Mark your calendar: Heavy Medal Live Webcast January 24th

We officially have a date, time, and sign-up link for our Heavy Medal live webcast. “What’s It Really Like? Join the 2025 Mock Newbery LIVE!”

Presented by: School Library Journal
Event Date and Time: Friday, January 24 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET / 10:00 – 11:30 AM PT

The Newbery Committee chooses the Medal winner behind closed doors, but here’s your chance to see how it works. Our expert Mock Newbery panel, the Heavy Medal Award Committee, discusses five of the best books of the year, following the process of the real Committee.

Watch, listen in, and join the debate with comments and questions before casting your vote to help decide this year’s Mock Newbery winner!

Moderated by “Heavy Medal” bloggers Steven Engelfried and Emily Mroczek.

The webinar will be recorded, and you’ll receive an email from Zoom with the link to the recording one day after the webinar. A link to a CE Certificate will be provided during the live session, and those who watch the recording can find the link in the Chat.

Other important dates/ news to remember:

• Our Early Six Booklist is live: books that will definitely be on our Heavy Medal Book List: BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS, ENGIMA GIRLS, MAX IN THE HOUSE OF SPIES, PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAIDS, QUAGMIRE TIARELLO COULDN’T BE BETTER, A STRANGE THING HAPPENED IN CHERRY HALL
• Our Final Nominations are open until Saturday Dec. 7th, choose your last two titles now.
• We open the call for Heavy Medal volunteers this Friday Dec. 6
• We’ll have a poll for the final Heavy Medal Book List open Mon. Dec. 9
• The final book list goes live Fri. Dec. 13th

I look forward to narrowing down our books with all of you! Also remember we always welcome comments on past posts if you have some catching up to do (( know I do!)

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