Get funding to attend the ALA annual conference
Hello Happy readers! I just got this message in my inbox, and wanted to share the news:
Apply now for the 2007 Sagebrush Corporation Award
For A Young Adult Reading Or Literature Program!
Are you a member of YALSA? Have you developed an outstanding reading and
/or literature program that brought books and young adults together to
foster a life-long love of reading? Come on, don’t be so shy! You know you
have and you should get credit for it! The Sagebrush Corporation Award
seeks to do just that! Every year, a grant from the Sagebrush Corporation
provides $1000 to support the winner’s attendance at an upcoming ALA Annual
Conference. So why not give it a try? You can get more information on the
Award and the application form at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/awardsandgrants/sagebrush.pdf
The deadline for the Sagebrush Award is December 1, 2007. Good luck!
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Yes, please do apply for this award! I received it in 2004, and it is a great way to let people know about your special program that fosters reading and literature with/for teens. You also get, of course, the trip to ALA which is wonderful, and when I got the award for our YAAC newsletter, Open Shelf (http://mesalibrary.org/teens/books/openshelf.asp), I was also treated by Sagebrush to the Newbery Award Banquet, which I had never been able to attend before. I don’t know if they do this every year, but it made the award even more special for me.
Please do submit your idea, or at least encourage someone else you know who has a fabulous teen reading program of some sort to submit theirs.
Diane Tuccillo