{"id":334918,"date":"2025-08-11T05:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T05:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/334918\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T05:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T05:13:15","slug":"quay-wins-2025-crystal-kite-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/334918\/","title":{"rendered":"Quay wins 2025 Crystal Kite Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tMonday, 11 August 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booksandpublishing\/\" class=\"entry-social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the winners of the 2025 Crystal Kite Award.<\/p>\n<p>Open to SCBWI authors, illustrators, and translators, the award is peer-judged to \u2018recognise great books\u2019. According to the organisers, \u2018each winning title showcases exceptional storytelling, imaginative illustration, and creative excellence, representing the very best of children\u2019s literature produced by SCBWI members around the world\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The winning title for the Australia, New Zealand and Oceania region is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/articles\/2024\/02\/20\/246313\/happy-all-over-emma-quay-abc-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy All Over<\/a> (Emma Quay, ABC Books).<\/p>\n<p>Quay is the author and illustrator of Rudie Nudie,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/articles\/2018\/09\/06\/115008\/my-sunbeam-baby-\u2026a-quay-abc-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Sunbeam Baby<\/a>,\u00a0Shrieking Violet,\u00a0Daddy\u2019s Cheeky Monkey\u00a0and\u00a0Rudie Nudie Christmas.\u00a0Happy All Over \u2018celebrates the small joys to be found in the everyday\u2019, said the publisher.<\/p>\n<p>Glow written and illustrated by Ross Morgan (Walker Books) was named the region\u2019s honour winner.<\/p>\n<p>SCBWI executive director Sarah Baker said, \u2018These awards are especially meaningful because they\u2019re chosen by fellow creators \u2013 people who truly understand the heart and craft of making children\u2019s books. The Crystal Kite Awards spotlight the incredible talent in our community and the powerful stories that inspire young readers globally.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>More information and the full list of winners are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scbwi.org\/announces-winners-of-the-2025-crystal-kite-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the SCWBI website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"catlist\">Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=awards-news\" class=\"catitem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Awards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=local-news\" class=\"catitem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local\u00a0news<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, 11 August 2025 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) has announced the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":334919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3938],"tags":[11410,186,29677,29680,29674,17976,3444,29679,29681,77,29676,704,29678,29675,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-334918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-asia-pacific","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-author-interviews","11":"tag-book-awards","12":"tag-book-news","13":"tag-book-reviews","14":"tag-books","15":"tag-bookseller-jobs","16":"tag-ebooks","17":"tag-entertainment","18":"tag-library-news","19":"tag-new-zealand","20":"tag-publishing-jobs","21":"tag-publishing-news","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115008425731038487","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}