It's Written in the Stars...READ! – October 7-13

Grants

Through generous funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, YALSA is currently able to offer the following grant to YALSA members:

Teen Read Week Grant The application period has ended.

Ten libraries who propose innovative literacy-focused Teen Read Week activities will be given a grant of $1000 each to help fund their activities. Learn more and apply here by June 1, 2018.

Teens' Top Ten Book Giveaway The application period has ended.

Fifty sets of the 2018 Teens' Top Ten nominees will be given away to libraries in need. Apply by May 1, 2018.

Questions? Contact Taylor Crossley tcrossley@ala.org

Want more Grants?

YALSA members are eligible to apply for over $150,000 worth of grants, awards and stipends from YALSA each year, as well as all of ALA's grants. ALA/YALSA membership starts at just $60 per year. Learn more or join at www.ala.org/yalsa/join.

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Teen Read Week on the YALSA Blog

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Teen Read Week: Planning a School-Wide Read Program

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Teen Read Week: Board Game Collection Encourages English Language Learners To “Read For the Fun of It”

Every year the Teen Read Week Committee selects the recipients of the Teen Read Week grants funded by contributions from YALSA and Dollar General. Cynthia Shutts at the White Oak Public Library (IL) was awarded one of this year’s Teen Read Week grants to create a circulating board game collection… Continue reading