The Emerging Voices Winners!


Congratulations to Collette Childers and Sindhu Vijayasarathy! 

From right to left:
Sindhu,
Collette,
and members of the Schmitt family whose 455 Foundation supports the SCBWI On-The-Verge Emerging Voices Award!

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