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

2012 Penguin Young Readers Group Award Application

 

The application form for the 2012 Penguin Young Readers Group Award is now available. Please click on the link above to download the form (Word doc). Contact the chair of the ALSC Grant Administration committee, Nancy Baumann, with questions at horsepwr_2000@yahoo.com.  Applications and supporting materials must be emailed by December 1, 2011. 

Committee resources

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