Yasmin McClinton has won the 2020 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, sponsored by Sisters in Crime and given annually to an emerging writer of color who has not yet published a full-length work. Named in honor of pioneering African-American crime fiction author Eleanor Taylor Bland, the award carries a $2,000 grant and was established in 2014. In addition, this year Sisters in Crime expanded the Award to provide funded memberships to the organization for five runners-up: Christina Dotson, Tony Hernandez, Robert Justice, Raquel V. Reyes and Manju Soni.
Winner Yasmin McClinton commented: "Authors like Ms. Bland show me that women of color--writers of color--can be authors in any genre they want and really bridge gaps. I shared with my daughters that I won this award. My daughters have been with me through the hardest times of my life. And I wanted to show them that their overly protective, annoying mom has dreams from her childhood coming true, even today. And, she can be chosen for prestigious awards like the Sisters in Crime Eleanor Taylor Bland award. So, Girls, no giving up. Ever!"
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The winners of the 2020 Singapore Book Awards, sponsored by the Singapore Book Publishers Association, were announced today at a virtual awards ceremony:
Book of the Year 2020: The Way of Kueh: Savouring and Saving Singapore's Heritage Desserts (Epigram Books)
Best Literary Work: Fall Baby (Penguin Random House SEA)
Best Non-Fiction Title: Homeless: The Untold Story of a Mother's Struggle in Crazy Rich Singapore (Epigram Books)
Best Illustrated Non-Fiction Title: The Way of Kueh: Savouring and Saving Singapore's Heritage Desserts (Epigram Books)
Best Middle Grade/Young Adult Title: Luminous Sword--Book 3, Keys of Archellos (Armour Publishing)
Best Picture Book: Counting Sheep (Marshall Cavendish International (Asia))
Best E-Book Title: think! Additional Mathematics e-textbooks A and B (10th edition) (Shing Lee Publishers)
Best Audiobook Title: Penghuni Rumah Tua (Pustaka Nasional)
Best Education Title: How to Build a Dragon: A Satirical Look at Cutting-Edge Science (World Scientific Publishing Co.)
Best Book Cover Design: The Angel Tiger and Other Stories (Epigram Books)
Best Digital Marketing Campaign: Storytel Singapore's Digital Marketing Campaign