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Tag: Portfolio Showcase Competition

2017 Europolitan Con Portfolio Winner Interview: Ana Larrañaga

2017 Europolitan Con Portfolio Winner Interview: Ana Larrañaga

Posted on October 5, 2017January 4, 2019

By Sanne Dufft

Note: SCBWI Germany/Austria‘s Illustrator Coordinator Sanne Dufft interviewed Ana Larrañaga, a winner of the portfolio contest that took place at the SCBWI Europolitan Con in Belgium earlier this year. This is the second of two articles.

Ana Larrañaga was born in San Sebastian, Continue Reading 2017 Europolitan Con Portfolio Winner Interview: Ana Larrañaga »

2017 Eurpolitan Con Portfolio Winner: Simona M. Ceccarelli

2017 Eurpolitan Con Portfolio Winner: Simona M. Ceccarelli

Posted on October 4, 2017January 4, 2019

By Angela Cerrito

Note: Cynsations reporter Angela Cerrito interviewed Simona M. Ceccarelli, winner of the portfolio contest that took place at the SCBWI Europolitan Con in Belgium earlier this year. This is the first of two articles.

Simona M. Ceccarelli is a freshly hatched children’s writer and illustrator.

Continue Reading 2017 Eurpolitan Con Portfolio Winner: Simona M. Ceccarelli »

About Cynsations


Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times bestselling, award-winning author for young readers. Her 2023 release is HARVEST HOUSE, an Indigenous YA ghost mystery. Her most recent previous books are ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, which was an ALA Notable Children’s Book; SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA, which received six starred reviews; and HEARTS UNBROKEN, which won an American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award. She also is the author-curator of Heartdrum, a Native-focused imprint, and a member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA faculty.

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