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🔥📚 Early Bird Registration ends today! ⏰

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Registration includes two days of author panels, a box of books, a Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception, a box lunch, Poster sessions and the ALAN Writing Seminar plus a year’s membership to ALAN.
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🐦Early bird registration ends in less than 48 hours on October 15th! ⏰
convention.ncte.org/registration/
Ready for two days of author panels, keynotes, a boom box, a Sunday Night Author Meet & Greet Reception, a box lunch, Poster sessions, the ALAN Writing Seminar on Saturday and membership to ALAN.
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Don’t miss these amazing sessions! Join us in Denver, Monday, November 24th- Tuesday, November 25th! Register today at convention.ncte.org/registration/ for The ALAN Workshop! Early bird registration ends October 15th!
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Don’t miss these amazing sessions! Join us in Denver, Monday, November 24th- Tuesday, November 25th! Register today at convention.ncte.org/registration/ for The ALAN Workshop! Early bird registration ends October 15th!
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join us in Denver Monday, November 24th- Tuesday, November 25th! Register today at convention.ncte.org/registration/ for The ALAN Workshop! Early bird registration ends October 15th!
August 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Authors Against Book Bans wins the 2025 ALAN Award. Authors Against Book Bans is a “coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators who stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit” literary choice.

alan-ya.org/2025-alan-aw...
July 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
2025 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Winner Announced. Congratulations to Josh Galarza and The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky.

Read the full press release here: alan-ya.org/2025/04/28/2...
April 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English is proud to announce the 2025 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Finalists.

Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldivar
Grief in the Fourth Dimension by Jennifer Yu
Rez Ball by Byron Graves
Unbecoming by Seema Yasmin
April 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are seeking poster session proposals focused on how educators, librarians, and youth advocates can share bold, liberatory visions of reading, teaching, and critically responding to YA literature.
ALAN 2025 Poster Presentation Form: Due March 20, 2025
March 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Join our next ALAN Webinar where will chat about MG and YA lit in the classroom, and dive into censorship with author, AS King. There's still time! Register with the link in our bio.
February 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"Attending NCTE 2025 in Denver? Be part of the ALAN Roundtable @ NCTE session!
Submit a proposal by Mon., Jan. 27th using this form: forms.gle/3kJigZxivVbN...
January 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Want to write about how new young adult or middle grade books can be used by educators in their curriculum or classroom? If so, come join us on Wed, Jan 15th at 7pm EST (6pm CST, 5pm MST, 4pm PST) for a virtual writing workshop to learn more about ALAN Picks!

RSVP link: forms.gle/TCDKcCWTtn6M...
January 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM