So happy to be awarded . . . with another snowstorm

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015 ~ lcarslibrarian

JUST KIDDING. I won an actual award that I am happy about. Check it: YALSA honors four members with YALSA writing award!

I am not happy about being awarded more snow. That is a terrible prize so I’m glad that’s not what YALSA is giving away. There’s almost 6 feet of snow on the ground and it’s all been in the last three weeks. It’s usually fairly snowy here in MA but we’re no Buffalo or Rochester, so it’s still a big deal. I swear, come September/October Massachusetts is either going to be #1 in the country for divorces or babies. We’re all spending a lot of time inside.

But anyway, YALSA was lovely enough to honor me with their writing award for my post, Books for Boys that aren’t “Books for Boys”, on the Hub. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: If you like teen books and you’re not reading the Hub, you’re a dummy. And that’s not just because I write for them and they gave me an award! It’s really great!

So thank you YALSA and the YALSA Writing Award Committee! I got a little teary when I found out. Writing – whether it be for the Hub, here, my NaNoWriMo Teen Zombie Novel that is languishing on my laptop, or wherever – is really important to me. It’s nice to know that other people like it. Thanks again.

Published by lcarslibrarian

I probably can't really be an LCARS librarian since I'm stuck in the pre-warp drive for humans early part of the 21st century. Bummer. But if I could be an LCARS librarian I would. Or I would work in Stellar Cartography. Or is there a library on Battlestar Galactica? For now, I'll just stick to reading books, writing, and earth-bound YA librarianship. I hope to use this blog as a way to write book reviews for myself and others, and to write about librarianship. View all posts by lcarslibrarian

9 thoughts on “So happy to be awarded . . . with another snowstorm”

A.M.B. says:

February 11, 2015 at 3:16 pm

Congratulations! It’s a wonderful post. It’s sad when gender stereotypes prevent kids from experiencing great literature.

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Sarah S (@SarahReads2Much) says:

February 13, 2015 at 2:39 pm

You are such a rock star librarian.

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1. lcarslibrarian says:
  
  February 13, 2015 at 5:16 pm
  
  Thank you!!
  
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Jenny says:

February 13, 2015 at 5:08 pm

Congratulations, Anna! I loved that blog post. Well done!

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1. lcarslibrarian says:
  
  February 13, 2015 at 5:16 pm
  
  Thank you Jenny! I hope you and Ben and Sudo are surviving the snow.
  
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britakate says:

February 14, 2015 at 8:53 pm

Yaaay Anna! I hope the award brings a new round of readers to that wonderful post (and to The Hub). Lots of luck with tomorrow’s new round of snow…

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1. lcarslibrarian says:
  
  February 16, 2015 at 9:24 pm
  
  Thank you! We made it through the snow again. Hopefully there is not too much more coming!
  
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Molly Wetta says:

February 18, 2015 at 10:39 pm

Congrats! Writing for The Hub has been such a rewarding experience for me.

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1. lcarslibrarian says:
  
  February 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
  
  Thank you! Writing has been great for me, too! It’s such a lovely time. There are some months that I’m scrambling to come up with a post – ok a LOT of months because I’m a bit of a procrastinator – but it’s a really good exercise for me. Plus, there are so many great people who write for it!
  
  You know last month when TIME released their list of the “Best books for Young Adults of all time” or whatever it was called, I read it and had all these annoyed thoughts about all they were missing/getting wrong. I thought I might write about it but got distracted. Then you wrote your thoughts for the Hub and it was so spot on to what I was thinking! Great post!
  
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