{"id":11050,"date":"2022-05-04T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T19:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/?p=11050"},"modified":"2022-05-05T11:47:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T15:47:23","slug":"childrens-literature-m-f-a-student-wins-new-voices-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/childrens-literature-m-f-a-student-wins-new-voices-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Children’s Literature M.F.A. Student Wins New Voices Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Maleeha\n\n\tM<\/span>aleeha Malik, a student in Hollins\u2019 Master of Fine Arts program in children\u2019s literature, is the winner of Lee & Low Books\u2019 22nd annual New Voices Award.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Established in 2000, the award is given annually by the children\u2019s book publisher for a picture book manuscript by a writer of color or Indigenous\/ Native writer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A second-grade teacher from Baltimore, Malik was honored for <\/span>At Home in My Skin<\/span><\/i>. The manuscript features a child with vitiligo\u2014a skin disorder that causes depigmentation\u2014who embraces their individuality by drawing connections between their skin\u2019s ever-changing patterns and the designs in nature.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Malik wrote the manuscript last summer in her African American Children\u2019s Literature class at Hollins taught by Michelle Martin, the Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington. The renowned author, essayist, lecturer, book critic, and community literary activist helped Malik shape the manuscript for publication.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement, Lee & Low Books said, \u201cMalik hopes young readers, especially those with noticeable skin conditions, will read <\/span>At Home in My Skin<\/span><\/i> and know they belong in this world\u2014that there is space for everyone to love and thrive in their unique skin.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Malik will receive a $2,000 cash prize and a publication contract.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

aleeha Malik, a student in Hollins\u2019 Master of Fine Arts program in children\u2019s literature, is the winner of Lee & Low Books\u2019 22nd annual New Voices Award.\u00a0 Established in 2000, the award is given annually by the children\u2019s book publisher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,130],"tags":[132],"class_list":["post-11050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in_the_loop","category-homepage-side","tag-spring-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11050"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11054,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11050\/revisions\/11054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.糖心传媒.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}