[OPLINLIST] Win $1000 with the MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens!

[Sarah Amazing]

Win $1000 with the MAE Award for Best Literature Program for Teens
Do you run a spectacular teen book club? Or a great speakers series that gets teens engaged in reading? Did your summer reading program bring teens through the doors in droves? Have you come up with a great way to help teens connect with literature using social media? Then you could win $500 for your pocket and another $500 for your library by applying for the Margaret A. Edward Award for Best Literature Program for Teens.
YALSA members who have run an exceptional reading or literature program in the 12 months leading up to December 1st are eligible to apply for this award recognizing an outstanding reading or literature program for young adults. The MAE Award is sponsored by the Margaret A. Edwards Trust. Applications and additional information about the award are available here: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/awardsandgrants/mae. Applications must be emailed to Nichole Gilbert (ngilbert at ala.org<mailto:ngilbert at ala.org>) by December 1st. For questions about the award, please contact the jury chair, Mary Haas at mhaas at aacps.org<mailto:mhaas at aacps.org>
Not a member of YALSA yet? It's not too late to join so you can be eligible for this award. You can do so by contacting YALSA's Membership Marketing Specialist, Letitia Smith, at lsmith at ala.org<mailto:lsmith at ala.org> or 800.545.2433 x4390<tel:800.545.2433%20x4390>. Reward yourself for bringing young adults and books together and encouraging the development of life-long reading habits. Apply today!

Please feel free to pass this information on to absolutely anyone! Thank you!!

Sarah Amazing
Teen Librarian
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
amazings at wtcpl.org<mailto:amazings at wtcpl.org>

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." Roald Dahl

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