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Run Antarctica with Christine!
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Think about the coldest place on earth, a place so big that it's approximately the size of the United States and Mexico combined. Think about a place where 99% of its surface is covered by a permanent ice sheet, averaging over a mile in thickness, and sometimes even three. Think about one of the last pristine places on earth, an entire continent devoted to science. Then picture a young woman running a marathon there.
Awards
2010 ALA Youth Media Awards
2010.01.18
American Library Association announces literary award winners
BOSTON - The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, audiobooks and video for children and young adults – including the Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz awards – at its Midwinter Meeting in Boston.
Awards
Follow the ALA Youth Media Awards live on Jan. 18, 2010
2010.01.15
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) will provide a free live webcast of its Youth Media Awards, a national announcement of the top books and media for children and young adults, on Jan. 18, at 7:45 a.m. EST. The award announcements are made as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, which will bring together librarians, publishers, authors and guests to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from Jan. 15 to 19.
NEWS
Xerox Technology to Fuel Espresso Book Machine
2010.01.14
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 14, 2010 -- Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) digital technology will bring speed and exceptional image quality to books produced on demand by the patented Espresso Book Machine®. This cutting-edge book solution, sold by On Demand Books, LLC, produces millions of copyrighted, public domain, out-of-print, or rare texts for consumers in a matter of minutes.
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The Espresso Book Machine: An ATM for books
Updated 2010.01.15. Article originally posted in 2006
 We originally heard about the Espresso Book Machine from a CNN article published in 2006 that looked at innovations coming our way in 2007. Since we first posted this news item to the CCF website in 2006, the machine has gotten smaller and faster. Now, a January 14, 2010 press release by the Xerox Corporation announced that Xerox' technology is to fuel the Espresso Book Machine. The 2006 CNNMoney.com article stated that, "Buying a book could soon be as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending
machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-ready and will debut in ten to 25 libraries and bookstores in 2007. The New York Public Library
was scheduled to receive its machine in February." With Xerox's addition to the mix, an ATM for books is fast becoming a realigy.
Awards
Carmen Tafolla Wins 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Award
2010.01.11
 Madison, WI -- What Can You Do with a Paleta? by Carmen Tafolla is the thirteenth annual winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book. The award is given by the Cooperative Children's Book Center, a library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Contests
CCF Writer: An Online Writing Contest
Online Writing Contest
An online writing contest for both published and yet-to-be-published writers of all ages. You must use the "first line" we provide to write your story. Check out the RULES and submit your entry. Visit the CCF Contest Entries page to read past winning entries.
Contests
When Push Comes to Shove
Contest #200908
I dug my toes into the soft white sand and refused to move. My knees trembled and knocked, locking in fear and isolation as I stared out at the rushing waves. They were cackling and taunting as their fingers groped at the sand, wishing desperately that they could inch forward and reach me, consume me.
Reviews
Dreamdark's Silksinger: an excellent read
2009.12.03
 We received a review copy of Laini Taylor's Silksinger earlier this year from its publisher, along with the first book in the series, Blackbringer. The paperback edition of Blackbringer came out in May of 2009. The hardcover edition of Silksinger came out in September. Both titles are part of the Faeries of Dreamdark books that Taylor is writing.
WRITING
6 Steps to Writing Flash Fiction
*Previously published in ByLine, May, 2005, No. 288, reprinted by permission of the author.
"Whether they’re called blasters, postcard fiction, micro-fiction, sudden fiction, short shorts or flash fiction, the essence of the genre is the same. The writer quickly gets into the story, establishes setting and character, sets up the conflict, fills-in critical back-story, then heads faster than a speeding bullet toward the climax and resolution." --Paul Alan Fahey
Contests
PPW Fiction Contest: VIP Judges - complete list
11.03.09
Are you entering the Pikes Peak Writers Fiction Contest this year? Check out the list of VIP judges that Dawn Miller just posted to the PPW's listserv (and I'm copying below with her permission). That list is totally impressive! So, if you were thinking of submitting an entry and have yet to do so, you've got until November 15th to submit your entry.
NEWS
New Federal Trade Commission Regulations Discussion
10.17.09
 Mary Engle, Associate Director of the Division of Advertising Practices at the Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, spoke at the 2009 KidLitosphere Conference. Her talk centered on the FTC's newly revised guidelines regarding bloggers and their use of online endorsements and testimonials.
Contests
Highlights 2010 Fiction Contest
2009.09.28
Many of the entries we receive for the CCF Online writing contest are of high caliber. We felt some of the entries would qualify for the Highlights 2010 Fiction Contest so we wrote Highlights asking whether they would accept entries that had been published to the CCF site and they said that, yes, they would.
WRITING
CCF Online Writers' Group
New members welcomed!
A key component in our growth as writers is joining and participating in a critique group. Ideally, the group should hold a balance between being supportive of its members and holding them accountable to the individual writing goals that each member has set for themselves. This is what we aim to do through the critique groups CCF sponsors. Contact CCF Groups for information on joining an ongoing group or starting one sponsored by CCF.
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