{"id":1427,"date":"2014-11-14T19:33:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1427"},"modified":"2014-11-14T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:33:59","slug":"nominations-open-for-lemony-snicket-prize-for-noble-librarians-faced-with-adversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1427","title":{"rendered":"Nominations open for Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Via press release<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO <em>\u2014<\/em> Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a book that has been challenged or fighting to provide services on a limited budget.<\/p>\n<p>If you know a beleaguered librarian, now is your chance to give that person some much needed recognition by nominating them for the Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity.<\/p>\n<p>ALA is currently accepting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/lemony-snicket\">nominations<\/a> through Monday Dec. 1, 2014 for this award.\u00a0 The prize consists of $3,000 along with a $1,000 travel stipend to ALA\u2019s Annual Conference in San Francisco, an odd, symbolic object from Snicket\u2019s private stash and a certificate. The nominee must be a librarian.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural award was given in 2014 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/press-releases\/2014\/06\/ala-announces-winner-first-ever-lemony-snicket-prize-noble-librarians-faced\">Laurence Copel<\/a>, youth services librarian and founder of the Lower Ninth Ward Street Library in New Orleans. If you know a librarian who \u201chas faced adversity with integrity and dignity intact\u201d nominate them for this unique award.\u00a0 According to Snicket, it is his hope that, \u201cThe Snicket Prize will remind readers everywhere of the joyous importance of librarians and the trouble that is all too frequently unleashed upon them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Snicket\u2019s latest book is <em>\u201c<\/em>Shouldn\u2019t You Be in School?<em>\u201d,<\/em> the third volume of \u201cAll The Wrong Questions,\u201d which tells the story of Snicket\u2019s own childhood exploits. Lemony Snicket\u2019s official representative Daniel Handler\u2019s next novel for adults is the highly anticipated &#8220;We Are Pirates,&#8221; which Bloomsbury will publish in February, and Neil Gaiman says is, \u201cHonest and funny, dark and painful. &#8216;We Are Pirates&#8217; reads like the result of a nightmarish mating experiment between Joseph Heller and Captain Jack Sparrow. It\u2019s the strangest, most brilliant offering yet from the mind behind Lemony Snicket.\u201d Later this month, Mr. Handler kicks off a national tour with appearances in more than two dozen cities (on behalf of Mr. Snicket), and will host the National Book Awards this November in New York.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more information about the award, including how to nominate candidates, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/lemony-snicket\" target=\"_blank\">www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/lemony-snicket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Malden<\/p>\n<p>Program Officer<\/p>\n<p>American Library Association<\/p>\n<p>312-280-3247<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cmalden@ala.org\">cmalden@ala.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via press release CHICAGO \u2014 Librarians face adversity every day, whether they are defending a book that has been challenged or fighting to provide services on a limited budget. 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