The 2025 winner of the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/sydney-taylor-manuscript-award/__;!!KGKeukY!x2h_kH6s6PYkQOW4FZXoAleXaBiNUaWgHa4MWaHChck8o1CpKRNh5Fhp9f7YgbCZgQB9GCjolO4Bpe5hLfNdH1aE47gBdiq9$ > is Hanna R. Neier for When You Write Back, a dual point-of-view novel written in letters between Ellie and her school-assigned pen pal, Daniel. When Ellie realizes their letters are traveling through time, and that Daniel is a Jewish kid living in 1942 Nazi-occupied Paris, she is determined to save him. But as time runs out, and Ellie’s own world unravels, she wonders whether it might be Daniel who is meant to save her. Exploring the power and magic of connecting with another person through words, Ellie and Daniel demonstrate that friendship can be found in the most unlikely of places.
The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award recognizes unpublished manuscripts of Jewish fiction targeting ages 8–13. The award was established by Sydney’s husband, Ralph Taylor, to encourage aspiring authors of Jewish children’s books. It was first awarded in 1985. The winner receives a cash award of $1000. Members of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award committee are Chair Talya Sokoll, Putnam Library Co-Director, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, Massachusetts; Susan Carlton, Sydney Taylor Notable Author, Lecturer, Boston University, Hanover, New Hampshire; Mimi Leyton, Volunteer, Greenberg Families Library, Soloway JCC, Ottawa (Canada); Heather J. Matthews, Assistant Professor of Literacy, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland; Stacy Nockowitz, retired middle school librarian, author, and National Jewish Book Award winner, Columbus, Ohio; Arielle Vishny, author, Queens, New York.
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