The Penguin Young Readers Group Award

This award, made possible by an annual gift from Penguin Young Readers Group, provides a $600 stipend to up to four children's librarians to attend their first ALA Annual Conference.

Current Penguin Award Winners
Past Penguin Award Winners

Criteria 

• Each applicant will be judged on the following:
  • Involvement in ALSC, as well as any other professional or educational association of which the applicant was a member, officer, chairman, etc.
  • New programs or innovations started by the applicants at the library in which he/she works
  • Library Experience

Requirements

• Applicants must:
  • Be personal members of ALSC as well as ALA; organizational members are not eligible
  • Work directly with children in elementary, middle schools or public libraries
  • Have less than ten years, but more than one year, of experience as a children's librarian by the opening of the Annual Conference
  • No previous attendance at an ALA Annual Conference

Announcement of Winners

Winners will be announced via a press release on the ALSC Web site shortly after ALA Midwinter Meeting in early January.

How to Apply

Applications for the 2010 Penguin Young Reader's Group Award are now available.  Please contact Linda Ernst, chair of the ALSC Grant Administration Committee, at lindaern@kcls.org with any questions. 

Committee Resources

Penguin Young Readers Group Award manual (Word)
Penguin Young Readers Group Award manual (PDF)