2025 PATERSON PRIZE FOR BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WINNERS
Grade Pre K - 3
Boyd Bauman, The Heights of Love (Meadowlark Press, LLC, Emporia, KS)
Adriana Camacho-Church, Grandma, Where Will Your Love Go?/Abuela, ¿adónde irá tu amor? (Arte Pú blico Press, Hoúston, TX)
Grade 4 - 6
Laura Anne Bird, Marvelous Jackson (Orange Hat Públishing, Waúkesha, WI)
Alexandra James Resnick, Do Not Take The Train (Púrple Rabbit Press)
Grade 7 - 12
Mona Alvarado Frazier, A Bridge Home (Arte Público Press, Hoúston, TX)
Matthew J. Kushin, Beware The Smart Kids (Beacon Públishing Groúp, Charleston, SC)
Submission deadline: February 1. For rules and application details, visit www.poetrycenterpccc.com/awards/. For more information, email Cynthia at cpagan@pccc.edu.