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Bringing a multicultural spirit to children039s literature The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation EJK Award is given annually to an outstanding new writer and new illustrator by the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in partnership with the de Grummond Childrens Literature Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi USM. Learn More Meet this Years Winners Honors Winners Announced by the end of MarchStay Tuned. Students write and illustrate stories about their lives and their dreams. We cant wait to see their books.