The Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced With Adversity
It is of the opinion of Lemony Snicket, author, reader, and alleged malcontent, that librarians have suffered enough. Therefore he is establishing an annual prize honoring a librarian who has faced adversity with integrity and dignity intact. The prize will be a generous amount of cash from Mr. Snicket's disreputable gains, along with an odd, symbolic object from his private stash, and a certificate, which may or may not be suitable for framing. It is Mr. Snicket's hope, and the ALA's, that the Snicket Prize will remind readers everywhere of the joyous importance of librarians and the trouble that is all too frequently unleashed upon them.
The prize will be a generous amount of cash from Mr. Snicket's disreputable gains ($10,000), along with an odd, symbolic object from his private stash, and a certificate, which may or may not be suitable for framing.
The 2024 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity is awarded to Patty Hector, former director of the Saline County Library in Benton...
Denise Neujahr, Teen Youth Services Specialist for the Community Library Network in northern Idaho, has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Lemony Snicket...
Martha Hickson, media specialist at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Lemony Snicket Prize...
In 2012, Eldred was diagnosed with early-stage dementia. Since then, she has not only experienced increasingly impaired cognitive function— but has also developed neurological complications...
Ogilvie was working as the outreach librarian for Bay County Public Library’s three counties in the Florida Panhandle when Hurricane Michael hit on Oct. 10, 2018...
Five years later, during the siege at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL, Haneski remembered her friend Cech’s quick thinking and advice, and she...
Copel who moved from New York City to New Orleans in 2010 saw a need to provide age appropriate books to neighborhood youths. Known to...
2014 - Winner(s)
Next Deadline
Eligibility
Nominee must be a librarian.
Click Here to Apply - Lemony Snicket Application The following information must be addressed in the online application:
The prize will be a generous amount of cash from Mr. Snicket's disreputable gains ($10,000), along with an odd, symbolic object from his private stash, and a certificate, which may or may not be suitable for framing.
Notification
The award will be presented during the Awards Reception at the ALA Annual Conference.
