Minnesota Book Awards 2012
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,500
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2012
End Date
May 2012
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Project Overview
MELSA libraries are honored to celebrate our state's best authors by raising awareness of the Minnesota Book Awards. A print publication will be distributed at MELSA libraries and through the Minnesota Women's Press that outlines the 2012 award nominees, author visits to local libraries and other events.
Project Details
400
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2012 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2011 Chapter 6, Article 4, Subdivision 5
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,500
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$10,500
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
The public will become more award of Minnesota authors and the Minnesota Book Awards by seeing the magazine insert and attending an author program.
Measurable Outcome(s)
Minnesota Book Award finalists and past winners were featured at public programs at nine libraries from Stillwater to Savage and Anoka to South St. Paul. Programs included mystery author William Kent Krueger and Richard Thompson, children's authors Nancy Loewen. poet Joyce Sutphen, novelists Danielle Sosin and John Reimringer, and books about Minnesota culture and history by Brett Laidlaw, Lori Sturdevant and George S. Pillsbury.
Source of Additional Funds
Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
Project Manager
First Name
Chris
Last Name
Olson
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
chris@melsa.org
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