AWARDS
THE POETRY CENTER
at PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
has selected MY FEET ARE LAUGHING for Special Recognition in the
2007 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/poetry/winners/2007/2007_Books_for_Young_People.html
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COUNCIL ON THE ARTS & HUMANITIES FOR STATEN ISLAND
2007 Original Work Grantee LISSETTE J. NORMAN
Lissette Norman is a full-time writer and will support the rewrite phase of her novel, Longer than the Sky, with this grant. Longer than the Sky, geared towards young adults, depicts Dominican life and culture and contains a strong message of hope. Readers will experience the main character's emotional process of changing the fate of her family. Lissette has published work many times in magazines and anthologies and is the author of a children's book.
http://www.statenislandarts.org/grnts/grnt1.html
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NEW VOICES AWARD 2003
Congratulations to the Winners of LEE & LOW
BOOKS’
Fourth Annual NEW VOICES AWARD
We are proud to announce our 2003 Honor Award Winner,
LISSETTE
NORMAN
of Staten Island, New York, who won for MY FEET ARE LAUGHING a
collection of unique, expressive poems that conveys the life of an
exuberant young Latina girl named Sadie who lives in her grandmother's
brownstone in Harlem. Lissette Norman's poems are playful, yet sincere,
and they give us a taste of a talented new voice for children.
Lissette Norman, whose parents are from the Dominican Republic, received
her
B.A. from SUNY-Binghamton. Her work has appeared in
anthologies, Moving
Beyond Boundaries, Bum Rush the Page: A Def
Poetry Jam, and in other
magazines.
Lee & Low Books - New Voices Award 2003