{"id":4381,"date":"2026-01-15T15:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:13:16","slug":"big-news-utah-shannon-hale-is-hitting-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/big-news-utah-shannon-hale-is-hitting-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG NEWS,\u00a0UTAH: Shannon Hale is hitting the road!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>Is your school ready to host New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/utah-ambassador-for-young-peoples-literature-2\/\">Utah Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature<\/a>, Shannon is traveling the state to inspire the next generation of readers and writers. We are selecting one school from each region (North, South, East, West, and Central) for a FREE\u00a0in-person visit during Spring 2026 or the 26-27 school year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who can apply:&nbsp;<\/strong>All Utah Public and Charter schools. All levels: Elementary, Middle, and High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Details:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Deadline:<\/strong>\u00a0February 28th at 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>requirement:<\/strong>&nbsp;A submitted school plan (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1OsNIlt78dLtbc29Vcnr0mtVYx-EgmxstTz355tDikA4\/copy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">check the rubric<\/a>!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don't miss the chance to bring the creator of&nbsp;<em>The Princess in Black<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Real Friends<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Princess Academy, and more<\/em>&nbsp;to your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\ud83d\udd17\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/16.0\/1f517\/72.png\">&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/xnAVQaoXvFgYNTVH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Application Form<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your school ready to host New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale?&nbsp; As the current Utah Ambassador for Young People\u2019s Literature, Shannon is traveling the state to inspire the next generation of readers and writers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/big-news-utah-shannon-hale-is-hitting-the-road\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah-ambassador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4382,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions\/4382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}