Public Libraries Contest

$500 First Prize for a PUBLIC LIBRARIES Article

Do you have an idea for an article that you might “write-up”someday for Public Libraries? Well, the time is now. Over the past few years, many of those involved with Public Libraries have expressed interest in receiving more articles from people working in public libraries. Now, perhaps that will happen. Thanks to a PLA Challenge Grant awarded to the Public Libraries Advisory Subcommittee, feature articles submitted or published in 2002 will be eligible to compete for two prizes one of $500 and another of $300. The prizes will be awarded at the ALA Annual Conference, year 2000.

Criteria for eligibility are:

Author(s) must be a public library employee(s) at the time the manuscript is submitted.
Articles must have been submitted or published in 2002.
Articles must be feature length. Verso and Perspectives contributions will not be considered.

The articles will be evaluated and awards made by members of the Public Libraries Advisory Subcommittee. This group makes policy for the journal and advises the managing editor and feature editor about certain issues that need resolution. The names of the Subcommittee members are listed in each issue of the journal on the masthead.

Although questions about topics for articles directed to the Feature Editor are welcome, she cannot make commitments about publication without seeing the finished manuscript. Send three paper copies of your manuscript and a disk copy to the Feature Editor, Renee Vaillancourt, 248A N. Higgins Ave. #145, Missoula, MT 59802. If your word processor allows it, as many do, please send the file in RTF (Rich Text Format). Mac users should send the file in a format that can be read by Microsoft Windows-based systems. Send in those manuscripts! You might win a prize!