National Book Foundation Offers $10,000 Prize to Literary Innovators

NEW YORK - Feb. 15, 2016 - PRLog -- The National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize recognizes visionary programs that promote reading across the country. A cash prize of $10,000 will be awarded to one winner for developing innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading, and four honorable mentions will also be recognized.

“Our previous Innovations in Reading Prize winners have shown that reading has extraordinary benefits for just about any community, including the families of soldiers deployed overseas, incarcerated youth, homeless populations, and small town neighborhoods,” says Harold Augenbraum, Executive Director of the National Book Foundation. “Through the Innovations in Reading Prize, we aim to recognize, fund, and applaud the efforts of literary activists around the country.”

Applications for the Innovations in Reading Prize will be accepted from January 19 until midnight PST on February 29, 2016. View the application by clicking on the link, https://nationalbook.submittable.com/submit.

The Innovations in Reading Prize is made possible through the generous support of The Levenger Foundation. Previous winners and honorable mentions include the Chicago Books to Women in Prison, Electric Literature, Worldreader, African Poetry Book Fund, and Motionpoems. For a complete list of winners and honorable mentions, visit the link, http://www.nationalbook.org/innovations_in_reading_2015.h....