Grant Goldmine

Grant Title: The $25,000 Page Turner School Award

Funded by: Time Warner Book Group, James Patterson

Description: The Time Warner Book Group and James Patterson, the author of several best-sellers, including the YA thriller Maximum Ride (Little, Brown, 2005), have teamed up to celebrate individuals and organizations that have created eager readers. The three-part annual competition consists of two $25,000 awards and 25 grants of $1,000 each.
One of the prizes, the $25,000 Page Turner Award, will honor "any person, group, company, or institution that spreads the excitement of books in an effective and original way." The $25,000 Page Turner School Award will pay tribute to an elementary school, middle school, high school, or college that "inculcates the joy of reading for pleasure in its students." Twenty-five $1,000 prizes are reserved for runners-up-"individuals and organizations that have made notable contributions to promoting the excitement of books and reading."
"This country is full of heroes who spread the fire about reading," Patterson says. "I hope we can find them, thank them, and help them communicate their ideas far and wide."

Web site: www.pattersonpageturner.org