for best portfolio on display in the Juried Art Portfolio Display at the Annual SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles. The winner of the Portfolio Award receives an expenses-paid trip to New York to meet with interested art directors. Sid Fleischman Award: An award for exemplary writing for children in the genre of humor. Sid Fleischman was the inaugural recipient of the SCBWI Humor Award, for his extensive body of work, at the 32nd Annual SCBWI Conference in Los Angeles, in August 2003. Student Illustrator Scholarship: Each year four college students studying illustration are selected to attend the Summer and Winter conferences on a full scholarship. Sue Alexander Most Promising New Work Award: Given to the manuscript deemed most promising for publication at the Los Angeles Summer Conference. Critiquers nominate manuscripts during the Los Angeles conference. The winner receives an expenses-paid trip to New York to meet with interested editors. Tomie dePaola Award: Given annually to an illustrator of promise chosen by Tomie himself. The award consists of a $1,000 gift certificate for art supplies, plus full tuition, transportation and accommodations to the New York Winter Conference. Tribute Fund: The SCBWI Tribute Fund commemorates members of the children's book community, their lives and their work by funding scholarships to the SCBWI International Summer and Winter Conferences for the general membership. Work-in-Progress Grants: The SCBWI Work-In-Progress Grants are designed to assist children's book writers in the completion of a specific project, and are underwritten by a grant from Amazon.com. Board of advisors As of 2020 the board is made up of a host of prominent names in the field of children's literature including: Kathleen Ahrens, professor and author Laurie Halse Anderson, author Bonnie Bader, publisher Tracy Barrett, author Judy Blume, author Peter Brown, author and illustrator Priscilla Burris, illustrator Dana Carey, author and illustrator Christopher Cheng, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, author Bruce Coville, author Pat Cummings, author, illustrator and professor Matt de la Peña, author Emma D. Dryden, author Ellen Hopkins, poet and author Arthur A. Levine, author and publisher of Levine Querido Alvina Ling, publisher Laurent Linn, art director at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Meg Medina, author Linda Sue Park, author Susan Patron, author and former public librarian Jerry Pinkney, illustrator Ruta Sepetys, author Melissa Stewart, science writer Patricia Wiles, author and SCBWI’s Director of Regional Team Management Lisa Yee, author Cecilia Yung, art director at Penguin Young