Congratulations to Emma Hunsigner ’20 for winning the Vermont Book Award for Children’s Literature for her graphic novel, How it All Ends!
The Vermont Book Awards are annual prizes for outstanding literature by Vermont authors, presented by Vermont Humanities and the Vermont Department of Libraries. Every year prizes are awarded for books written by Vermont authors and published in the previous calendar year in four categories: Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction, and Children’s literature. See the complete list of Vermont’s highest literary prize 2025 winners at Seven Days Vermont!
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APublishers Weeklystarred-reviewed graphic novel by Mary Shyne ‘18 is out May 13 by Henry Holt Books! YOU AND ME ON REPEAT is a YA rom-com about two former friends stuck in a time loop on graduation day.
“Once close friends, Alicia and Chris have history—lots of it. As they got older, the pair fell out after Chris ditched her for the ‘cool kids’ and left her in the dust. But when you’re looping side by side, you never know if friendship might rekindle or what new feelings could spark along the way.” —Henry Holt Books
Top Shelf Books just published LOW ORBIT, the new YA graphic novel by Kazimir Lee ‘16!
“A moving journey of self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews
Top Shelf Books describes Kazimir’s new YA novel as “an atmospheric and profound coming-of-age graphic novel about a Malaysian-American teen carving out her own identity in the uneasy space between friends and family.”
Join us this Summer to brush up on your cartooning skills or learn new ones! Click here to check out the complete line-up and to register and learn about scholarship information! In-person and online workshops, from beginner to advanced.
BECOMING A DOG PERSON is the debut graphic novel of Donna Almendrala ‘12. It is the semi-autobiographical story of how Donna adopted a rescue dog named Max, and how he turned her life upside down. Written and illustrated by Donna, it is out now via her Mad Macaques Press.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMONT – The Center for Cartoon Studies is thrilled to announce the 13th annual Cartoonist Studio Prize winner whose work exemplifies excellence in cartooning. The two creators of these exceptional comics will be awarded $1,000 each. An astonishing volume of work was submitted for this year’s award, with twelve nominees in each of the “long-form” categories, and the “short-form” categories were selected in March. The winners for each category are listed below.
Best Long-Form Comic: Evil Eyes Sea by Ozge Samanci
Set against the backdrop of Istanbul during the 1995 elections, Ozge Samanci’s Evil Eyes Sea follows a group of university students whose lives unfold in the shadow of political unrest. While the narrative touches on weighty themes—class, religion, feminism, and the uneasy pulse of Turkish politics—it does so with a light hand, keeping its focus on the intimate dramas of friendship, dorm life, and a lingering mystery sparked by a death the protagonists witness while scuba diving.
Congratulations to CCS alumni who made the American Library Association ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table 2024 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading list!
