Publicity
Awards & Honors
• 2024, CBC Children’s Favorite, The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
• 2024, CBC Teacher Favorite, The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
• 2024, BCCB Blue Ribbon Selection, The Death and Life of Benny Brooks
•2023, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, Hoggy at Bat
•2022, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, Hoggy Went-A-Courtin’
• 2022, Kidscreen Award “Best Alternative Game” category, Scribbles and Ink
•2021 ALSC Notable Children’s Media, Scribbles and Ink
• 2021, Kidscreen Award “Best Alternative Game” category, Scribbles and Ink
•2020, Daytime Emmy Nominee, Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program, Scribbles and Ink
• 2019 Mississippi Children's Choice Award for the PK-2nd grade category of the Magnolia Awards, Give Me Back My Book!
• 2018, Minnesota Youth Reading Awards, Star of the North Nominee, Give Me Back My Book
• 2017, CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy, Give Me Back My Book!
• 2017, Florida Book Awards Gold Medal, Young Children’s Literature Category, Big Cat
• 2016, Kirkus Best Books of 2016, Pug
• 2016, ILA-CBC Children's Choice List pick, Fright Club
• 2016, Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, Fright Club
• 2015, Parent's Magazine Best Books of 2015, Hi!
• 2014, CYBIL Finalist, Clara & Clem Under the Sea
• 2014, Society of Illustrators NY, Comic & Cartoon Art Competition and Annual, Scribbles and Ink
• 2014, Children's Choice Book Award Honor, K thru 2, Chamelia and the New Kid in Class
• 2013, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award (Gold), Association for Library Service for Children, Up, Tall and High!
• 2012, Society of Illustrators NY, The Original Art Exhibition, Scribbles and Ink
• 2011, Teacher's Choices Reading List, Muddy as a Duck Puddle
• 2011, Daytime Emmy Nominee, Disney’s® Tasty Time With ZeFronk
• 2010, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal, One Drowsy Dragon
• 2007, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards (Independent Publisher Online), Holiday category, The Zombie Nite Café
• 2009, Bookbinders' Guild Pick (Category: Children's Trade, Novelty, Third Place Book), Stop Kissing Me!
• 2009, Junior Library Guild Selection, Tortuga in Trouble
• 2009, Georgia Children’s Picture Storybook Award Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2008, Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year IRA-CBC Children’s Choice, Drooling and Dangerous: The Riot Brothers Return
• 2008, KC3 Children’s Book Award, Drooling and Dangerous
• 2007, Mockingbird Reading Program Outstanding Title, Abilene Independent School, District, Fiesta Fiasco
• 2007, Georgia Children’s Picture Book Storybook Award Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2007, Oregon Reading Association’s Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award, Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2007, Virginia Readers’ Choice Award Masterlist, Mañana Iguana
• 2007, The Monarch Award, Illinois’ K-3 Children’s Choice Award Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2006, BCCB (The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books) Bulletin Blue Ribbon,Tickle the Duck!
• 2006, North Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2006, Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award Nominee, Mañana Iguana
• 2006, Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award Masterlist, Snarf Attack, Underfoodle and the Sceret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All
• 2005, Book Sense Kid's Pick, Tickle the Duck!
• 2005, A Children’s Book of the Year, Child Study Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street College, Mañana Iguana
• 2005, NAPPA (National Parenting Publications Awards) Honor Award Winner
• 2005, Child Magazine Best Books of the Year Pick, Tickle the Duck!
