The Pollard Memorial Library Foundation invites you to the presentation of the third annual Elinor Lipman Award for Writing and the accompanying Distinguished Mention Award.

 

Please join us Thursday, November 7, 2024, 6 p.m., Library Community Room (ground floor) Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack Street, Lowell

 

Refreshments will be served.

 

The recipient of the 2024 Elinor Lipman

Award is Chance Lee, Assistant Director of the

Tyngsboro Public Library and a Lowell resident,

for his work “The Library Turtle.”

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                          The recipient of the Distinguished Mention                                  Award is Sally L. DeAngelis, a Lowell resident                             and author of poems, short stories and essays,

                           for her work “Pair of Angels.”

 

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The Lipman Award pays tribute to Lowell native Elinor Lipman, author of many novels, stories, and essays. Funded by the Pollard Memorial Library Foundation, the award honors a Lowell resident or student at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell or Middlesex Community College for an outstanding work of fiction or creative nonfiction. The award recognizes and amplifies the importance of literacy and learning in the City of Lowell for the lives of its residents.

 

Please confirm your attendance with an RSVP to Lipmanaward@gmail.com