CEL Best Article Award
2025 Winner
“” (Vol. 47, No. 1, August 2024) by Jan Stallones
Honorable Mention
“” (Vol. 46, No. 4, April 2024) by Cait O’Connor
听Cait O’Connor is a tenth-year educator based in New York who is passionate about meditation, zine making, justice, and compassion. She has been a middle school teacher for five years in Larchmont, New York, and was named the 2023 楼凤天堂 Outstanding Middle Level Educator. She lives in Westchester County, New York, with her dog and partner and is currently working on her book Ditching Diet Culture at School: Big and Small Equity Fixes for P鈥�12 Educators.
Award Details
Nominations are not accepted for this award.
Purpose:听 The CEL English Leadership Quarterly Best Article Award honors the authors of two articles written and published in English Leadership Quarterly.
Eligibility:听 Book reviewers will not be eligible for consideration, but articles written for specific English Leadership Quarterly columns may be considered. Teachers currently on leave may be considered, as may former teachers presently not employed. The editor(s) of English Leadership Quarterly shall draw up the annual list of eligible authors and shall be the arbiter of eligibility.
Award Criteria:听 The award shall be given once each year, covering issues published between February and October of any given school year. An honorable mention (runners-up) may be also named.
Award Specifics:听 The awards are announced by the English Leadership Quarterly editor(s) at the Sunday Opening Session during the . The award winner receives a plaque and honorarium.
Judging:听 The editorial panel may consist of a chair and three to five readers, selected by the editor(s) of the English Leadership Quarterly. The panel shall be nominated for a one-year term. Panel members will be expected to excuse themselves from the judging if an article on which they are an author is eligible for the award. If necessary, the editor(s) of the English Leadership Quarterly will name a replacement.
CEL English Leadership Quarterly Best Article Award Winners
2024
Sawsan Jaber for “” (Vol. 46, No. 2, October 2023)
Honorable Mention:
Alma D. Stevenson, Sabrina N. Ross, Calvin Walton and Ming Fang He, for “” (Vol. 46, No. 1, August 2023)
2023
Stephanie P. Jones for (Vol. 45, No. 2 October 2022)
Honorable Mention:
Shea Kerkhoff, Katie Kline, Amy A. Lannin, Katherine O鈥橠aniels, Julie M. Sheerman, Nancy R. Singer, Tracy L. Brosch, Diana Hammond, and Laura Obubo for “” (Vol. 45, No. 3 February 2023)
2022
Robert D. Ford for “” (Vol. 43, No. 3 February 2021)
Honorable Mention:
Christine M. Dawson and Nicole Sieben for “” (Vol. 44, No. 1 August 2021)
2021
Michelle Fowler-Amato and Stacia L. Long for “” (Vol. 43, No. 1 August 2020)
Honorable Mention:
Henry “Cody” Miller, Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko, Shelby Boehm for “” (Vol. 42, No 4 April 2020)
2020
Kristie Hofelich Ennis for听“” (Vol. 41, No. 4 April 2019)
Honorable Mentions:
Luis Javier Pent贸n Herrera, Lynn Daniel, Margaret Aker for “”
Henry 鈥淐ody鈥� Miller for “”
2019
Molly Buckley-Marudas, Ph.D. for听“ ” (Vol. 41, No. 2, October 2018)
2018
Katie Alford听and听Jessica Singer Early for听鈥�鈥� (Vol. 40, No. 2, October 2017)
2017
Elsie Lindy Olan and Kia Jane Richmond for “” (Vol. 39, No. 2, October 2016)
Honorable Mentions:
Keri Skeeters, Bridget Campbell, Andrea Dubitsky, Elizabeth Faron, Kelly Gieselmann, Deborah George, Brooke Goldschmidt, Erica Wagner for “” (Vol. 38, No. 3, February 2016)
George Iannuzzi, Jill Ewing Flynn, and Veronica Zuccarello for “” (Vol. 39, No. 1, August 2016)