Two Great Contests by Two Great Book Companies

My friend Hailey just let me know about a great contest hosted by Chronicle Books. It's a doodling contest to celebrate two new books by Taro Gomi. Open to doodlers and scribblers of all ages. And it runs through May 15, 2008, so you've got plenty of time to enter. Grand Prize winners will be selected by Taro Gomi himself. Find out more here.



Also. Scholastic has a very cool program I just heard about. It's for all you parents of artistic teenagers. You can have your child, in grades 7-12, apply for a Scholastic Art & Writing Award. The program is now in its 85th year, and I was impressed by the list of past winners, which include Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Joyce Carol Oates, Sylvia Plath, John Lithgow and on and on.

If you think you know a good candidate, The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit group that administers The Awards, is now accepting submissions. To find out more, visit www.artandwriting.org. And if, like me, your kids are too young for this, I suggest you bookmark the page for future reference.