BTW News Briefs

Call for Nominations for the Lucile Micheels Pannell Awards

The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) is calling for nominations of U.S. bookstores that excel at creatively bringing books and children together and inspiring children's interest in books and reading. Based on these nominations, WNBA will present the Lucile Micheels Pannell Award to two bookstores (one general and one children's bookstore) at Book Expo America 2004. Each recipient will receive a check for $1,000 plus a framed piece of original art by a children's book illustrator.

Nominations should include the store's name, address, and phone number; a contact person at the store; and an e-mail address, along with a brief description of why the store is worthy of the award. Nominations should be sent to eidh@yahoo.com or to Pannell Award Nomination, 5200 South 6th Place, Arlington, VA 22204. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2004, and nominations must include the name and industry affiliation of the person submitting the nomination.

Lannan Foundation Announces 15th Annual Literary Awards and Fellowships

On November 5, the Lannan Foundation announced the recipients of the 2003 Lannan Literary Awards and Fellowships, celebrating excellence in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The Lannan Literary Awards were established in 1989 to honor both established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality. Candidates for the awards are recommended to the foundation by a network of writers, literary scholars, publishers, and editors.

Literary Awards of $125,000 each were given to Edward P. Jones, Alistair MacLeod, and John McGahern for Fiction, and to Rebecca Solnit for Nonfiction. For a complete list of awards and fellowship recipients, go to www.lannan.org.