WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor Receives 2022 CLCSC Award

WriteGirl is thrilled to announce that WriteGirl Executive Director Keren Taylor has won the Dorothy M. McKenzie Award for Distinguished Service to the Field of Children’s Literature, awarded by the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California! The award is named after the organization’s founder and philanthropist, Dorothy M. McKenzie. 

Founded in 1961, the mission of the organization is to honor groundbreaking work in the field of children and teens’ literature in Southern California. Part of these activities include supporting organizations like WriteGirl who promote, uplift, and publish the work of children and teens.  

As a 2022 CLCSC Award Winner, Keren has been recognized for her work with WriteGirl to publish and uplift the voices of teen girls and gender-expansive youth in award-winning WriteGirl anthologies, as well as the new online journal from WriteGirl, Lines & Breaks. 

The 2022 Children’s Literature Council of Southern California Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 12, 2022 from 2PM - 5PM (Pacific Time) at Throop Church, 300 S. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91101. We hope you can join us at the event! For tickets and info, click here. 

Thank you to the Children’s Literature Council of Southern California for this honor and recognition!