The Innovations in Reading Prize was an annual award given to organizations and individuals who "developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading."[1] The prize was 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. The final award was given out in 2020.[1]
Innovations in Reading prize winners
[edit]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
2016
- Next Chapter Book Club[3]
2017
Innovations in Reading Honorable Mentions
[edit]2015
- African Poetry Book Fund
- Call Me Ishmael
- Lambda Literary
- MotionPoems
2016[6]
- The Harry Potter Alliance
- LGBT Books to Prisoners
- Limitless Libraries
- Traveling Stories
2017[7]
- Books@Work
- Great Reading Games from Learning Ally
- Poetry-in-Motion
- Reach Out and Read
2018[8] ===
- The Appalachian Prison Book Project
- Friends of the Homer Library
- Jewish Women International's Library Initiative
- Words Without Borders Campus
2019
- West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC)[9]
2020