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."[1] The prize is awarded by the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. 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.[2]

Innovations in Reading prize winners

2009

2010

  • Cellpoems
  • 826 Valencia
  • 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

2014

2015

  • Reach Incorporated[3]

2016

  • Next Chapter Book Club[4]

2017

  • Barbershop Books[5]

2018

  • Teach This Poem[6]

Innovations in Reading Honorable Mentions

2015

  • African Poetry Book Fund
  • Call Me Ishmael
  • Lambda Literary
  • MotionPoems

2016[7]

  • The Harry Potter Alliance
  • LGBT Books to Prisoners
  • Limitless Libraries
  • Traveling Stories

2017[8]

  • Books@Work
  • Great Reading Games from Learning Ally
  • Poetry-in-Motion
  • Reach Out and Read

2018[9]

  • The Appalachian Prison Book Project
  • Friends of the Homer Library
  • Jewish Women International's Library Initiative
  • Words Without Borders Campus

References

  1. ↑ "National Book Foundation - Innovations in Reading".
  2. ↑ Innovations in Reading Applications
  3. ↑ Baker, Jennifer. "National Book Foundation Celebrates Innovators Of Reading Encouraging Philanthropy For More Literacy". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  4. ↑ "Next Chapter Book Club Wins Innovations in Reading Prize". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Local nonprofit brings books into barbershops to help improve childhood literacy". New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  6. ↑ Franklin, M. J. (10 May 2018). "'Teach This Poem' is on a mission to help teachers and students understand the world". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  7. ↑ Franklin, M. J. (2 May 2016). "2016 Innovations in Reading Prize winners make the world better, one book at a time". Mashable. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  8. ↑ Oulton, Emma. "The Innovations In Reading Prize 2017 Goes To Barbershop Books, For Helping Young Black Boys Identify As Readers". Bustle. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  9. ↑ Franklin, M. J. (10 May 2018). "'Teach This Poem' is on a mission to help teachers and students understand the world". Mashable. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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