• UKLA Awards
• UKLA Children’s Book Awards
  • UKLA reviews of the 2008 Childrens Book Award winners
• UKLA Author Award
• John Downing Award
• Student Research Awards
• UKLA/ Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education
  • Research in Literacy Education Award Winners 2008
• Nominations for the ‘UKLA Research in Literacy Education Award’

UKLA Author Award

This award is presented to a member of the Association whose text (on paper or on screen) most effectively supports the teaching of literacy. It is awarded bi-ennually, and will next be awarded at the International Conference in Greenwich July 11th 2009.

Applications are now invited from individual members of UKLA who have published a text between Feb 2007 and January 2009 about an aspect of the teaching of literacy for classroom teachers. The text should be relevant to classroom practice.

The texts will be judged by a panel chaired by the Convenor of UKLA Membership and Awards committee.  The panel includes an independent consultant, a lecturer from HE and a classroom teacher. The award will be presented at the International Conference gala dinner on July 11th 2009 at Greenwich.

The book that received the UKLA Award in 2007 was Jacqui Harrett’s Exciting Writing (Sage).

Criteria

• text supports the teaching of literacy
• can be for any/all key stages from EYFS to KS4
• relevant to current classroom practice
• reflects current developments in literacy research
• encourages teachers to be:reflective, innovative, creative

Last date for submission Jan 31st 2009

The submission form needs to be submitted with your entry