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Did you miss the ALAN Picks webinar last night with Jonny Garza Villa? Think about signing up for our bimonthly ALANreads virtual book club up! Sign up at /ALANReads Join the Conversation! 5pm ET/4pmCT/3pmMT/2pmPT. @alansocialmediateam_ !!re_email!!_gmail.com

Check out the ALAN Picks for May! We are so excited to read Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon, The Girl in the Walls by Meg Eden Kuyatt, The Enchanted Life of Valentina Mejia by Alexandra Alessandri and Stuck in Her Head by Kylie Wang and Liana Tang. Learn more about these titles and how educators, Lillian Mantooth, Ashlynn Wittchow, Alicia Lawson and Ximena Rangel are using them to address relationships through fiction. Learn more here: /?p=6414

Just a reminder that in five days you could be listening to author Jonny Garza Villa during the ALAN Picks Webinar! That will only happen if you sign up at /ALANWebMay26 See you On Wednesday, May 13th@ 7 pm EST/6CT/5MT/4PT! Remember the ALAN Board Meeting will immediately follow.

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction winner. The winner is All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis. Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for a monetary prize to be presented annually to the author of a young adult title selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit. The award winner and the and finalists will be honored at the 2026 ALAN Workshop on Monday, November 24th in Philadelphia, PA, and the authors will be invited to participate in a panel discussion. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee would like to thank: the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Foundation, the ALAN Executive Council, the ALAN Board of Directors, NCTE, and the many publishers who submitted titles for consideration. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee considered over 300 young adult titles throughout the process. The committee was comprised of eleven members representing the university, K-12 school, and library communities. For more information on the award, please visit ALAN Online: The Official Site of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents /awards/walden-award

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction winner. The winner is All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis. Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for a monetary prize to be presented annually to the author of a young adult title selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit. The award winner and the and finalists will be honored at the 2026 ALAN Workshop on Monday, November 24th in Philadelphia, PA, and the authors will be invited to participate in a panel discussion. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee would like to thank: the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Foundation, the ALAN Executive Council, the ALAN Board of Directors, NCTE, and the many publishers who submitted titles for consideration. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee considered over 300 young adult titles throughout the process. The committee was comprised of eleven members representing the university, K-12 school, and library communities. For more information on the award, please visit ALAN Online: The Official Site of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents /awards/walden-award

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction finalists. Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for a monetary prize to be presented annually to the author of a young adult title selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit. The winning title will be announced this Friday, May 6th at 10:00 am. The award winner and the finalists will be honored at the 2026 ALAN Workshop on Monday, November 24th in Philadelphia, PA, and the authors will be invited to participate in a panel discussion. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee would like to thank: the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Foundation, the ALAN Executive Council, the ALAN Board of Directors, NCTE, and the many publishers who submitted titles for consideration. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee considered over 300 young adult titles throughout the process. The committee was comprised of eleven members representing the university, K-12 school, and library communities. For more information on the award, please visit ALAN Online: The Official Site of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents /awards/walden-award

The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction finalists. Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for a monetary prize to be presented annually to the author of a young adult title selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit. The winning title will be announced this Friday, May 6th at 10:00 am. The award winner and the finalists will be honored at the 2026 ALAN Workshop on Monday, November 24th in Philadelphia, PA, and the authors will be invited to participate in a panel discussion. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee would like to thank: the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Foundation, the ALAN Executive Council, the ALAN Board of Directors, NCTE, and the many publishers who submitted titles for consideration. The 2026 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee considered over 300 young adult titles throughout the process. The committee was comprised of eleven members representing the university, K-12 school, and library communities. For more information on the award, please visit ALAN Online: The Official Site of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents /awards/walden-award

Have you signed up yet? Take a break from May-hem this month and join us Wednesday May 13th at 7:00 pm EST, for the ALAN Picks webinar with author Jonny Garza Villa. Stay for the executive board meeting afterwards! Sign up here: /ALANWebMay26

Save the Date! On Wednesday May 13th at 7:00 pm EST, ALAN Picks will be hosting a webinar with author Jonny Garza Villa with an executive board meeting to follow! Sign up here: /ALANWebMay26

The ALAN Review editorial team is excited to announce that, starting with volume 54, Jason DeHart will be a co-editor for the journal. Jason served as the first editor for the Let Them Read column and recently guest edited issue 53.3 on young adult graphic novels. We are also welcoming some new column editors for our upcoming volumes. We received such a strong set of applications that we were able to name columnists for volumes 54 (2026 - 2027) and 55 (2027 - 2028) for Adolescence in Academic and From the Practitioner’s Desk. Adolescence in Academia Volume 54: Christian Gregory Volume 55: Leah Day From the Practitioner’s Desk Volume 54: Leslie Brenner Volume 55: Katie Fenton Additionally, the overwhelming enthusiasm for the Meeting in the Middle column allowed us to name the columnists for volumes 54 through 56 (the end of our tenure as editors). The columnists are: Volume 54: Renee Stites Kruep Volume 55: René M. Rodríguez-Astacio Volume 56: Andrea Glaws Leilya Pitre and Crag Hill will continue to serve as column editors for ALAN’s Past, Present, and Future, where they help us remember ALAN’s and YA’s history and look ahead to the future.

Great news! We know how busy March is so we have extended the deadline for both of these proposals! Tag someone who should apply!

Check out the 2026 ALAN Workshop Logo and be sure to mark your calendar and make plans to attend!