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We Need Diverse Books has announced the 2019 recipients of WNDB Internship Grants, which provide $2,500 to support interns during their internship as well as a two-month public transportation stipend. In the program's first four years, WNDB Internship Grants have been given 33 people, 22 of whom have gone on to full-time work in the publishing industry.
"This year we awarded grants to eleven interns, whom we hope will follow the lead set by most of our previous grantees by going on to careers in the children's book world," said Linda Sue Park, honorary chair of the WNDB Internship Grants committee. "We're grateful to the publishers and agencies who work with us, and we would also like to thank our supporters. Their generosity allows us to help move the publishing industry toward better serving all young readers." The 2019 WNDB Internship Grant recipients are:
Savannah Bowen, Serendipity Literary Agency
Mikayla Lawrence, HarperCollins/Greenwillow Books
Analia Cabello, Candlewick Press
Samantha Leong, Simon & Schuster
Tiana Coven, Barry Goldblatt Literary
Shanese Mullins, Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Leigh Higgins, Scholastic Book Fairs
Connor O'Brien, Writers House
Kristen Joseph, Lee & Low Books
Kilson Roque, Simon & Schuster
Frankie Knuckles, Candlewick Press