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Contest Opens June 1, 2025
WHO WILL BE YOUR 2026 CATEGORY CHAIRS?
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(COMING SOON)
INTRODUCING YOUR 2025 CATEGORY CHAIRS:
1 PPB: PUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS:
√ Jonna LeVan
√ Michelle Cochran
2 UPB: UNPUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS:
√ Annette M Griffin
3 PRCB: PUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS:
√ Jennifer Jahn
4 URCB: UNPUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS:
√ Erin Greneaux
5 PMG: PUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE FICTION
√ Janice Miller
6 UMG: UNPUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE FICTION
√ Elizabeth Daghfal
7 PYA: PUBLISHED YOUNG ADULT FICTION
√ Stephanie Cardel
8 UYA: UNPUBLISHED YOUNG ADULT FICTION
√ Lyss Victoria Casnova
AND special thanks to Kathy Brasby for helping remove author information from the entries and handle moving all the documents to the proper folders !
2025 FICTION CATEGORIES and CODES:
NOTE: CATEGORIES MAY BE CHANGING FOR 2026
(PUBLISHED & UNPUBLISHED)
Picture Books (approximate ages 2-10+) & Board Books (ages 0–4)
Readers & Chapter Books (approximate ages 6–10)
Middle Grade Fiction Novels (approximate ages 9–14)
Young Adult Fiction Novels (approximate ages 12-18+)
PPB: PUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS
UPB: UNPUBLISHED PICTURE BOOKS & BOARD BOOKS
PRCB: PUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS
URCB: UNPUBLISHED READERS & CHAPTER BOOKS
PMG: PUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE
UMG: UNPUBLISHED MIDDLE GRADE
PYA: PUBLISHED YOUNG ADULT
UYA: UNPUBLISHED YOUNG ADULT
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