The Innovations in Reading Prize is an annual award given to organizations and individuals who "have developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading." The prize is awarded by the
National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation (NBF) is an American nonprofit organization established, "to raise the cultural appreciation of great writing in America". Established in 1989 by National Book Awards, Inc.,Edwin McDowell. "Book Notes: 'The Joy Luc ...
, presenter of the
National Book Awards
The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors.
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. The Innovations in Reading prize was founded in 2009, and from 2009 to 2014, the National Book Foundation recognized up to five winners, who each received $2,500. Beginning in 2015, the Foundation began recognizing a single $10,000 prize winner each year, as well as four honorable mentions. In 2018, the Foundation began recognizing each honorable mention organization with a $1,000 prize.
Past Winners range from the hyperlocal to the global in scope and ambition and have demonstrated success in encouraging diverse audiences to read more widely and deeply.
Potential candidates can nominate themselves or be recommended for consideration. Applications for the Innovations in Reading Prize are available online from mid-December to mid-February.
Innovations in Reading prize winners
2009
*Fathers Bridging the Miles (A Program of Read to Me International)
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Maricopa County Library District
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James Patterson
James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author. Among his works are the '' Alex Cross'', '' Michael Bennett'', '' Women's Murder Club'', '' Maximum Ride'', '' Daniel X'', '' NYPD Red'', '' Witch & Wizard'', and ''Private'' ...
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*Robert Wilder
2010
Cellpoems*
826 Valencia
826 Valencia is a non-profit organization in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, United States, dedicated to helping children and young adults develop writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. It was ...
*Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
*Mount Olive Baptist Church
*United Through Reading
2011
*Burton Freeman for My Own Book
*Kore Press
*Electric Literature/Electric Publisher
*YARN, the Young Adult Review Network
2012
*Bookends: A Television Program for Teens Who Like to Read
*Lilli Leight
*Literacy Chicago for Reading Against the Odds
*Street Books
*Inger Upchurch for Real Men Read Storytime and Mentoring
2013
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City National Bank for Reading Is the Way Up
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Little Free Library
*The Uni Project
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The Uprise Books Project
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Worldreader
2014
*Blue Star Families' Books on Bases
*Books For Kids
*Chicago Books to Women in Prison
*Hopa Mountain's Storymakers Program
*Las Comadres Para Las Americas
2015
* Reach Incorporated
2016
* Next Chapter Book Club
2017
* Barbershop Books
2018
* Teach This Poem
Innovations in Reading Honorable Mentions
2015
* African Poetry Book Fund
* Call Me Ishmael
* Lambda Literary
* MotionPoems
2016
* The Harry Potter Alliance
* LGBT Books to Prisoners
* Limitless Libraries
* Traveling Stories
2017
* Books@Work
* Great Reading Games from Learning Ally
* Poetry-in-Motion
* Reach Out and Read
2018
* The Appalachian Prison Book Project
* Friends of the Homer Library
* Jewish Women International's Library Initiative
* Words Without Borders Campus
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Literacy-related awards