2025 EJK Award Ceremony & Panel Discussion

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1. EJK Award Winners: Breanna J. McDaniel Writer Award and X. Fang Illustrator Award
2. EJK Award Honors: Antwan Eady Writer Honor, Bo Lu Illustrator Honor, Kara Kramer Illustrator Honor, Carlos Matias Writer Honor
3. EJK Award Recipients: Carlos Matias Writer Honor, Antwan Eady Writer Honor, Breanna J. McDaniel Writer Award and X. Fang Illustrator Award, Kara Kramer Illustrator Honor, Bo Lu Illustrator Honor
4. Karlie Herndon, Curator, de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
5. Deborah Pope, Executive Director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
6. Ellen Ruffin,  Curator Emerita of the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection
7. EJK Award Committee: Deborah Taylor, Cathryn Mercer, Ellen Ruffin, Sam Bloom, Deborah Pope, Lesa Cline-Ransom, Melissa Iwai
8. Kara Kramer at the podium at the Kaigler Children’s Book Festival
9. Carlos Matias, Bo Lu, Joseph S. Paul, President, University of Southern Mississippi, Deborah Pope, Ellen Ruffin, Antwan Eady, Kara Kramer, Breanna J. McDaniel and X. Fang
10. Ellen Ruffin, Carlos Matias, Breanna McDaniel, Bo Lu
11. Ellen Ruffin, Carlos Matias, Breanna McDaniel
12. Antwan Eady, X. Fang