All of us here at Scholastic HQ in New York City are so excited for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Ceremony next week. It will take place at the legendary Carnegie Hall, and feature some of the most talented and creative students (and their work) from all across the country.
But this isn't Future Friday (mainly because I just made that up), it's Throwback Thursday! In the spirit of looking back, today we have the 1926 book Saplings on display.
I found this little book in the Scholastic Library in a box with older editions of the series. So what is Saplings, and how does it tie-in with the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards?
According to Scholastic: A Publishing Adventure:
Scholastic was six years old when it first flirted with the book business, issuing two titles in 1926: Saplings, a 78 page, 5 1/2" x 8" cardboard-covered collection of verse, short shories, and essays from the entries submitted for the 1925 student-written numbers of The Scholastic [...]. Annually thereafter for 14 years, a new, now-clothbound edition of Saplings presented the best of the preceding year's Writing Awards entries, selling for $1.50 and later $2 per copy. The end of Saplings was not the end of anthologies of the Writing Awards.
Let's take a peek inside Saplings, and check out some award-winning poetry from 1925.
And here's what the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards anthology book looks like today! One big difference? It includes artwork!
Special thanks to Scholastic librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey for her help with this series!
Gina Asprocolas
