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Each year Public Libraries, the official magazine of the Public Library Association, hosts a Feature Article Contest. The winning articles, chosen for their excellence in content and contribution, are selected by members of the Public Libraries Advisory Committee and exemplify the dedication and innovation within the public library community. All submissions published in the previous year are considered and two winning contributors are awarded $500.

Criteria include:

• Author(s) must be a public library employee(s) at the time the manuscript is submitted.
• Articles must have been submitted or published in the previous volume year.
• Articles must be feature length.

Congratulations to our 2024 recipients for articles published in 2023!

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• Heath Umbreit, Adult Services Librarian, Morrill (MA) Memorial Library, for their enlightening piece, “,” featured in the July/August 2023 issue of Public Libraries magazine
• Summer Boismier, Teen Initiatives Project Manager; Jackson Gomes, Young Adult Internship Coordinator; Nick Higgins, Chief Librarian; Leigh Hurwitz, Collections Manager, Customer Experience; Karen Keys, Young Adult Services Coordinator; and Amy Mikel, Director, Customer Experience, Brooklyn Public Library, for their collaborative work, “,” showcased in the March/April 2023 issue of Public Libraries magazine

Past Recipients

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2023 Recipients (Chosen from 2022 Volume Year)

Winner: Jennifer Brown, Executive Director, and Nora Mulligan, Head of Adult Services, The Field Library, Peekskill, N.Y., “”

Honorable Mention: Jenn McKague, Outreach Services Librarian, Salt Lake County (Utah) Library, “"

2022 Recipients (Chosen from 2021 Volume Year)

Winner: Katie Horner, Head of Circulation & Reference, Lake Bluff (Ill.) Public Library, “”

Honorable Mention: Tamar Kirschner, Library Technology Program Lead and Instructor, Job Skills for Library Careers: Access & Technical Services in Libraries, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, Calif., “”

2021 Recipients (Chosen from 2020 Volume Year)

Winner: Mary Jo Finch, “”

Honorable Mention: Marissa Bucci, Jay Janoski, Nicole Scherer, “”

2020 Recipients (Chosen from 2019 Volume Year)

Winner: Amy An, “”

Honorable Mention: Rhiannon B. Eades, “”

2019 Recipients (Chosen from 2018 Volume Year)

Winner: Jane Holt, “”

Honorable Mention: Karen Pundsack, “”

To learn more about writing for Public Libraries visit http://www.ala.org/pla/resources/publications/publiclibraries/writeforpl, or email Public Libraries Editor Kathleen Hughes at khughes@ala.org.