Short Story Contest judges
Adult and Young Adult Story Judges
Nancy Etchemendy
Nancy Etchemendy's fiction and poetry for children and adults
appears regularly in various magazines and anthologies, both in
the U.S. and abroad. Her fourth novel, "The Power of Un," was
published by Front Street/ Cricket books in March 2000. Her work
has earned a number of awards, including two Bram Stoker Awards
for children's horror, and a Golden Duck Award for excellence in
children's science fiction. She lives and works in Northern California
where her days are enlivened by an excitable terrier, a cat given
to scientific experimentation, her husband, Stanford Provost John
Etchemendy, their son Max, and two Hondas with secret names. For
further details, surf to http://www.sff.net/people/etchemendy.
Caryn Huberman
Yacowitz
Caryn Huberman Yacowitz is the award-winning author of 11 books
for young people, including "Pumpin Fiesta" and "The
Jade Stone, A Chinese Folktale." Her recent titles include
a non-fiction series about Native American Tribes for Heinemann
Library. She has just completed a musical play entitled "Jeans!
An Historical Folk Musical," co-written with playwright Diane
Claerbout and lyricist Enid Davis. The East Coast premiere is set
for summer 2004. She teaches writing at City College of San Francisco
and is a manuscript consultant. Caryn lives in Palo Alto. For writing
tips and publishing information, surf to www.carynyacowitz.com
Katy Obringer
Katy Obringer recently retired as the supervisor of Palo Alto's
Children's Library after 22 years with the Palo Alto library system.
Obringer also worked as an elementary school teacher for 10 years
and an elementary and school librarian for five years. Her love
of introducing children to books will continue in her retirement.
Ellen Sussman
Ellen Sussman's novel, "On a Night Like This," will
be published by Warner Books in February 2004 and translated into
six languages. She teaches writing classes through UC Berkeley
Extension and in private classes in Los Altos Hills.
Mike Nagler
Mike Nagler is the co-editor of the short-story anthologies "Stolen
Moments" and "Wives and Husbands." He has taught
fiction writing and film history at Canada College in Redwood City
for many years.
Tom Parker
A well-known local writing teacher, Tom Parker is the author of
the best-selling "Anna, Ann, Annie" and the recent "Leadership
and Customer Revolution," a management book written with Gary
Heil and Rick Tate. He has taught at Stanford, the University of
California extension and Foothill and Canada colleges. |
