Innovations in Reading Prize


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, 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.

Innovations in Reading prize winners

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