tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420164383059783959.post317688390501536952..comments2024-03-20T06:08:23.680-07:00Comments on Book Adventures: Writerly Saturday: Whitney AwardsDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03671929526461030636noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420164383059783959.post-35305493548826017792011-12-19T12:02:37.396-08:002011-12-19T12:02:37.396-08:00Thanks for your question, Randall. i sent a messag...Thanks for your question, Randall. i sent a message to the Whitney committee and this is the response I received:<br /><br />"If a book is co-authored, both authors are required to be members of the LDS church. Thank you for asking,<br /><br />Josi S. Kilpack<br />2011 Whitney Award President"<br /><br />I hope you get this comment! And I'm sorry that The Cheshire Cheese Cat isn't eligible. But I'd like to feature it on this blog at some point! Are you the co-author Randall Wright by any chance?Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03671929526461030636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420164383059783959.post-86695399637317227592011-12-19T08:55:06.982-08:002011-12-19T08:55:06.982-08:00Er... again. Reading further in the rules, I see t...Er... again. Reading further in the rules, I see that for youth fiction the novel must be at least 20,000 words. So I repeat, "Is it eligible?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420164383059783959.post-71466089609759448572011-12-19T08:53:25.066-08:002011-12-19T08:53:25.066-08:00Er... It may not be 50,000 words long. Ah, well.Er... It may not be 50,000 words long. Ah, well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-420164383059783959.post-43787969626416028032011-12-19T08:52:03.546-08:002011-12-19T08:52:03.546-08:00What about The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a...What about The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy (not LDS) and Randall Wright (LDS). Is it eligible even though it was half-written by a non-lds person? Or is it only half eligible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com