• 2005, Nicktoons Film Festival Viewer’s Choice Award, Farm Force: Send in the Clones
• 2005, Children’s Crown Award nominee, National Christian School Association, The Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut
• 2004, IRA Children’s Choice Award, Stinky Smelly Feet: A Love Story
• 2003, Certificate of Merit, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, 41 Exhibition
• 2002, Certificate of Merit, Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, 40 Exhibition
• 1994, Certificate of Merit, Society of Illustrators 36th Annual National Exhibition, NY
• 1991, Award Winner, Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition, NY
• 1990, Charles Dana Gibson Memorial Scholarship, Society of Illustrators, NY
Media Coverage
• August 24, 2024, Radio Interview, PageTurners/WMUN
• November 16, 2023, The Story Behind the Story, by Ethan Long, Nerdy Book Club
• November 2, 2023, An Evening with Ethan Long, Second Star to the Right blog, Denver, Colorado
• October 6, 2023, Don’t Make Me Write This! by Ethan Long , Writer’s Digest
• October 20, 2023, Meet Ethan Long, A Children's Book Creative Virtuoso! , teachingauthors.com
• April 2021, NFTs: A Gift to Beloved Illustrator on a New Adventure, Central Florida Lifestyle Magazine
• February 2021, GBH’s Molly of Denali and Scribbles and Ink Honored with 2021 Kidscreen Awards, WGBH.com
• August 27, 2020, Orlando author Ethan Long’s ‘Scribbles & Ink’ nominated for Daytime Emmy, College Park Community Paper, Orlando, FL
• March 26, 2020, Ethan Long’s new series is one for the books, College Park Community Paper, Orlando, FL
• March 10, 2020, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy: A Chat with Ethan Long about Happy County, School Libray Journal
• February 27, 2020, In Conversation: Ethan Long and Christy Ottaviano, Publisher’s Weekly
• June 2018, Ethan Long brings whimsical public art to Edgewater Drive, College Park Community Paper, Orlando, FL
• November 2017, A Walk on the Wild Side, Entertainment Weekly, New York, NY
• October 2017, Florida Book Award Winners, Florida Humanities Council Magazine, Tallahassee, FL
• June 2015, Meet the Illustrator: Ethan Long, readbrightly.com
• December 2015, Fun/special books, Parents Magazine, New York, NY
• June 2014, Author, alumni to keynote H-K Graduation, Middletown Press, Middletown, CT
• February 2013, Dr. Seuss prize electrifies College Park Illustrator, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL
• May 2012, College Park Authors Share their Story, College Park Community Paper
•July 26, 2011, Review of the Day: The Book That Zack Wrote by Ethan Long, School Library Journal
• October 2009, Can Spongebob, Kid's book bring big bucks to library?, by Amy C. Rippel, The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL
• January 2009, Meet Disney's new chow hound!, Animation Magazine
• December 2008, A dog with taste, by Hal Boedecker, Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL
• November 2008, Gather the kids around for this exclusive interview with celebrity TV chef ZeFronk, The Examiner, San Francisco, CA
• July 2006, Driven to draw, by Mark Hinson, Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL
• December 2005, 10 Great Children's Books, selected by Natalie Soto, Rocky Mountain News
• December 2005, Don't goose this duck, by Lana Berkowitz, Houston Chronicle
• September 2005, The best new stories to inspire young minds, by Julie Yates Walton, Child Magazine
• July 2005, Mayor creates exclusive club–for young readers, by Mary Kelli Palka, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL
• April 2005, Career day provides peek at future, by Nicole Peduzzi, Valley Times-Star, Newville, PA
• February 2005, Making a splash in Vegas, Animation magazine
• January 2005, Flying pigs? Animators banking on barnyard heroes, by Cindy Barth, Orlando Business Journal, Orlando, FL
• September 2004, Book club gets jumpstart, by Tia Mitchell, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL
• June 2004, Peyton presents literacy program for 4-year-olds, by Mary Kelly Patka, Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL
• March 2004, It came from Orlando/Long draws, by Kathryn Brockman, Create Magazine, Orlando, FL
• March 2004, Kid's ideas inspire illustrator, by Tiffany Pakkala, The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA
• September 2002, Hey kiddo, Cat Got your nose? by Heather Busch, U.S. New and World Report
• August 1996, Art in the Park, by Mary O. Bradley, The Patriot, Harrisburg, PA
• January 1991,Who to watch in 1991, Patricia Hewitt, Gulf Coast Magazine, Naples, FL