City Times\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitymediagroup.com\/gay\/lesbian\/news\/ARTICLE.php?AID=30280\">Mombian article (same as above) in Chicago&#8217;s Windy City Times (1\/26\/2011<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Arkansas Times: Bryan Borland on Over the Rainbow Book List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arktimes.com\/RockCandy\/archives\/2011\/01\/24\/arkansas-poet-bryan-borland-lands-on-over-the-rainbow-list\">Arkansas Times: Arkansas poet Bryan Borland lands on &#8216;Over the Rainbow&#8217; list (1\/24\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lambda Literary Foundation notes recent Rainbow Project Book List.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lambdaliterary.org\/features\/01\/27\/rainbow-bibliography-helps-librarians-help-lgbtq-youth\/\">Lambda Literary Foundation: Rainbow Bibliography helps librarians help LGBTQ youth (1\/27\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"kickedoutanthology.com blog post notes Over The Rainbow List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickedoutanthology.com\/2011\/01\/15\/kicked-out-receives-a-second-honor-from-the-ala\/\">kickedoutanthology.com post notes inclusion on 2011 Rainbow Project Book List, &#8220;Kicked Out\u00a0receives\u00a0Second honor from the ALA&#8221; (1\/15\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Born This Way blog notes Rainbow Project Book List.\" href=\"http:\/\/borngaybornthisway.blogspot.com\/p\/videos.html\">Born This Way blog notes Lambda Literary Foundation noticing the Rainbow Project Book List (1\/15\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"kickedoutanthology.com notes inclusion of Kicked out on 2011 Over The Rainbow Book List\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kickedoutanthology.com\/2011\/01\/10\/american-library-associations-over-the-rainbow-book-list-for-2011-top-11-books\/\">kickedoutanthology.com post, &#8220;American Library Association\u2019s \u2018Over The Rainbow Book List for 2011\u2032 TOP 11 BOOKS!!&#8221; (1\/10\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ALA Press Releases &amp; Video<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ala.org\/ala\/newspresscenter\/news\/pr.cfm?id=6044\">2011 Stonewall Book Awards announced (1\/10\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ala.org\/ala\/newspresscenter\/news\/pr.cfm?id=6039\">2011 Rainbow Project book list released (1\/11\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/ala.org\/ala\/newspresscenter\/news\/pr.cfm?id=6039\" href=\"http:\/\/ala.org\/ala\/newspresscenter\/news\/pr.cfm?id=6027\">2011 (inaugural) Over the Rainbow bibliography released (1\/11\/2011)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stonewall Book Award Committee Chair Lisa Johnston talks about the award, which was added to the Youth Media Awards announcement for the first time this year, winning title Almost Perfect, and the importance of GLBT literature for children and teens.  <a title=\"YouTube Video: Lisa Johnston on the Stonewall Book Awards -- Children's &amp; Young Adult Award\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hj2-SmVh9LU\">Link to YouTube Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you see our awards or books lists mentioned in the news, let us know at glbtrt@gmail.com. \u00a0We will link to all mentions here as we hear about them. References to Stonewall Book Awards in News &amp; Blogs Kirkus Reviews: The Oscars of Teen Lit (3\/7\/2011) San Diego G&amp;L News: Inspiring novel about transgender teenage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","category-stonewall-book-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}