Public Libraries Feature Article Contest

Feature articles submitted or published in 2008 will be eligible to compete for two cash prizes. The winner of the feature article contest will receive $500; second place receives $300. The prizes will be awarded at the 2009 ALA Annual Conference.

Criteria for eligibility are:

• Author(s) must be a public library employee(s) at the time the manuscript is submitted.
• Articles must have been submitted or published in 2008.
• Articles must be feature length. Verso and Perspectives contributions will not be considered.

The articles will be evaluated and winners will be choosen by members of the Public Libraries Advisory Subcommittee. Send manuscripts as an email attachment (Word document) to Kathleen Hughes, khughes@ala.org or send three paper copies of your manuscript and a disk copy to Kathleen Hughes, Public Libraries, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.