Greetings! Last month, you received notice of an upcoming award opportunity: the State Literacy Awards, sponsored by the Library of Congress. *Nominations must be submitted to the Michigan Center for the book by December 6, 2019!* Applications are available from Tim Gleisner at gleisnert@michigan.gov. See below for more details and good luck to all! *The Library of Congress is again sponsoring their State Literacy Awards. If you would like to nominate a program, please contact the Michigan Center for the Book [MCFB] for application forms via Tim Gleisner at **gleisnert@michigan.gov <gleisnert@michigan.gov>**. * *Nominations must be submitted to MCFB by December 6, 2019 **with award notification in February 2020. Nominees must be non-profits and cannot be an individual.* *Applicants are competing for 10 prizes of $2,225. Only one nominee per state can be submitted to the Library of Congress.* *Past winners are not eligible for 5 years. Sorry Rochester Hills Public Library, you will have to sit this one out after winning your award last year for ‘Authors in April’!* *Best of luck to you!* *Donna* *Donna Olson, Director* *Salem-South Lyon District Library* 9800 Pontiac Trail, South Lyon, MI 48178 Phone: (248) 437-6431 ext. 206 | Fax: (248) 437-6593 http://www.ssldl.info | https://www.facebook.com/SSLDL https://www.instagram.com/ssldl | https://twitter.com/ssldl https://www.linkedin.com/in/olsondonna/ [image: America's STAR Libraries 2018] <https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=ljx181101Stars2018Main>