DESCRIPTION

The Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Student Conference Grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students with interest in children's literature. The grants help defray registration and travel costs for the NCTE conference. They are awarded yearly dependent on available funding.
In 2018, the CLA Board approved the funding of Student Travel grants aiming to support the travel of undergraduate and graduate student members of the Children's Literature Assembly to the Annual NCTE Convention and the CLA Breakfast. For the virtual NCTE Conventions of 2020 and 2021, the grants were converted to Student Conference Grants and help defray registration costs for the NCTE conference. In 2021, the grant was renamed to The Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Student Conference Grant, in honor of the late co-editor of the Journal of Children's Literature, Dr. Vivian Yenika Agbaw. The student grants are awarded yearly dependent on available funding.

The Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Student Conference Grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students who have interest in children's literature. In 2023, two $300 grants were awarded. Grants help fund registration and travel expenses for the NCTE annual convention and CLA breakfast.
Eligibility Criteria:
Applications for the Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Student Conference Grant will undergo masked review by CLA Board and/or Student Committee members. To be considered for the Grant, the applicant must:
  • be an undergraduate or graduate student (at the time of NCTE 2024), and
  • be a current CLA member. 
Student memberships are $20/year [Join CLA].
 
Preference will be given to applicants presenting on a topic related to children’s literature in an accepted session; those presenting on other topics or without an accepted session are also welcome to apply.
 
If Awarded:
By completing and submitting this application, the applicant agrees to the following if awarded:
  • attend the CLA Breakfast on Sunday, November 24, 2024 and
  • volunteer for a minimum of two hours at the CLA booth in the Exhibit Hall.
For information only.
The application deadline has elapsed.
Questions?

Email JenniferSlagus
CLA Student Committee Chair

Congratulations to the 2024 Grant Recipients!

Amber Moore

Amber Moore is a Ph.D. student in Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University, focusing on Literacy and English Language Arts. Her research explores the power of narratives in understanding historical trauma and fostering civic engagement, with a particular emphasis on the Japanese American experience during the World War II era of wrongful incarceration and preparing preservice teachers to create equitable, socially conscientious learning environments.

Presentations at NCTE 2024:
  • Preserving Dignity Through Memory and Critical Literacy with Honor to the Japanese American Experience During WWII-Era Incarceration
  • Current Conversations About Young Adult Literature in the Classroom

Josh Palange

Josh Palange is a neurodivergent MLIS graduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi, and previously was a 6-12 English Language Arts Teacher. He is also a children's literature author that likes to write about characters that remind him of himself.