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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards: Book of the Year and Mosaic Award Nominees and Winners
These are the final nominees and winners for this year’s awards, which PCC began announcing last week. The titles were selected by juries and an advisory board of diverse professionals in education, library management, and publishing and represent the best in graphic literature across both fiction and non-fiction titles.
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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Winners
Pop Culture Classroom, a Colorado-based education, and community nonprofit, today announced the 2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards for its Best in Children’s, Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult Graphic Literature awards. Since 2017, the organization has brought together experts from education, publishing, libraries, and the arts to evaluate the preceding year’s most compelling and educationally valuable works of graphic literature.
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2021 Excellence in Graphic Literature Awards Nominees
“This year’s EGL finalists truly represent the amazing depth and breadth of today’s graphic novels, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to celebrate the publishers and creators behind them,” said Pop Culture Classroom Program Manager, Tajshen Campbell, Ph.D. “These titles deserve a place on our bookshelves and in our students’ classrooms, where they can open exciting doors to learning and imagination for readers of all ages.”
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Local Students Create Comic for Colorado Pride
“Pride is coming up, and we think this is a beautiful addition to the celebration,” commented Pop Culture Classroom Education Program Manager Matt Slayter in prepared remarks for the comic’s release. “The students of Arvada High School have brought incredible thought, imagination, and passion to this project. The finished comic is educational, uplifting, and timely.”
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Aurora History That Pops! A New Interactive Program for Local Students and Educators
Aurora History Museum & Historic Sites and Pop Culture Classroom today launched “Aurora History That Pops!,” a new effort that offers middle and high school students interactive learning experiences that integrate education, self-expression, and play to:
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Congratulations to the 2017 Con4aCause Sweepstakes Winners!
Because of your support of Denver Pop Culture Con, we at Pop Culture Classroom are able to impact, inspire and educate children through our year-round educational programs and events. To thank you, our 2017 #Con4aCause…
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Introducing #Con4aCause – Thank You For Being Awesome
Surprise! You’re a Superhero! Thanks to your support of Denver Pop Culture Con, we are able to impact, inspire and educate children through our year-round educational programs and events. To thank you, we’re offering you…
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Full Lineup of Education Panels at DPCC’17 Available!
Denver Pop Culture Con 2017 is just around the corner! This year we have over 250 hours of education-based panels focusing on everything from teaching with cosplay to using board games in your classroom to…
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DPCC’17 PSA: 6 Ways to Have a Great time at DPCC with Your Kids
Wondering if you should bring the kids to DPCC? The answer is definitely yes! What sets DPCC apart from almost every other con is that we are produced by an educational non-profit Pop Culture Classroom.…
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DPCC’15 Celebrates Children’s Book Week
We’re really all just big kids here at Denver Pop Culture Con HQ, so it’s our pleasure to celebrate Children’s Book Week, May 4th (Be With You!) through May 10th. Established in 1919, Children’s Book…
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PCC announces first-ever comic book contest for kids!
DENVER, March 22, 2015 – Are you a comic book aficionado or graphic novel guru? Do you spend your free time sketching caped crusaders, alien landscapes, giant robots, otherworldly creatures, and other kinds of super-powered…
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PCC to host a model competition at DPCC’s Pop Culture Laboratory
DENVER, March 19, 2015 – Calling all builders, tinkerers, designers, and creators! PCC is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking contest in which you can design, build, and show off your very own models at DPCC’15 …
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Wanted: Mad Scientists to Live on the E.D.G.E. at Denver Pop Culture Con 2015
We attract all types of people here at Denver Pop Culture Con: celebrities, writers, artists, cosplayers, fanboys and fangirls and an army of volunteers dedicated to making sure that everybody has as much fun as…