Authors, Jennifer L. Holm and Kaitlyn Cavalancia, consider what it means to “Keep it in the Family” during their Tuesday, afternoon panel discussion at The ALAN Workshop. Join us by registering today! This panel is one among the many exciting events planned for the 2025ALAN Workshop! Your registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks, a box of books written by ALAN authors, a Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception, a box lunch on Monday, Poster sessions and the ALAN Writing Seminar session on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session plus a year’s membership to ALAN! Don’t delay! Register today! https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
One of the highlights of attending 2025 NCTE Convention and the ALAN Workshop are the Special Interest Group (SIG) sessions. Make plans to join your fellow ALAN members at the ALAN Writing Seminar: Craft & Creativity featuring author and illustrator Trung Lê Nguyên. This session will be on Saturday, November 22nd from 5:45-7:00pm. Registration Information can be found here: https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
Who isn’t a fan of reading with your ears? Learn about the possibilities of audiobooks when Brian Ramcharan, Executive Producer at Penguin Random House Audio, sits down in conversation with Dan Zitt, the Senior Vice President of Content Production for Penguin Random House Audio, and Nile Bullock, a multi-talented actor, singer, dancer and recording artist. This session is just one the many sessions that you will have an opportunity to experience when you register for The ALAN Workshop! Early bird registration ends October 15th. https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
Join us on Tuesday afternoon, November 25th for a phenomenal panel discussion between Mariko Turk, J.E. Thomas and Rowena Miller.
Early bird registration ends October 15th!
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
There is no better way to start your Saturday morning in Denver than breakfast with Tiffany D. Jackson. She is the NYT Bestselling, award-winning author of YA novels Monday’s Not Coming, Allegedly, Let Me Hear A Rhyme, Grown, White Smoke, Santa in The City, The Weight of Blood, Marvel’s STORM: Dawn of a Goddess and co-author of Blackout and Whiteout. You have 14 more Saturdays to read or reread your favorite titles by her. What is your students’ favorite book by her? Don’t miss this amazing opportunity by registering for the ALAN Workshop and Breakfast at https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
We are excited to announce that Ann Bausum and Barb Rosenstock will share Civil War Era Tales during our Monday, November 24th session at 10:55 am. Don’t miss this panel by registering today at https://convention.ncte.org/registration/
Early bird registration ends October 15th!
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents sponsors a number of grants and awards. Grants for the 2025 ALAN Workshop are due on September 15, 2025.
The Smith-Carlsen Grant
The Smith-Carlsen Grant for graduate students offers $500 funding plus complimentary registration toward attendance at the annual 2-day ALAN Workshop. Eligible applicants must be enrolled as full-time graduate students in a program focused on English Education, Literacy Education, and/or Young Adult Literature and must not have attended an ALAN Workshop previously. Membership in ALAN is required for consideration. One Smith-Carlsen Grant will be awarded annually, and each recipient may only receive the grant once.
The Cart-Campbell Grant for librarians offers $500 funding plus complimentary registration toward attendance at the annual two-day ALAN Workshop which is held at the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English on the Monday and Tuesday prior to Thanksgiving Day. Eligible applicants are practicing librarians working with teens in high school, junior high school, middle school, or public libraries. Membership in ALAN is required for consideration. One Campbell-Cart Grant will be awarded annually, and each recipient may only receive the grant once.
ALAN also sponsors the ALAN Foundation Grant, a research grant awarded for research in the field of young adult literature. This grant has additional stipulations; please read the application carefully.
Be Careful What You Wish For is our first Monday afternoon author panel at the ALAN Workshop. This panel features authors, Nashae Jones, Vanessa Montalban and Erin Soderberg Downing.
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
Listen to the award-winning author Angeline Boulley speak on Monday morning, November 24th at the ALAN Workshop. If you still have Fire Keeper’s Daughter and/or Warrior Girl Unearthed in your TBR pile, move them to the top.
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
Join Peyton June and Amber McBride as they discuss A Matter of Life & Death! It’s a panel that you surely don’t want to miss at the 2025 ALAN Workshop in Denver in November!
Registration includes two days of author panels, keynotes, & talks; a box of books written by ALAN authors; Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception; box lunch on Monday; light snacks/coffee during breaks on Monday & Tuesday; Poster sessions; ALAN Writing Seminar session with an award-winning author on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
