Public Librarians Win Cash for Telling their Stories in Public Libraries!

The Public Library Association is pleased to announce the 2002 winners of its annual article contest. The contest awards cash prizes to the authors of the best feature articles by public librarians published in the previous year’s issues of Public Libraries. The first prize award of $500 goes to Edward Elsner, Director of the Crawford County Library in Grayling, Michigan, for his article “The Evolution of PLA’s Planning Model” which appeared in the July/August 2002 issue of Public Libraries. Second prize of $300 goes to Robin Bryan, Brarydog Coordinator at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenberg County for her article, “Brarydog.net: A Homework Assistance Portal for Students” which was published in the March/April 2002 issue. The winners of the contest are selected by the members of the Public Libraries Advisory Committee. The prizes will be awarded at the ALA Annual Conference in Toronto.

Public librarians interested in being considered for the 2003 prizes, should visit the PLA web site for submission guidelines, or e-mail publiclibraries@aol.com for more information.

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Winners of the 2003 "Public Libraries" magazine award