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2020 ALCS Educational Writers' Award Winner Announced #EWA20 #ALCSAwards
The result of this year's ALCS Educational Writers' Award – the UK's only award for creative educational writing – is announced this evening by Tony Bradman at a virtual awards ceremony hosted by the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS). Robin Walker receives prize money of £2,000.
Published by Franklin Watts , aims to provide young people with a comprehensive resource throughout Black History Month and beyond. It chronicles thousands of years of Black history, from African kingdoms, to slavery, apartheid, the battle for civil rights and more. Important and inspiring Black personalities, from Olaudah Equiano to Oprah Winfrey , are highlighted throughout, while achievements and progress are balanced alongside a look at the issues that continue to plague Black communities.
This year's judges – children's author, ; school librarian, ; and secondary school teacher, – were full of praise for the winning title:
Runner-up for the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers' Award is , written and illustrated by Charlotte Amelia Poe , and published by Myriad Editions. The judges praised this highly personal account of autism, mental illness, gender and sexual identity as: "
Further information about the winning author can be found below. The 2020 ALCS Educational Writers' Award focused on books for 11–18-year-olds, published in 2018 and 2019. beat off strong competition from the four other titles shortlisted for this year's award. They were:
written by Atinuke and illustrated by Mouni Feddag ( Walker Books )
written by
Lily Dyu and illustrated by
Jackie Lay (Nosy Crow)
written by
Katherine Halligan and illustrated by Sarah Walsh (Nosy Crow)
written and illustrated by
Charlotte Amelia Poe (Myriad Editions)
The ALCS Educational Writers' Award was established in 2008 by ALCS and the Society of Authors (SoA),
, also known as The Black History Man, is one of the UK's most pre-eminent African scholars. Born in London , Walker read Economics at LSE, and later African World Studies. Since 1992, Robin has lectured in adult education and has authored and co-authored 13 books including renowned titles such as about the Songhai Empire of West Africa . Perhaps his most notable and critically acclaimed work is , which has been hailed as the single most advanced historical synthesis on the history of Africa and its people to date. It established Robin as a leading authority on African Studies in the English-speaking world.
teaches English at Little Heath School in Tilehurst, Berkshire . She has been a secondary school teacher for 11 years, working in a variety of schools with a wide range of students, abilities, personalities and needs. She feels passionately that reading is something that can unite us all and that we all have an imagination and thirst for knowledge.
has written over 40 novels about teenagers and children. Born in Leicester , his writing is inspired by his working-class, multicultural background, and he is a passionate advocate of libraries, reading for pleasure and promoting literacy. With nearly 20 years of experience working with young people across the UK and further afield, he has also been nominated for and won numerous awards since 2001.
is a school librarian at one of the 25 Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) schools. She has worked in libraries in the education sector for over 40 years and is passionate about promoting books and reading to young people, helping them to become independent learners. Reading stories to Reception pupils and helping Sixth Formers with their EPQs (Extended Project Qualification) are just two areas of her day job.
The Society of Authors is a trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and literary translators, and has been advising individuals and speaking out for the profession for more than a century. The SoA supports and runs many other prizes for poetry, short stories, fiction and non-fiction and, in addition to the ALCS Educational Writers' Award, also administers the Sunday Times/ University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award. Last year the SoA distributed more than £600,000 in prizes and grants.
The Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a not-for-profit organisation for the benefit of all types of writers. Owned by its members, ALCS collects money due for secondary uses of writers' work. It is designed to support authors and their creativity, ensure they receive fair payment, and see their rights are respected. It promotes and teaches the principles of copyright and campaigns for a fair deal. Today ALCS represents over 110,000 members, and since 1977 it has paid out more than £500 million to writers.
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