This your two-week reminder! Next Friday, November 1 is the due date for three very exciting professional awards. Below is list of ALSC professional awards which are available for submission or nomination. Please consider applying or nominating a colleague:
Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship
Deadline: Extended to Saturday, November 1, 2014
This fellowship provides a $4,000 stipend to allow a qualified children’s librarian to spend a month or more reading at the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature.
Maureen Hayes Author/Illustrator Award
Deadline: Saturday, November 1, 2014
This $4,000 award was established with funding from Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, in honor of Maureen Hayes, to bring together children and nationally recognized authors/illustrators.
ALSC/Baker & Taylor Summer Reading Grant
Deadline: Saturday, November 1, 2014
This $3,000 grant provides financial assistance to a public library for developing an outstanding summer reading program for children.