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A Long Way from Chicago: short stories, eligibility
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:45:00 -0600
Sharyn November indicated that the first chapter (story?) of Richard Peck's book A Long Way from Chicago was first published as a work of short fiction in the bood Twelve Shots: Stories about Guns edited by Harry Mazer (Delacorte, 1997). The story and the chapter are both titled "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground."
Because of this previously published story, Melody Allen asked about eligiblity in geneal for the Newbery Award.
Marion Dane Bauer pointed out that Barbara Juster Esbensen's previously published poems had been ruled ineligible for the Newbery during an earlier year.
The Newbery Award is earmarked for "original" work, for writing not published previously. It's the chairperson's responsiblity to check and rule on any concerns about that dimension of originality and specific eligiblity before the Newbery Committee begins its final meetings. I assume that this was done. I imagine that the conclusion reached was that one previously published chapter (whether or not it was revised for the book in question) did not comprise enough of the text to render it ineligible for the Newbery. This type of eligibility question comes up more frequently than one might imagine. As a former Newbery chair, I can attest to the careful attention such originality questions receive (and the worry they cause.) ... Ginny
******************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (A Library of the School of Education) University of Wisconsin - Madison
(Winter Break Hours: Saturday, March 6-Saturday March 13 = Open Mon-Sat 9am-4pm)
Received on Mon 01 Mar 1999 02:45:00 PM CST
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 14:45:00 -0600
Sharyn November indicated that the first chapter (story?) of Richard Peck's book A Long Way from Chicago was first published as a work of short fiction in the bood Twelve Shots: Stories about Guns edited by Harry Mazer (Delacorte, 1997). The story and the chapter are both titled "Shotgun Cheatham's Last Night Above Ground."
Because of this previously published story, Melody Allen asked about eligiblity in geneal for the Newbery Award.
Marion Dane Bauer pointed out that Barbara Juster Esbensen's previously published poems had been ruled ineligible for the Newbery during an earlier year.
The Newbery Award is earmarked for "original" work, for writing not published previously. It's the chairperson's responsiblity to check and rule on any concerns about that dimension of originality and specific eligiblity before the Newbery Committee begins its final meetings. I assume that this was done. I imagine that the conclusion reached was that one previously published chapter (whether or not it was revised for the book in question) did not comprise enough of the text to render it ineligible for the Newbery. This type of eligibility question comes up more frequently than one might imagine. As a former Newbery chair, I can attest to the careful attention such originality questions receive (and the worry they cause.) ... Ginny
******************** Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (A Library of the School of Education) University of Wisconsin - Madison
(Winter Break Hours: Saturday, March 6-Saturday March 13 = Open Mon-Sat 9am-4pm)
Received on Mon 01 Mar 1999 02:45:00 PM CST
