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The Open Book Blog Author & Illustrator Interviews Read Featured Blog Post On: April 21, 2026 By: Lee & Low Books NEW VISIONS AWARD: Now Accepting Submissions! The New Voices Contest is now closed for the 2025 season. Thank you to everyone who submitted a manuscript.
We will contact semifinalists around mid-October. Due to a high volume of submissions, we will not contact anyone who is not chosen as a semifinalist. The submission period for entry began April 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.
m. Eastern Time and ended June 30, 2025 at 11:59 p. m.
Eastern Time. Winners will be announced here in the spring of 2026. New Voices Award winners receive a standard publication contract, including Lee & Low Books’s basic royalties and an advance in the amount of $5,000.
Winners are also given close publishing mentorship as they work to develop their first book for publication. Nurturing manuscripts takes time, and Lee & Low’s commitment to this contest represents over two decades of dedication. Established in 2000, the New Voices Award is given biennially to an unpublished writer of color or Native/Indigenous writer for a picture book manuscript.
The next New Voices Contest will open in 2027. Manuscripts may be FICTION, NON-FICTION, or POETRY for children ages 5 to 12. Manuscripts should address the needs of children of color or Native/Indigenous children by providing stories with which they can identify and relate, and which promote a greater understanding of one another.
Themes relating to different family structures, gender identity, LGBTQ+ communities, or disabilities are also of interest. eligibility and manuscript submission guidelines before entering. Please review the Contest Rules and FAQs for further information.
If you have questions that are not answered by either, you can reach out to our team at editorial@leeandlow. com . View Contest Rules View New Voices FAQs Submit Here --> Zohra Anwar Chunawala of St.
Louis, Missouri, is the winner of the company’s twenty-fourth annual New Voices Award. Her picture book manuscript, The Dabbawalas of Mumbai , introduces young readers to India’s legendary lunchbox delivery workers who navigate the bustling city of Mumbai with unmatched precision, ensuring that thousands of home-cooked meals reach hungry people on time. Andrea J.
Loney ( Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! ) Don Tate ( It Jes’ Happened ) Glenda Armand ( Love Twelve Miles Long ) Hayan Charara ( The Three Lucys ) Jane Park ( Juna’s Jar ; also available in Spanish ) Janet Costa Bates ( Seaside Dream ) Jennifer Torres ( Finding the Music / En pos de la música ) Kelly J. Baptist ( The Electric Slide and Kai ) Linda Boyden ( The Blue Roses ) Lisa D.
Brathwaite ( Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the EBONY Fashion Fair ) Maham Khwaja ( The Home We Make ) Pamela M.
Tuck ( As Fast As Words Could Fly ) Patricia Smith ( Janna and the Kings ) Patty Cisneros Prevo ( Tenacious: Fifteen Adventures Alongside Disabled Athletes ) Paula Yoo ( Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story ) Rita Lorraine Hubbard ( Hammering for Freedom ) Rob Peñas ( Pedro’s Yo-Yos: How a Filipino Immigrant Came to America and Changed the World of Toys ) SD Youngwolf ( The Echo People ) Stanley Todd Terasaki ( Ghosts for Breakfast ) Sylvia Liu ( A Morning with Grandpa ) Therese On Louie ( Raymond’s Perfect Present )
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Writers of color or Indigenous writers for an original children's picture book manuscript. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $2,000 and publication. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
New Voices Award is funded by Lee & Low Books. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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