We are so excited for this interactive panel from Terry J. Benton-Walker and Kwame Mbalia, “Beyond Authoring: Expanding Their Reach.” Interactive panels are a new type of panel debuting at the 2024 ALAN workshop! ALAN participants will have the opportunity to turn in questions to ask the panelists.
Registration for ALAN 2024 is open and 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 award-winning authors 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 2024 ALAN Workshop are due on September 1, 2024.
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.
For many, the school year is about to begin. Why not kick off the 2024-2025 school year with ALAN?
At this two-hour virtual event, teachers, librarians, and teacher educators will take away tips, tricks, and strategies, learning with and from each other about middle grade (MG) and young adult (YA) literature.
Join us for the ALAN virtual Back-to-School Event on Wed. Aug. 28th at 7pm-9pm EST (6pm-8pm CT, 5pm-7pm MT, 4-6 pm PT).
Register with the link below. We can’t wait to see you there!
We are pleased to announce that Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham are not only with us for the ALAN Writing Seminar during NCTE, but also for a session entitled “In Conversation: Their Forces Combined” as part of the ALAN Workshop. Join us on Monday, November 25 at 9:10am for their conversation.
Registration for ALAN 2024 is open and 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 award-winning authors on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
2024 ALAN Workshop Individual Speaker: NoNieqa Ramos
We are excited to share that on Monday at 12:15pm, NoNieqa Ramos will be speaking at the #ALAN24 Workshop!
Registration for ALAN 2024 is now open at https://convention.ncte.org/2024-convention/and 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 award-winning authors on Saturday evening during the NCTE SIG session; AND a year’s membership to ALAN!
