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Three Indiana Libraries Awarded Grants as part of Inaugural Indiana Authors Award
Winning authors name their local library as recipients of grants celebrating Indiana authors
INDIANAPOLIS --- The hometown libraries of the three Indiana authors who were recently awarded the inaugural Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award will each receive $2,500 grants this month. The new Award, a program of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, and the subsequent grants seek to recognize the contributions of Indiana authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation. The Award recognition and the grants to the following libraries are funded by the generosity of The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation:
- National Author Winner James Alexander Thom has named the Owen County Public Library in Spencer, IN.
- Regional Author Winner Susan Neville has named the East Washington Street Branch of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.
- Emerging Author Winner Christine Montross has named the Spades Park Branch of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library.
“The library in Spencer was important to me 70 years ago and it still is,” said Thom. “Much of what I needed to get an inspired start in life, I found among those bookshelves. I'm confident our good librarians will use the grant well to keep enriching the lives of readers.”
Neville and Montross shared similar sentiments of fond memories of their childhood libraries in Indianapolis and the role they played and continue to play in mentoring and developing young readers.
“We’re thrilled at the success of this inaugural year for the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award,” said Danny R. Dean, President of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation. “This Award, along with the grants to the authors’ hometown public libraries, clearly demonstrate that Indiana has a rich tradition in cultivating talented authors. The Library Foundation extends a special thanks to Eugene and Marilyn Glick for helping us showcase Indiana authors.”
Information about nominating an author for the 2010 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award will be made available early next year. To learn more, contact the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation at (317) 275-4700 or visit www.indianaauthorsaward.org.
About The Glick Fund: Eugene and Marilyn Glick are two of the most generous philanthropists in Indiana. In addition to establishing the Indiana Authors Award with the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation, Glick charitable funds have invested substantially in Indiana educational institutions, arts organizations, hospitals and the Pro-100 program, a leadership program for underprivileged youth. Recent grant recipients include the Indiana Historical Society Living History Center, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the Glick Eye Institute at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
About the Library Foundation: The Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation supports and enhances programs, services, and facilities of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, and its partnerships in lifelong learning initiatives that benefit a diverse community. Through advocacy, fundraising and stewardship, the Library Foundation supports numerous Library initiatives to enhance patrons’ lives, including early literacy programs, homework assistance, workforce development and technologies, including a variety of online library resources. The Foundation works to support these initiatives, making educational opportunities available free-of-charge to all Library patrons.