by Kasie Griffitts | Sep 3, 2019 | Awards, News
In case you missed it, The Poet X was awarded the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. The Walden Award was established in 2008 to honor YA author Amelia Elizabeth Walden and is given to the young adult title that best demonstrates a positive...
by Kasie Griffitts | Aug 6, 2019 | Media, News, Updates
Emoni Santiago is heading to the big screen! Picturestart has acquired the rights to Elizabeth Acevedo’s second novel with Erik Feig & Lucy Kitada set to produce. Acevedo will adapt her novel for the screen and is “delighted to be working with...
by Kasie Griffitts | Jun 22, 2019 | Awards, News, Updates
The Carnegie Medal Awards announced on Tuesday, June 19th that Elizabeth Acevedo has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal for The Poet X. Elizabeth is the first writer of color to win this prestigious UK award in it’s 83-year history. The Carnegie Medal is awarded...
by Liz | Apr 9, 2019 | News, Updates
Can’t get enough news on With the Fire on High? Bustle has just announced tour dates alongside an excerpt from the National Book Award Winner’s highly anticipated second novel. You can read the excerpt and pre-order your copy of...
by Liz | Apr 2, 2019 | Events, News, Updates
Official book tour dates are here! Join Elizabeth as she reads from the novel, signs books, and engages in conversations with some of her favorite writers and thinkers! Events in the following cities are ticketed. Visit acevedowrites.com/events to get yours today!...
by Liz | Mar 18, 2019 | Awards, News
The Poet X has won the Pura Belpré award, presented annually to a Latinx writer whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latinx cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth; the Michael L. Printz award for excellence in...
