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Ronna Mandel Receives 2023 Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award

27 Wednesday Mar 2024

Posted by scbwilosangeles in Contests & Grants, Los Angeles, SASE Award, Tri-Regional News, Writers Days

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LitMingle, Nutschell Anne Windsor, Ronna Mandel, Sally Jones Rogan, SCBWI community, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award, volunteering, volunteers, Writers Day

Ronna Mandel (center), recipient of the 2023 SASE Award honor, stands with SCBWI-Los Angeles Co-Regional Advisors Sally Jones Rogan (L) and Nutschell Anne Windsor (R).

Under a bright blue sky, in high spirits, and representing all three Tri-Regions, a record-setting number of kidlit creators gathered on March 9 for “Bud to Blossom,” the 2024 SCBWI-Los Angeles Writers Day. 

On a day with many highlights, an especially heartwarming moment was the presentation of the annual Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award to 2023 recipient Ronna Mandel. 

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Volunteer Spotlight: 2018 Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award Winner

16 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by Sarah Parker-Lee in SASE Award, Volunteer in the Spotlight

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Each year, the Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award is presented to a regional volunteer who has shown exceptional dedication to SCBWI Los Angeles. This year’s winner, Karol Ruth Silverstein, credits her time volunteering as Schmooze/LitMingle Meister with signing with an agent and subsequently selling a book. She’s since moved on to be our Contest Coordinator and is so dedicated, she was just featured in our previous “Volunteer Spotlight” (here). So instead of the usual spotlight fare, I thought we’d do something a little different and ask Karol some fun questions.

SARAH PARKER-LEE: If you could volunteer for anything you wanted to, other than SCBWI, what would you choose? Continue reading →

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Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award 2016

11 Wednesday May 2016

Posted by Christine Van Zandt, up next: HOT DOG! in Contests & Grants, SASE Award, Writers Days

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Beth Navarro, Maggie Grinell, Marcelle Greene, Sally Jones Rogan, Sarah Laurenson

And the winner is . . . Beth Navarro!

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Beth Navarro, Sally Jones Rogan, and Sarah Laurenson

At this year’s Writer’s Day, Sally Jones Rogan, LA’s Regional Advisor, presented the 2016 Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award. Here are her words:

“The Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award is presented to a regional volunteer who has shown exceptional dedication to SCBWI Los Angeles.

The Region is completely volunteer run, from the LitMingle coordinators to the website guru, to the Regional coordinators, and everyone in between who makes up our successful organization of more than 1,300 members. Continue reading →

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Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award 2015

06 Wednesday May 2015

Posted by losangelesscbwi in Contests & Grants, SASE Award

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awards, news, SCBWI events, SCBWI members, Sue Alexander, volunteers

And the winner is…. Claudia Harrington!

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The Sue Alexander Service and Encouragement Award is given to a deserving member of SCBWI that honor his/her service to SCBWI. This award is a great honor as it embodies to spirit of Sue Alexander who was dedicated to giving back to SCBWI.

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