Literature Awards Committee

Overall Literature Awards Committee Chairs

Candice Wing-yee Mack
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Zoë McLaughlin 
Jamie Kurumaji

EB Liaison:
Jaena Rae Cabrera

Adult Literature (Fiction)

Chair: 
Erika Fitzpatrick

Members:
Ji Baek
Deborah Khuanghlawn

Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)

Chair: 
Lalitha Nataraj

Members:
Rick Bonus
Gerardo “Gary” Colmenar
Mimosa Shah

Children’s Literature

Chair: 
Jenny Yap

Members:
Alexandra Quintero Deleon
Keiko Satomi
Celina Tirona

Young Adult Literature

Chair: 
Jade Alburo

Members:
Cecelia Fiering
Connie Lin
Angie Miraflor
Jade Noelani Yonehiro

Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)

Chair: 
Jenay Dougherty

Members:
Caroline Chow
Bea Jaleco
Isariya Locke
Eori Tokunaga

Poetry

Chair: 
Danilo Baylen

Members:
Neil Aitken
Neil Kepoʻo Ordinario
Melody Steiner

Overall Literature Awards Committee Chairs

Sandy Wee
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack

EB Liaison:
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Alanna Aiko Moore

Adult Literature (Fiction)

Chair: 
Elizabeth Joseph

Members:
Matthew Galloway
Monica Shin
Karen Fernandez
Tiffany Mallery
Michelle Young

Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)

Chair: 
Annie Pho

Members:
Ray Pun
Tarida Anantachai

Children’s Literature

Chair: 
Jane Khaytin

Members:
Miyo Sandlin
Sine Hwang Jensen
Isariya Locke
Neha Thakkar

Young Adult Literature

Chair: 
Ariana Hussein

Members:
Connie Lin
Jade Alburo
Stephanie Mahar
Crystal Chen

Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)

Chair: 
Charlene Hsu Gross

Members:
Danica Ronquillo
Becky Leathersich
Yun Ji (Angie) So
Christine Chai
Xuemin Zhong

Overall Literature Awards Committee Chairs

Helen Look
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack

EB Liaison:
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Alanna Aiko Moore

Adult Literature (Fiction)

Chair: 
Sofia Leung

Members:
Tom Poehnelt
Jenny Yap
Coleen Umali

Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)

Chair: 
Richard Cho

Members:
Alan Cho
Simon Lee

Children’s Literature

Chair: 
Florence Tang

Members:
Jen Woo
Danny Le
Andrew Chae

Young Adult Literature

Chair: 
Helen Lee

Members:
Tiffani Lewis-Lockhart
Jovy O’Grady
Erika Fitzpatrick
Perlita Payne

Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)

Co-chairs: 
Cynthia Mari Orozco
Hannah Park

Members:
Jerry Dear
Joy Shioshita
Charlene Hsu Gross

Overall Literature Awards Committee Chairs

Helen Look
Zoë McLaughlin
Candice Mack

EB Liaison:
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Alanna Aiko Moore

Adult Literature (Fiction)

Chair: 
Jonathan Khan

Members:
Erika Fitzpatrick
Helen Lee
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Rose L. Chou

Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)

Chair: 
Jen Woo

Members:
Young-Joo Lee

Children’s Literature

Chair: 
Jamie Kurumaji

Members:
Lamonica Sanford
Neha Thakkar
Hanna Lee
Danilo M. Baylen

Young Adult Literature

Chair: 
Sandy Wee

Members:
Jade Alburo
Nicole Shibata
Helen Li
Xuemin Zhong

Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)

Chair: 
Karen Nguyen

Members:
Janet Mumford
January Sanalak
Quinn Tomlinson

Overall Literature Awards Committee Chairs

Dora Ho
Ven Basco
Helen Look

EB Liaison:
Jaena Rae Cabrera
Alanna Aiko Moore

Adult Literature (Fiction)

Chair: 
Sandy Wee

Members:
Anjali Goyal
Michelle Lee
Elaine Tai
Jerry Dear

Adult Literature (Non-Fiction)

Chair: 
Ann Crewdson

Members:
Paul Drake

Children’s Literature

Chair: 
Florence Tang
Jamie Kurumaji

Members:
Arya Hackney
Katie Hom
Angie So

Young Adult Literature

Chair: 
Crystal Chen

Members:
Danilo M Baylen
Anna Coats
Jen Woo
Tamiko Welch

Picture Books (Illustration in Children’s Literature)

Chair: 
Dora Ho

Members:
Kristen Kwisnek
Becky Leathersich