LEE BENNETT HOPKINS
POETRY AWARD JUDGES
The 2008 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award were
- Carole D. Fiore, President, Training and Library Consulting, Tallahassee, FL, chair
- Randall Enos, Youth Services Consultant, Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middletown, NY
- Helen Frost, Poet and one of last year’s honor award winners (The Braid, Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux), Fort Wayne, IN
- Rebecca H. Frost, Retired Elementary School Library Media Specialist, Bloomsburg, PA
- Patricia M. Wong, County Librarian/Chief Archivist, Yolo County Library, Woodland, CA.
The 2007 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award were
- Elisa Hopkins, instructor of children’s literature, Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania, chair
- Susan Bloom, professor emerita, Simmons College, Framingham, Massachusetts
- Jonathan Hunt, library media specialist, Hughson, California
- Joyce Sidman, author/poet and last year’s award winner, Wayzata, Minnesota
- Marge Tassia, professor emerita, Millersville University, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The 2006 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award were
- Monica O'Cilka Wagner, Elementary School Teacher, State College Area School District, State College, PA
- Barbara Kiefer, Charolette S. Huck Professor, The Ohio State University
- Marilyn Singer, Author/Poet, Brooklyn, NY
- Luann Toth, Managing Editor, Book Review, School Library Journal, New York, NY
- R. Sylvia Firth, Retired Librarian, Morgantown, PA
The 2005 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award were
- Mary Napoli, Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
- Nina Lindsay, Librarian, Oakland, CA
- Glenna Sloan, Professor, School of Education, Queens College, CUNY
- Hope Anita Smith, Poet, Beverly Hills, CA
- Monica O'Cilka Wagner, Elementary School Teacher, State College Area School District, State College, PA
This year's award was presented on April 8, 2005, at the Children's Literature Matters Conference at Penn State University.
The 2004 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award were
- Richard Flynn, Professor of Literature, Georgia Southern University
- Liz Rosenberg, Professor of English, SUNY Binghamton
- Janice M. Del Negro, Director, The Center for Children's Books, GSLIS/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Mary Napoli, Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
- Anita C. Ditz, Children's Services Librarian, Schlow Library, State College, PA
This year's award was presented on May 7, 2004 at the Children's Literature Matters Conference at Penn State University.
The 2003 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award were
- Richard Ammon, Associate Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg
- Amy McClure, Professor of Education at Ohio Wesleyan University
- Debbie Reese, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Kristine O'Connell George, Author / Poet of Agoura, CA
- Anita C. Ditz, Children's Services Librarian, Schlow Library, State College, PA
This year's award was announced in February 2003 and presented on April 11, 2003 at the Children's Literature Matters Conference at Penn State University.
The 2002 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award were
- Bev Gallagher, Chair, 3rd grade teacher, Princeton Day School, Princeton
- Richard Ammon Jr, children's book author and Associate Professor of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State Harrisburg
- Karen Breen, Children's Editor, Kirkus Reviews, New York City
- Floyd Dickman, specialist in children's literature & Adjunct Professor of Library and Information Science, Kent State University
- Marjorie Maddox-Hafer, poet and Professor of English, Lock Haven University
The 2001 judges for the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award were
- Steven Herb, Director, The Pennsylvania Center for the Book, Penn State University
- Bev Gallagher, Chair, 3rd grade teacher, Princeton Day School, Princeton
- Linnea Hendrickson, Instructor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- Jazan Higgins, children's book consultant, New York
- Hazel Rochman, Editor of Young Adult Books, Booklist Magazine, Chicago