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Award Committee Candidacy Form

Some award committee positions are elected and others are appointed. If you're interested in an appointment, please fill out the Selection Committee Volunteer Form.

Name *

Job title and institution *

Preferred telephone number *

Preferred email address *

ALA membership number *

Number of years you have been a YALSA member *

What committee are you running for? *

Edwards Award Committee

Nonfiction Award Committee

Printz Award Committee

Please list participation in any ALA or YALSA selection or award committees *

Please describe in detail the contributions that the nominee made to the groups listed above. *

Please discuss your YA literature knowledge. *

Include coursework, on-the-job experience, reviewing experience, published articles or books, and so on.

Please list and summarize your significant accomplishments, awards, or recognition. *

What specific skills or attributes will you bring to YALSA's award committees? *

E.g., managerial, YA lit evaluation, team-building, and so on.

Personal statement *

Please describe why you believe you would be a fitting candidate for this position.

Are you running for a board position with YALSA or another ALA division? *

No

Not Sure

Yes

If you said yes, please specify.

Do you have any known or perceived conflict of interest that would impact your eligibility to serve on an awards committee? *

No

Not Sure

Yes

Please review the Conflict of Interest Policy for YALSA Awards Committees at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/yalsahandbook/conflict.

If you said yes, please specify.

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Award Committee Candidacy Form